Keywords
queer philosophies, men mingled with scripture, Mormon theology
Abstract
Blaire Ostler attempts to show how “Mormon theology is inherently queer” and may be expanded to be fully “inclusive” of LGBTQ+ members. Unfortunately, Ostler conflates God’s love with indulgence for behavior that he has described as sinful. She offers a pantheistic/panentheistic conception of deity that collapses any differences between men and women in sharp contrast to the Latter-day Saint understanding that men and women are complementary and require one another for exaltation and eternal life. Many of this book’s arguments are sophistry and the philosophies of men mingled with scripture. None of it is compatible with revealed truth contained in The Family: A Proclamation to the World and consistently taught by prophets, seers, and revelators.
Recommended Citation
Ortner, Daniel
(2022)
"The Queer Philosophies of Men Mingled with Scripture,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 51, Article 15.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol51/iss1/15
