In the last number of years, Latter-day Saints have asked fundamental questions about women's connection to priesthood power.

Church leaders have given landmark talks on the subject,

such as Dalin H. Oaks, Gene B. Bingham,

and Russell Ballard, Linda Burton,

and recently President Russell M. Nelson, who pled with the sisters of the church.

How I yearned for you to understand that the restoration of the priesthood is

just as relevant to you as a woman as it is to any man.

Something is stirring in the collective consciousness

of the church related to women and priesthood. But questions yet remain. Professor Barbara

Morgan Gardner is seeking to address some of them. There were so many questions and

a lot of frustration about some of the topics and women's issues again and

and I knew as we all do that as President Packer is taught over and over again true

doctrine understood changes attitude and behavior and I recognize if there is confusion,

if people are upset, there's probably a doctrinal issue that we're not understanding.

In this episode, Dr. Gardner explores some of the truths we can all better understand regarding women and

priesthood through her recent book the priesthood power of women in the temple

church and family. I'm your host Professor Anthony Sweat and this is why religion.

Each year religion.

Each year religion professors at Brigham Young University produce hundreds of publications on subjects related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

This podcast brings this research into one place to enlighten the everyday

seeker of truth. See learning even by study and also by faith.

Interviewing the author, we discuss why the study was done, why it matters, and why the professor

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