A quick glance at any book on LGBT history will show that there have always been people who engage in what we would now identify as same-sex romantic or sexual relationships. The acceptability and understanding of these relationships have varied… Continue Reading
Who are Quakers or Friends? Quakers emerged from England in the 17th century as dissident Protestants who broke from the Church of England. The movement was led by George Fox, who had been raised in the Anglican Church but came… Continue Reading
What is Mormonism? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as “the Mormon church,” arose in the early 19th century, in the context of the American Second Great Awakening. Joseph Smith, a farm boy in upstate New… Continue Reading