Gender & Sexuality

Mormon statues on display in Salt Lake City of Adam and Eve in the garden.
Brigham Young, Gender & Sexuality, Patriarchy, Polygamy, Temple Ritual

The Legacy of Adam-God in the Mormon Theology of Heteropatriarchy

The Adam-God doctrine may be a “deadly heresy” in the current LDS church, but ideas that have their origins in this doctrine remain at the center of Mormon theology today. Let’s discuss how current temple worship and LDS teachings/policies regarding gender and sexuality continue to be influenced by ideas initially developed as part of Young’s polygynist cosmology.