About this episode
The Mormon Church has struggled with the engraved racist passages in its most holy book of scripture such as the divine curse that came upon the Lamanites turning them into loathsome people with a skin of blackness. Anthropologist Dr. Thomas Murphy joined John and Gerardo to discuss racism in The Book of Mormon and how Joseph Smith stole native culture, mixed it with racist ideas of his time, published it, and sold it as theirs. We also discuss how these racist ideas contained in the Book of Mormon have transcended into modern Mormon Culture and beliefs. ________ WE ARE 100% DONOR FUNDED! Thank you for your donations! Monthly Donor: Monthly Donor or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories One Time Donation: One Time Donation or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories Amazon Purchases: ONLINE: Follow the link below and choose "Mormon Stories". Amazon will do the rest at no cost to you. Amazon Donates When You Purchase Items APP: Enable Amazon Smile in your app by following link below: Amazon Donates When You Purchase On The App ————— Like & Share our Podcasts! Social Media/Information Links: MSP on Spotify Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord Contact Us! MormonStories@gmail.com Mormon Stories Podcast PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117 #LDS #Mormon #PostMormon #ExMormon #MormonStories #Religion #Education #Truth #History #JosephSmith #ChurchofJesusChristofLatterDaySaints #HighDemandReligion #Cult #Patriarchy #WomensRights Shownotes: Views from Turtle Island Article: Message Thomas to ask for a copy on facebook or email tmurphy@email.edcc.edu Original Interview with Thomas on MS: Ep 638-639 Bear Ears MS Interview Passion Isn't Enough | Hidden Brain Podcast Other Scriptures: Grief, Gratitude, and the Haudenosaunee Great Peace Angelo Baca “In Laman’s Terms” Decolonizing Mormonism Mormonism LIVE: Neophytes & Lamanites Mormon Book Reviews Interview Sin, Skin, and Seed: Mistakes of Men in the Book of Mormon Imagining Lamanites: Native Americans and the Book of Mormon Other Scriptures: Restoring Voices of the Gantowisas (clan mothers) to an Open Canon The Mound Builder Myth: Fake History and the Hunt for a "Lost White Race" Race and the Making of the Mormon People Shannon Caldwell Montez: 1336: The Rise and Fall of B.H. Roberts – with Shannon Caldwell Montez 1337: Shannon Caldwell Montez – From Wife and Mother to Groundbreaking Mormon Historian 1346: Shannon Caldwell Montez – The Secret Mormon Meetings of 1922 Lori Taylor: Telling Stories about Mormons and Indians