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A Taoist Reading of "The Family—A Proclamation to the World"

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A Taoist Reading of "The Family—A Proclamation to the World"

Extremes and Their Resolution

Charles Shirō Inouye
Mar 21, 2023
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In 1995, Gordon B. Hinkley, then president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, issued “The Family—A Proclamation to the World.” A strongly worded directive in support of family life, the Proclamation has engendered a mixed response. Does it help or hinder how we understand ourselves as women and men  in the 21st century? And does…

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A guest post by
Charles Shirō Inouye
Professor of Japanese Literature and Visual Culture at Tufts University and the author of The End of the World, Plan B; zion earth zen sky; and Hymns of Silence (forthcoming from BCC Press).
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