Terry Tempest Williams Quotes About Church

Quotes about: Church

• There is no one true church, no one chosen people.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  People, Church, Chosen

  Terry Tempest Williams (2001). “Leap”, Vintage

• Well, we are Americans. I've always believed that you work with where you are - I am a Mormon woman who was raised on the edge of the Great Salt Lake in the American West in the United States of America. But, by the same token, much of my life has been spent resisting traditional forms of democracy, resisting traditional forms of orthodoxy, be it the United States government or the Mormon Church.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Lakes, Government, American West

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

• I come from a culture that embodies the need to convert others to "the truth." The Mormon Church has one of the largest missionary programs in the world. That does not interest me.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Church, Missionary, Doe

  Source: therumpus.net

• In the early days of the Mormon Church, stewardship toward the land was a priority. It was a matter of survival in the desert.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Land, Priorities, Survival

  Terry Tempest Williams (2006). “A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams”, Utah State Univ Pr

• I can only say that I believe the Mormon Church is changing because the people inside the church are changing, particularly, the women. And if the women in the Mormon Church are changing, that means the men in the Mormon Church will change - slowly, reluctantly to be sure, but inevitably.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Believe, Mean, Men

  Interview with David Kupfer, progressive.org. February 1, 2005.

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