Barbara Morgan Gardner

Author of The Priesthood Power of Women, which Kyle read in 2022 and rated 4 stars. Her central argument distinguishes God’s total priesthood power from the delegated authority of ordained offices, and contends that women receive priesthood power and authority through Temple ordinances rather than ordination. The book marshals quotations from LDS apostles and prophets — Russell M. Nelson, M. Russell Ballard, Dallin H. Oaks, and others — to make the case that endowed men and women are given the same priesthood power, and that it is “no longer acceptable to simply sidestep” hard questions about how women relate to the priesthood.

Context: Barbara Morgan Gardner is an associate professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University; The Priesthood Power of Women (2019, Deseret Book) is her book on women and priesthood in LDS doctrine.

Where this appears

• The Priesthood Power of Women — author; the book Kyle read on the distinction between God’s priesthood power and ordained offices.