Mormon Feminism

Essential Writings
Herausgeber: Brooks, Joanna; Wheelwright, Hannah; Steenblik, Rachel Hunt

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first-ever collection of classic writings and speeches from four decades of the modern Mormon feminist movement. A definitive and essential guide for anyone who wants to understand the unique and often controversial history of gender in Mormonism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780190848385
• ISBN-10: 0190848383
• Artikelnr.: 49206955

Autorenporträt

Joanna Brooks is Associate Vice President of Faculty Affairs at San Diego State University. She is the author of four books including The Book of Mormon Girl: A Memoir of an American Faith and the popular Twitter feed @askmormongirl. Rachel Hunt Steenblik is a Ph.D. student in philosophy of religion and theology at Claremont Graduate University. Hannah Wheelwright is a Programs Assistant at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, founder of Young Mormon Feminists, and a former spokeswoman for Ordain Women, an organization devoted to promoting the ordination of women in the Mormon Church.

Inhaltsangabe

* A Note on the Cover
* Acknowledgments
* Contributor List
* Introduction by Joanna Brooks
* Key Events in Mormon Feminist History
* A. FOUNDATIONS: The 1970s
* 1. Claudia Lauper Bushman, "Women in Dialogue: An Introduction"
(1971)
* 2. Claudia Lauper Bushman, "Exponent 2 is Born" (1974)
* 3. Carol Lynn Pearson, "Millie's Mother's Red Dress" (1974)
* 4. Claire Peterson, "Hide and Seek" (1974 -1975)
* 5. Elouise Bell, "The Implications of Feminism for BYU" (1975)
* 6. Judith Rasmussen Dushku, "Mormon Sisters: Feminists" (1976)
* 7. Margaret Munk, "First Grief" (1978)
* 8. Dixie Snow Huefner, "Church and Politics at the Utah IWY" (1978)
* 9. Sonia Johnson, "My Revolution": Excerpts from Housewife to Heretic
* 10. Sonia Johnson, "The Church was Once in the Forefront of the
Women's Movement": Speech to the Senate Constitutional Rights
Subcommittee (1978)
* 11. Sonia Johnson, "Patriarchal Panic: Sexual Politics in the Mormon
Church" (1979)
* 12. Linda Wilcox, "The Mormon Concept of a Mother in Heaven" (1980)
* 13. Lisa Hawkins Bolin, "Another Prayer" and "Let My Sisters Do for
Me" (1980)
* 14. Carol Lynn Pearson, "Motherless House" (1980).
* 16. Linda King Newell, "A Gift Given, A Gift Taken: Washing,
Anointing, and Blessing the Sick among Mormon Women" (1981)
* 17. Carol Cornwall Madsen, "Mormon Women and the Struggle for
Definition: The Nineteenth-Century Church" (1981)
* 18. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "Pink Dialogue and Beyond" (1981)
* B. LIVED CONTRADICTIONS: The 1980s
* 1. Nadine Hansen, "Women and Priesthood" (1981)
* 2. Mary Bradford, selections from Mormon Women Speak (1982): Reva
Beth Russell, "A Purple Rose;" and Cherie Taylor Pederson, "Expanding
the Vision"
* 3. Mary Bradford, "Across the Generations" (1984)
* 4. Margaret Toscano, "The Missing Rib: The Forgotten Place of Queens
and Priestessses in the Establishment of Zion" (1985)
* 5. Linda Sillitoe, "an elegy in lower case (for president spencer w.
kimball)" (1985)
* 6. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "Lusterware" (1986)
* 7. Judith Rasmussen Dushku, "The Day of the Lambs and the Lions"
(1987)
* 8. Violet Tew Kimball, "Wife #3" (1987)
* 9. Carol Lynn Pearson, "A Walk in the Pink Moccasins" (1988)
* 10. Elouise Bell, "The Meeting" and "When Nice Ain't So Nice" (1990)
* 11. Sonja Farnsworth, "Mormonism's Odd Couple: The
Priesthood-Motherhood Connection" (1991)
* C. DEFINING MOMENTS: The 1990s
* 1. Cecilia Konchar Farr, "I Am a Mormon, and I am for Choice" (1992)
* 2. Carol Lynn Pearson, Mother Wove the Morning (1992)
* 3. Susan Elizabeth Howe, "The Blessing" (1992)
* 4. Margaret Toscano, "Put on Your Strength, O Daughters of Zion:
Claiming Priesthood and Knowing the Mother" (1992)
* 5. Lavina Fielding Anderson, "The LDS Intellectual Community and
Church Leadership: A Contemporary Chronology" (1992)
* 6. White Roses: Statement (1993)
* 7. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "Border Crossings" (1994)
* 8. Janice Allred, "Toward a Mormon Theology of God the Mother" (1994)
* 9. Lynn Matthews Anderson, "Towards a Feminist Interpretation of
Latter-day Saint Scripture" (1994)
* 10. Cecilia Konchar Farr, "Dancing Through the Doctrine" (1995)
* 11. Lynn Matthews Anderson, "I Have an Answer" (1996)
* 12. Carol Lynn Pearson, "Could Feminism Have Saved the Nephites?"
(1996)
* D. RESURGENCE: The 2000s
* 1. Joanna Brooks, "Where Have All the Mormon Feminists Gone" (2003)
* 2. Lorie Winder Stromberg, "Power Hungry" (2004)
* 3. Chieko Nishimura Okazaki, "There is Always a Struggle" (2005)
* 4. Kynthia Taylor, "The Trouble With Chicken Patriarchy" (2007)
* 5. "What Women Know" (2007)
* 6. Lisa Butterworth, "13 Articles of Faith of Healthy Chastity"
(2010)
* 7. Joanna Brooks, "Invocation / Benediction" (2010)
* 8. Valerie Hudson Cassler, "Two Trees" (2010)
* 9. Chelsea Shields Strayer, "Dear Mom" (2011)
* 10. Neylan McBaine, "To Do the Business of the Church: A Cooperative
Paradigm for Examining Gendered Participation Within Church
Organizational Structure" (2012)
* 11. Meghan Raynes, "Now I Have the Power" (2012)
* 12. What Women Know Collective, "All Are Alike Unto God" (2012)
* 13. Kate Kelly, "Equality is Not a Feeling" (2013)
* 14. Janan Graham, "On Black Bodies in White Spaces: Conversations on
Women's Ordination and Women of African Descent in the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (2013)
* 15. Gina Colvin, "Ordain Women, But . . . : A Womanist Perspective"
(2014)
* 16. Lani Wendt Young, "Rejoice in the Diversity of our Sisterhood"
(2014)
* 17. Trine Thoma Nelson, "Claim Yourself: Finding Validation and
Purpose Without Institutional Approval" (2014)
* 18. Liz Hammond, "The Mormon Priestess: LDS Temple Theology of
Womanhood" (2014)
* 19. Rachel Hunt Steenblik, "Welcome Baby, You are Home" (2014)
* 20. Carol Lynn Pearson, "Pioneers"
* Glossary of Names and Terms
* Additional Resources
* Study Group Guide
* Topical Guide
* Index