[…] mind which forever changed her, leading her to seek further education when possible, a Master’s degree in American literature at Brigham Young University and a Ph. D. in American Studies at Boston University. The […]
[…] “After a Post-Hetersoexual Mormon Theology: A Ten-Year Retrospective,” Winter 2021 Alexandria Griffin, “Queer Mormon Histories and the Politics of a Usable Past,” Spring 2021 Madison S. Harris, “Religious Extremism and Conspiracy: A Student’s Observation,” […]
Tom Christofferson’s That We May Be One exploded onto the LDS book market with a series of news releases, interviews, and appearances.
[…] and pressing. Keys of the Kingdom Sarah’s saga is one of earthly thrones, and Butler addresses the politics of this alternate America quite ably, but the kingdom with which the books are most concerned […]
[…] refuge prior to the imminent return of Jesus Christ. It’s not exactly a symbol of Christian unity today. Three groups own parts of land purchased in the early 1830s in response to those revelations. […]
[…] while still maintaining male authority. The shift toward promulgating a “soft egalitarianism” (119) continued, however, to reproduce American evangelical notions of “separate but equal” or complementarianism, thereby amplifying the way conservative Mormon teachings coincide […]
[…] of Willis’s poetry. She clearly draws from a massive well of historical references, poetic allusions, cinematic touchstones, news items, and other wide-ranging religious imagery from numerous different faith traditions to assemble her poetry. For […]
[…] an elementary school was practicing for a Thanksgiving play. Children were on stage dressed as Pilgrims, Native Americans, pumpkins, and turkeys while teachers rushed around helping excited kids learn their parts. I was just […]
[…] relates to Mormon history. As a practicing member of the Church and a child of mixed European- American and Shoshone heritage, Parry embodies the intimate entanglements of Mormon white settler colonialism and Indigenous perseverance […]
[…] of my family’s past in fragments of language, in pain and in pride, and in longing. Even today, after decades of seeking, I haven’t reached solid conclusions about every aspect of my roots so […]