Heather Harris-Bergevin manages her life and that of several others from the front seat of a Prius. Sometimes she writes stuff (Lawless Women, BCC Press), usually poetry. She’s liable to break into showtunes at any…
[…] is a scholar of Latter-day Saint literature, theology and philosophy. She holds a PhD in early modern English literature, and has published numerous articles and book chapters in these fields. Her main academic home […]
[…] their four daughters. He’s an award-winning writer and editor and a sought-after teacher with a Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English from Idaho State University. He teaches writing at Utah Valley University […]
Listen on Spotify. Listen on Apple. Em English details a few fraught moments of her lived experience in “Trans in the Chapel: Attending Church as a Newly Out Transgender Woman.”
Dialogue 18.4 (Winter 1984): 65–80
Shortly after the church was organized, one of Joseph Smith’s main priorities during his lifetime was preaching to the Native Americans, who he believed to be the descendants of the Lamanites.
[…] Hyrum requested their friend and future prophet, John Taylor, sing “A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief,” an English hymn that Taylor had recently included in both the Manchester and general Church hymnals. That hymn, […]
[…] been doing it for so long, it’s become second nature. A year or so ago in an English class at BYU, we were playing a “get to know you” game. This one involved each […]
[…] She throws her arms around me and cries softly on my shoulder. She tells me in broken English, “My son is gay and has left the Church. I love my iglesia and I love […]
[…] in LDS God-talk. Finally, the recognition that godliness is inclusive of gender differences may point toward the breaking down of the theological barriers that currently limit female and LGBTQ members’ full participation in the […]