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Loading... Women and Mormonism: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (2016)| 7 | None | 2,367,949 | None | None | How do women who are members of a predominantly male-led church experience personal agency in formal religious settings, in intimate relationships, and within themselves? From Jane Manning James, an African American woman who found empowerment and strength in Mormon ritual despite suffering exclusion based on her race, to contemporary church members who are more likely to prioritize personal revelation than hierarchy, Mormon women have answered this question in a number of ways. This engaging and seminal volume employs a variety of sources--vivid primary documents, candid surveys, and illuminating oral histories--to explore the perspectives of Latter-day Saint (LDS) women. The expansive approach of this essay collection highlights an assortment of individuals, viewpoints, and challenges that ultimately invigorate our understanding of women and religion. Contributors include lay members and prominent scholars in multiple disciplines, including both LDS and non-LDS viewpoints. … (more) |
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None ▾Book descriptions How do women who are members of a predominantly male-led church experience personal agency in formal religious settings, in intimate relationships, and within themselves? From Jane Manning James, an African American woman who found empowerment and strength in Mormon ritual despite suffering exclusion based on her race, to contemporary church members who are more likely to prioritize personal revelation than hierarchy, Mormon women have answered this question in a number of ways. This engaging and seminal volume employs a variety of sources--vivid primary documents, candid surveys, and illuminating oral histories--to explore the perspectives of Latter-day Saint (LDS) women. The expansive approach of this essay collection highlights an assortment of individuals, viewpoints, and challenges that ultimately invigorate our understanding of women and religion. Contributors include lay members and prominent scholars in multiple disciplines, including both LDS and non-LDS viewpoints. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction / Matthew Bowman and Kate Holbrook
Part I: Historical Methodology Perspectives
1. Mormon Women and the Problem of Historical Agency / Catherine Brekus
2. Remember Me: Inscriptions of Self in Nineteenth-century Mormonism / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
3. Reexploring Mormon Women and Agency in the Context of Polygamy / Rachel Cope
4. Turning the Key: Understanding Mormon Women’s Material Culture / Jennifer Reeder
5. “We Baked a Lot of Bread”: Reconceptualizing Mormon Women and Ritual Objects / Kristine Wright
6. Women and Mormon Authority / Jonathan Stapley
Part II: Historical Narrative Perspectives
7. Mormon Women’s Agency and Changing Conceptions of the Mother in Heaven / Susanna Morrill
8. Jane James’s Agency / Quincy D. Newell
9. “A Rough Stone from Nature’s Quarry”: The Problem of Agency in the Nineteenth-century Pacific / Amanda Hendrix-Komoto
10. “A Wider Sphere of Action”: Women’s Agency in 1870s Utah / Kate Holbrook, Rebekah Ryan Clark
11. “The Best Social Practice”: Mormon Women and the Professionalization of Reform / Matthew Bowman
Part III: Contemporary Social Science Perspectives
12. LDS Women’s Attitudes toward the Church: Satisfied with the Status Quo or Restless for Reform? / David E. Campbell
13. Mormon Women in Europe: A Look at Gender Norms / Carine Decoo-Vanwelkenhuysen
14 Culture and Agency in Mormon Women’s Lives / Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
15. Mormon Women’s Sexual Agency in Patriarchal Culture: Women Who Suffer and Women Who Thrive / Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
Part IV: Contemporary Personal Perspectives
16. Agency in the Lives of Contemporary LDS Women / Claudia Bushman
17. My Book of Mormon Story / P. Jane Hafen
18. Filling the Page: Women’s Choices in the Context of Gospel Boundaries / Neylan McBaine
19. Narrating Agency / Aimee Evans Hickman
20. Soul Sisters: Intersecting Paths in the Journeys of Mormon and Roman Catholic Feminists / Mary Farrell Bednarowski
21. A Mormon Woman’s Journey in Sierra Leone – Mariama Kallon with Riley M. Lorimer
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
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