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About Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings
Product Description This groundbreaking collection gathers together for the first time the essential writings of the contemporary Mormon feminist movement--from its historic beginnings in the 1970s to its vibrant present, offering the best Mormon feminist thought and writing.No issue in Mormonism has made more headlines than the faith's distinctive approach to sex and gender. From its polygamous nineteenth-century past to its twentieth-century stand against the Equal Rights Amendment and its twenty-first-century fight against same-sex marriage, the Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has consistently positioned itself on the frontlines of battles over gender-related identities, roles, and rights. But even as the church has maintained a conservative position in public debates over sex and gender, Mormon women have developed their own brand offeminism by recovering the lost histories of female leadership and exploring the empowering potential of Mormon theology. The selections in this book-many gathered from out-of-print anthologies, magazines, and other ephemera--walk the reader through the history of Mormon feminism, from thesecond-wave feminism of the 1970s to contemporary debates over the ordination of women.Collecting essays, speeches, poems, and prose, Mormon Feminism presents the diverse voices of Mormon women as they challenge assumptions and stereotypes, push for progress and change in the contemporary LDS Church, and band together with other feminists of faith hoping to build a better world. Review "This important collection offers both a retrospective elaboration on the past and a firm foundation DS and no little ammunition DS for ongoing struggles in the future through debate and activism...it remains a powerful intellectual and spiritual guide to embrace and ponder." -- Iren Annus, AmericanaE-Journal of American Studies in Hungary"[A]n excellent, stand-alone volume that takes seriously the questions and work of Mormon women wrestling with their historical, current, and future roles in a denomination that offers the priesthood only to men, and only since 1978 to men of African descent...Mormon Feminism is an in-depth,accessible resource for Mormon studies, religious studies, feminist studies, and gender studies. It is also accessible to the lay person who is not an academic..."--Mormon Studies Review"Informative This well-organized book offers a window into an important movement in American religious history and provides a much-needed addition to feminist scholarship. Mormon feminists share much in common with other feminists of faith including evangelicals, Catholics, and Muslims. In eachgroup, women are increasingly demanding a seat at the table. This collection makes comparison and dialogue between these groups possible. As such, it should prove a valuable resource for scholars of Mormonism, feminism, women's history, and American religion."--Journal of Southern Religion"The editors of Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings should be praised not just for the breadth of their collection, but for the many extras that enhance the reading of the book...Engaging and instructive."--Segullah"This volume of 'Essential Writings' is needed in every tradition. What a wonderful way to capture the history of Mormon women's struggles .... A great book for reference and inspiration."--WATER Recommends"Destined to be a new core text on the subject of whether and how one can (and should) be a Mormon feminist" --Feminism and Religion"The volume will appeal to all those invested in understanding the compatibility of feminism and religion even beyond Mormonism." --Publishers Weekly"The Mormon Feminism collection compiles many of the most important feminist texts from the past half-century and it is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand contemporary Mormonism."--Juvenile Instructor"Spanning the Second Wave to the present wave of the women's movement, these essays constitute a significant body of work
