A feminist theologian in the Lutheran tradition writes about issues at the intersection of politics, religion, social justice, and pop culture.
Because saying it matters almost as much as being it, cheers to the women and men claiming their religion alongside their feminist commitments over at “I’m A Mormon Feminist.” Here are a few of the great images you’ll find there: What is a Mormon feminist? Here’s one answer: “Simply put, feminists want equality for [...]
Did you miss the Mormon feminist day of action in December? It was a small and significant moment for women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Wearing pants. To church. On a Sunday. Joanna Brooks explained in a piece at The Huffington Post on December 14: Mind you, wearing pants to church [...]
I posted last week about Joanna Brooks’ newly expanded The Book of Mormon Girl. Here she is on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last Thursday, with more exclusive to the web. I especially enjoyed her “behind the scenes” narrative of what her first visit to THE. DAILY. SHOW! was like. Here’s a bit: “The [...]
For a variety of reasons related to my teaching and research, I’ve read three books in the last year by Mormon feminists across the generations: Wife No. 19, by Ann Eliza Young, 1876. From Housewife to Heretic: One Woman’s Spiritual Awakening and her Excommunication from the Mormon Church, by Sonia Johnson, 1989. The Book of [...]
If you haven’t yet read The Book of Mormon Girl: A Memoir of An American Faith by Joanna Brooks, you really should. A new edition is being published today with The Free Press/Simon and Schuster, slightly expanding the beautiful book that was issued last year. I was drawn to read it last year in part [...]
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