Black and Mormon / edited by Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bringhurst, Newell G.

Smith, Darron T., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American Latter Day Saints.

Race relations--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

173 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The year 2003 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the lifting of the ban excluding black members from the priesthood of the Mormon church. The articles collected in Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith's Black and Mormon look at the mechanisms used to keep blacks from full participation, the motives behind the ban, and the kind of changes that have--and have not--taken place within the church since the revelation responsible for its end.This challenging collection is required reading for anyone concerned with the history of racism, discrimination, and the Latter-day Saints.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The "Missouri Thesis" Revisited: Early Mormonism, Slavery, and the Status of Black People

2. The Traditions of Their Fathers: Myth versus Reality in LDS Scriptural Writings

3. Two Perspectives: The Religious Hopes of "Worthy" African American Latter-day Saints before the 1978 Revelation

4. Spanning the Priesthood Revelation (1978): Two Multigenerational Case Studies

5. Casting Off the "Curse of Cain": The Extent and Limits of Progress since 1978

6. African American Latter-day Saints: A Sociological Perspective

7. "How Do Things Look on the Ground?" The LDS African American Community in Atlanta, Georgia

8. Unpacking Whiteness in Zion: Some Personal Reflections and General Observations

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613135568

9781283135566

1283135566

9780252090608

0252090608

OCLC:

867794090