The Routledge handbook of Mormonism and gender / edited by Amy Hoyt and Taylor G. Petrey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoyt, Amy, editor.

Petrey, Taylor G., editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks in religion.

Routledge handbooks in religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Doctrines.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Women--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Women.

Gender identity--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Gender identity.

Latter Day Saint churches--Doctrines.

Latter Day Saint churches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (647 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"The Routledge Handbook of Mormonism and Gender is an outstanding reference source to this engaging and controversial subject area. Since its founding in 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has engaged gender in surprising ways. LDS practice of polygamy in the nineteenth century both fuelled rhetoric of patriarchal rule as well as gave polygamous wives greater autonomy than their monogamous peers. The tensions over women's autonomy continued after polygamy was abandoned and defined much of the twentieth century. In the 1970s, 1990s, and 2010s, Mormon feminists came into direct confrontation with the male Mormon hierarchy. These public clashes produced some reforms, but fell short of accomplishing full equality. LGBT Mormons have a similar history. These confrontations are part of the larger story of how Mormonism has positioned itself in the context of changing gender norms in a global context. Comprising over forty chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into four parts: Methodological Issues, Historical Approaches, Social Scientific Approaches, Theological Approaches. Within these sections central issues, debates and problems are examined, including: agency, feminism, sexuality and sexual ethics, masculinity, queer studies, plural marriage, homosexuality, race, scripture; gender and the priesthood, the family, sexual violence, and identity. The Routledge Handbook of Mormonism and Gender is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, gender studies and women's studies. The Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as cultural studies, politics, anthropology and sociology"--

Contents:

Gender and culture in a global church / Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp

Race and gender in Mormonism : 1830-1978 / Joseph R. Stuart and Amanda Hendrix-Komoto

Intersectionality / Chiung Hwang Chen and Ethan Yorgason

Feminities / Amy Hoyt

Masculinities / Sara M. Patterson

Joseph Smith, plural marriage, and kinship / Benjamin E. Park

Mormon gender in the age of polygamy / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Mormon women and scripture in the nineteenth century / Amy Easton-Flake

Mormonism, gender, and art in 19th-century Scandinavia / Julie K. Allen

Mormon gender in the progressive era / Matthew Bowman

Mormon gender in the mid-twentieth century / Colleen McDannell

Mormon feminism after 1970 / Claudia L. Bushman

Gender and missionary work / David Golding

Homosexuality and therapeutic culture in Mormonism / Eric G. Swedin

Homosexuality and politics in Mormonism / Neil J. Young

Mormon LGBTQ organizing and organizations / John Gustav-Wrathall

Mormonism, gender, and art / Mary Campbell

Mormon literature and gender / Fara Anderson Sneddon

Sexual purity and its discontents in Mormonism / Sara Moslener

Mormonism and sexual violence / Andrea G. Radke-Moss

Women and religious organizations : a 'microbiological' approach to influence / Melissa Wei, Tsing Inouye

Global Mormon perspectives and experiences of family structures / Caroline Kline

Structures of home and family : North America / Megan Ann Stanton

Non-traditional families / Ryan T. Cragun and Giuseppina Valle Holway

Social science perspectives on gender and Mormon orthodoxy / Jana Riess and Benjamin Knoll

Gender and mental health in Mormon contexts / Rebekah Perkins Crawford

Women's gender roles and Mormonism in England / Alison Halford

Institutional gender negotiations within Irish Mormon congregations / Hazel O'Brien

Peruvian Mormon matchmaking : the limits of Mormon endogamy at Zion's border / Jason Palmer

Mormon women at work in Nicaragua / Amanda Talbot Tew

Mormon masculinity, family, and kava in the Pacific / Arcia Tecun and S. Ata Siu'ulua

Gendered dynamics and institutions within Nigerian Mormonism / Russell Stevenson

Scripture and gender / Joseph M. Spencer

Theology of the family / Rosalynde Welch

Theology of sexuality / Taylor G. Petrey

Queer Mormons / K. Mohrman

Trans and mutable bodies / Kelli D. Potter

Feminism and Heavenly Mother / Fiona Givens

Women and the priesthood / Jonathan Stapley

Men and the priesthood / Margaret Toscano

Mujerista theology / Sujey Vega.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-18158-0

1-351-18159-9

1-351-18160-2

9781351181600

OCLC:

1153354316