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Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos / Taylor G. Petrey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petrey, Taylor G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latter Day Saint churches--Doctrines.
- Latter Day Saint churches.
- Kinship--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Kinship.
- Sexual minorities--United States.
- Sexual minorities.
- Identification (Religion).
- Latter Day Saint cosmology.
- Gender identity--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches.
- Gender identity.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Exploring the intersections of gender, sexuality, and kinship within the context of Latter-day Saint theology and history, this provocative book theorizes the Mormon faith's complex relationship with heteronormativity and its history of anti-LGBTQ teaching and practice. Taylor G. Petrey delves into both traditional and contemporary interpretations of Mormon teachings, challenging conventional views by proposing that Mormonism, despite its conservative leanings, contains elements that can be reinterpreted through a queer lens. Petrey reexamines and resignifies Mormon cosmology through the lens of queer theory, offering a fresh perspective on divine relationships, gender fluidity, and the concept of kinship itself. Petrey's work draws together queer studies and the academic study of religion in new ways, providing a nuanced understanding of how religious narratives and doctrines can be reimagined to include more diverse interpretations of identity and community"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Lusting for kinship
- The Godhead and divine kinship
- Heavenly mother, heterosexuality, and spirit birth
- Gender fluidity and kinship in the creation
- Embodiment and materialism
- Queer kinship and patriarchal polygamy
- Kinship of trouble and to trouble kinship.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-192) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781469682730
- 1469682737
- 9781469682723
- 1469682729
- 9781469682747
- 1469682745
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