The Routledge Handbook of Mormonism and Gender is an outstanding reference source to this 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 fueled 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 movements are part of the larger story of how Mormonism has managed 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.
These sections examine central issues, debates, and problems, 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.
Edited by:
Taylor Petrey (Kalamazoo College USA),
Amy Hoyt
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 961g
ISBN: 9781032336268
ISBN 10: 1032336269
Series: Routledge Handbooks in Religion
Pages: 648
Publication Date: 13 June 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Introduction Part I: Methodological issues 1. Gender and culture in a global church 2. Race and gender in Mormonism: 1830-1978 3. Intersectionality 4. Feminities 5. Masculinities Part II: Historical approaches 6. Joseph Smith, plural marriage, and kinship 7. Mormon gender in the age of polygamy 8. Mormon women and scripture in the nineteenth century 9. Mormonism, gender, and art in nineteenth-century Scandinavia 10. Mormon gender in the progressive era 11. Mormon gender in the mid-twentieth century 12. Mormon feminism after 1970 13. Gender and missionary work 14. Homosexuality and therapeutic culture in Mormonism 15. Homosexuality and politics in Mormonism 16. Mormon LGBTQ organizing and organizations 17. Mormonism, gender, and art 18. Mormon literature and gender 19. Sexual purity and its discontents in Mormonism 20. Mormonism and sexual violence Part III: Social scientific approaches 21. Women and religious organizations: a ""microbiological"" approach to influence 22. Global Mormon perspectives and experiences of family structures 23. Structures of home and family: North America 24. Non-traditional families 25. Social science perspectives on gender and Mormon orthodoxy 26. Gender and mental health in Mormon contexts 27. Women’s gender roles and Mormonism in England 28. Institutional gender negotiations within Irish Mormon congregations 29. Peruvian Mormon matchmaking: the limits of Mormon endogamy at Zion’s border 30. Mormon women at work in Nicaragua 31. Mormon masculinity, family, and kava in the Pacific 32. Gendered dynamics and institutions within Nigerian Mormonism Part IV: Theological approaches 33. Scripture and gender 34. Theology of the family 35. Theology of sexuality 36. Queer Mormons 37. Trans and mutable bodies 38. Feminism and Heavenly Mother 39. Women and the priesthood 40. Men and the priesthood 41. Mujerista theology Index"
Amy Hoyt as Visiting Scholar of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, USA. Her work specifically focuses on issues of gender within Mormonism in North America and Africa. She has published in Feminist Theology, Mormon Studies Review, and Gender & History. Taylor G. Petrey is Associate Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College, USA and editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. He is the author of Tabernacles of Clay: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Mormonism (2020).
Reviews for The Routledge Handbook of Mormonism and Gender
Gender and sexuality give rise to passionate debates among contemporary Mormon studies scholars and the communities they study. This handbook serves as an indispensable orientation to these complex issues and as a springboard for future research. I highly recommend this volume for anyone interested in the history, culture, theology, and future prospects of the Latter-day Saints. Patrick Q. Mason, Utah State University, USA
