Mormon women; Women; Mormonism; Theology; Hafen, Bruce C.; Hafen, Marie K.; Maxwell, Neal A.; Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey), 1804-1887; Woodruff, Wilford, 1807-1898; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844; Smith, Emma Hale; Smith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding),...
Deidre Green presents a paper that opens a fruitful consideration of what Latter-day Saints (LDS) women’s relationship to theology has been in the past and what it can be in the future.
Mormon women; Women; Mormonism; Second-wave feminism; Women's history; Equal rights amendments; Women authors; Eve (Biblical figure); Leadership; Political activists; Lectures and lecturing
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich presents a paper that situates the history of “Exponent Women” and other contemporary Latter-day Saints (LDS) groups in the context of the larger history of grassroots feminism.
Margaret Merrill Toscano presents a paper that explores the implications for contemporary Latter-day Saints (LDS) women of the Mormon concept of divine embodiment.
Mormon women; Women; Mormonism; Theology; Education; Writing; Oral histories; Chautauquas; Interviews; Congresses and conventions; Contemplation; Lectures and lecturing
Claudia L. Bushman introduces a roundtable discussion by suggesting what Latter-day Saints (LDS) women can do to enlarge their spheres. The participants add their best practical and blue-sky ideas.
Loyd Ericson presents a paper that shows that Mary Daly’s criticism of a masculine deity implies an even stronger criticism of Mormon theology as it is practiced today.
Mormon women; Women; Mormonism; Theology; Heaven; Salvation; Eve (Biblical figure); Adam (Biblical figure); Patriarchy; Man-woman relationships; Lectures and lecturing
Sheila Taylor presents a paper that will examine the role of gender in the Latter-day Saints (LDS) understanding of salvation. In particular, she will look at what is involved in the redemption from the Fall, considering possible connections...
Mormon women; Women; Mormonism; Dioceses; Hunt, Swanee; Little, Deborah Whiting; Second-wave feminism; Religious gatherings; Lectures and lecturing
Kate Holbrook presents a paper that tells the stories of women she has known who have exercised a bishopric, including a British Relief Society president who led relief convoys into war zones, an Episcopalian priest's ministry to the homeless, and...
Mormon women; Women; Mormonism; Blogs; Feminism; Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints); Lectures and lecturing
Caroline Kline presents a paper that discusses the ways feminist Mormon blog posts about Heavenly Mother manifest women's religious ambivalence. She finds that Mormon women on these blogs innovate in their religious practice and in their theology...
