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; 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; 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.
Author discusses the importance of women's blogs in recent years. Especially to feminist Mormon women who discuss everything from the triumphs and challenges of motherhood to the conflicting ideals that feminism and Mormonism present. The author...
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...
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.
Author discusses selected themes in the history of second-wave feminism in connection with Mormon feminism while focusing on the emergence of feminist groups, the discovery of history, and the double bind of identity politics where Mormon feminists...
The author discusses women's ability to be both a Christian and a Theologian equal to men revealing a clear tension as to whether or not women can do theology in an LDS context.
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.
