What if it never was intended that in the heavens there be a near-total eclipse of the Female Divine? What if half of God has been continually present but not accounted for? What if the disappearance of the Mother from history and from religion is not a cold case but can be cracked wide open? …
Speaker: Carol Lynn Pearson
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy One Year Later: A Report
Author Carol Lynn Pearson and several women and men whose lives have been impacted by her book The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy take a look at the first year in the life of a book that, in the words of Greg Prince, could “cause a shift in the way the institutional church views itself.” Carol …
Helping Mormonism Move from Patriarchy toward Partnership
Carol Lynn Pearson and therapist Julie deAzevedo Hanks relate their experiences in discovering that patriarchy is not a given, but is a historical construct, and one that is in process of giving way to a much more sustainable and enlightened paradigm: partnership. How can this shift be accomplished in the solid patriarchy we know as …
Making Mormonism Mine Claiming Space Within The Faith
With decades of experience in claiming space inside the institutional Church, the LDS community, and/or the Mormon intellectual community, this all-star panel will talk about how they have carved out a space in and around Mormonism. Robert Kirby, Carol Lynn Pearson, Fernando R. Gomez, Cathy Stokes, Lorie Winder Stromberg
New Book The Ghost Of Eternal Polygamy
Drawing on material from her just-released book, The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Gearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men, Pearson will share stories from the more than 8,000 respondents to her survey on this subject. The picture is one of extraordinary pain, showing how the lingering and powerful presence of polygamy in …
The Lds Church S Policy Changes On Lgbt Parents And Their Children
This panel will discuss the implications of the LDS Church’s most recent policy regarding LGBT couples and their families. Carol Lynn Pearson, Caitlyn Ryan, Mitch Mayne, Robert A. Rees
PANEL: More Paint, Less Corner? New Developments in LDS/LGBTQ Relations
The past year brought many new developments, including the launch of the LDS Church’s website MORMONSANDGAYS.ORG, the Church’s amicus brief regarding Proposition 8, the new blog No More Strangers, Mormons Building Bridges and marching in gay pride parades across the US, the LDS Church pulling support from the anti-discrimination law under review in the Utah …
Not Such an Odd Couple: Mormon Feminism and LGBT Advocacy
Mormon feminists and Mormon LGBT members are often viewed as two separate groups with distinct agendas. While each group may have goals that differ from those of the other, are there significant ways they are similar? What are the goals and initiatives of each group—and are the goals well defined and uncontested? What are the …
WHY WE STAY
This perennially well-received session features the stories of those who have chosen to remain active, dedicated Latter-day Saints even in the face of challenges to traditional faith. How have these members wrestled with their faith and emerged more determined than ever to be a part of the Latter-day Saint community? Ronda Roberts Callister, John Dehlin, …
SW07011: CIRCLING THE WAGONS AROUND OUR GAY LOVED ONES: HOW ARE WE DOING?
Mormons have an inherited crossing-the-plains instinct to circle the wagons against danger, protecting our loved ones, and we do it very well. But sometimes we don’t, especially when the loved one is a homosexual. Then we often circle the wagons around our fears and prejudice, leaving the gay person outside the warmth, abandoned to the …