Mormonism and White Supremacy: American Religion and the Problem of Racial Innocence
Speaker: Joanna Brooks
Organizing to Counter the Mormon Alt Right: A Collaborative Learning and Working Session
This session will provide space and resources for learning how to stand up against racism and alt right extremism in Mormon spaces. We will first learn from the perspectives and writings of Mormon activists of color and then move to discussion of the role white Mormons can play in taking responsibility for the toxicity of …
Holding Our History Reflections On Mormon Feminism Essential Writings
Published by Oxford University Press in November 2015, Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings gathers an important collection Mormon feminist writings from its beginnings in the 1970s to the present. Join editors and contributors in celebrating this historic volume and discussing where our community came from, where we are now, and where we are going. Joanna Brooks, …
Decolonizing Mormonism
Notwithstanding its immense cross-cultural missionary workforce that spans the world, Mormonism still behaves like a white, conservative, American, patriarchal religion, dragging around American cultural trappings, expectations, and processes wherever it goes. Though much has been said about American imperialism, little has been said about American religious imperialism. This presentation makes a case for thinking about …
TO WHAT AUDIENCE DO I CHOSE TO WRITE? (AND DOES BEING BORN MORMON AFFECT YOUR CHOICE?)
As a writer born into the Mormon culture, how do you define the audience to whom you’ve chosen to write? How has your Mormon background affected your creativity and the sense of your place in the world of writing? What are the political ramifications of being a “Mormon” writer? Do you feel an obligation to …
Mormons And Maternal Culture
Motherhood and homemaking receive a lot of lip service within Mormon culture, but when women use the internet (and other venues) to descant on their lived experience with this noble calling, people do not hesitate to ridicule domestic minutiae, sneer at discussions of poop, and condescend to crafters. This reaction to the nuts-and-bolts of child-rearing …
Material Improvement: Explicit Statements On The Matter Of Heavenly Mother
The Spring 2011 issue of BYU Studies includes a “survey of historical teachings about Mother in Heaven” by David L. Paulsen and Martin Pulido entitled “‘A Mother There’: A Survey of Historical Teachings about Mother in Heaven.” The article documents statements about Heavenly Mother by Mormon leaders and demonstrates that, contrary to popular belief, Mormon …
SL10174: Panel: The Book of Job
The Book of Job has been labeled the ur-text of both tragedy and the practical joke; it has inspired such interpretations and responses as Answer to Job by Carl Jung and A Serious Man by the Coen Brothers. Often considered a tale of mature spirituality, it both elicits and demands thoughtful consideration. This panel will …
SL10272: Our Voices, Our Visions: A Mormon Women’s Literary Tour Encore Performance
The Mormon Women’s Literary Tour returns to Utah for a repeat performance at Sunstone! If you missed readings in California, Arizona, and Utah this spring, take this chance to hear from established and new Mormon women writers. JULIE J. NICHOLS, WHITNEY MOWER, ELISA PULIDO, ELIZABETH PINBOROUGH, HOLLY WELKER, JOANNA BROOKS
SL10331: Panel: Glenn Beck: Likely Mormon or Unlikely Mormon?
Glenn Beck is presently the most famous—and possibly the most infamous—Mormon in America. He is better known than President Monson or Steve Young and is more popular than Harry Reid or Mitt Romney. Some see Beck as a populist prophet of the coming apocalypse while others consider him the most dangerous man in America. This …