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.
Speaker: Julie de Azevedo Hanks
Shame with No Name: Identifying and Healing “Aspirational Shame” in Mormon Women
The term, “aspirational shame,” names a common experience among Mormon women: the feeling of shame for having aspirations outside of the Church’s emphasis on women’s roles in the home. In this session, I will share case examples that define and illustrate the concept and will suggest ways to resolve this shame and to challenge the …
A Crisis Of Perception New Paradigms To Address The Complexities Of Modern Mormonism
Mormonism has inherited ways of thinking that are no longer sufficient to understand or address the complexities facing the 21st century Church. Concepts from cybernetics, systems theory, and complex thought will be presented as alternative lenses with which to view and wrestle with the Church’s increased historical transparency, gender concerns, racial diversity, LGBTQIA issues, and …
Love And Gender Equality At Home A Model Of Family Transformation
Early relationship patterns lay the framework for our identity development, social interactions, and assumptions about others. If gender equality is to be achieved within Mormon culture and theology it must first be modeled in family relationships. Cultural Transformation Theory provides a framework for moving from a domination model that values “masculine” over “feminine” to a …