Voices for Equality: Ordain Women and Resurgent Mormon Feminism - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589587588 ISBN 13: 9781589587588

Publisher: Greg Kofford Books, Inc., 2015

Synopsis

The inexorable movement toward gender equality in the modern world has taken root in the consciousness of many Latter-day Saints and has publicly emerged as a major concern for the LDS Church. Spearheaded by a new generation of internet-savvy feminists, equality issues in Mormonism attained high public visibility in 2013 through online profiles posted by the Ordain Women organization and its plea to Church authorities to pray about an expanded role for LDS women. The June 2014 excommunication of OW co-founder Kate Kelly generated increased international media attention. This volume is the first book to provide a comprehensive examination of these issues and is based on chapters written by both scholars and activists. Its twenty-five authors explore in detail theological debates about gender and priesthood authority, the historical and cultural context of these debates, and the current role played by lay activists seeking to stimulate change in the Church.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greg Kofford Books, Inc.
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1589587588
• ISBN 13: 9781589587588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 470
• Editor: Shepherd MD Gordon, Anderson Lavina Fielding, Shepherd Gary