Tabernacles of clay: sexuality and gender in modern Mormonism
Pure marriage -- Sodom and Cumorah -- Politics and the patriarchal order -- Proclaiming the new heterosexual family -- The death and resurrection of "the homosexual."
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Further subjects: | B
Gender Identity
Religious aspects
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
B Sexual Orientation Religious aspects B Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Doctrines History 21st century B Mormon Church Political activity (United States) B Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Doctrines History 20th century B Mormon Church (United States) History 20th century |
| Summary: | Pure marriage -- Sodom and Cumorah -- Politics and the patriarchal order -- Proclaiming the new heterosexual family -- The death and resurrection of "the homosexual." "Taylor G. Petrey's... history takes a... step forward in documenting and theorizing about Latter-day Saints (LDS) teachings on gender, sexual difference, and marriage. Drawing on deep archival research, Petrey situates LDS doctrines in gender theory and American religious history since World War II. His challenging conclusion is that Mormonism is conflicted between ontologies of gender essentialism and gender fluidity, illustrating a broader tension in the history of sexuality in modernity itself"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1469656213 |