Paper Title
The Mormon Feminist: an Analysis of the Crossroads of Faith and Feminism
Location
Room 221, DiGiorgio Campus Center (DiGs)
Start Date
31-3-2016 2:00 PM
End Date
31-3-2016 3:15 PM
Abstract
The intersection of faith and feminism has become more of a crossroads between the Mormon and the feminist community in recent years. However, key church leaders and feminist scholars alike are skirting the issue. My paper will address the issue of the extreme difficulty of being both a Mormon and a feminist when neither movement is willingly to add space for the identity of the Mormon Feminist. I will examine the lack of space for this identity within both feminist and Mormon communities, paying special attention to the Ordain Women Movement. I argue that with no space for the Mormon Feminists in either community this identity will simply be caught in the crossfire between the two movements until they no longer exist, because of the price of transgression. This paper seeks to address this seeming impasse in a way that acknowledges and dignifies the existence of Mormon feminists.
The Mormon Feminist: an Analysis of the Crossroads of Faith and Feminism
Room 221, DiGiorgio Campus Center (DiGs)
The intersection of faith and feminism has become more of a crossroads between the Mormon and the feminist community in recent years. However, key church leaders and feminist scholars alike are skirting the issue. My paper will address the issue of the extreme difficulty of being both a Mormon and a feminist when neither movement is willingly to add space for the identity of the Mormon Feminist. I will examine the lack of space for this identity within both feminist and Mormon communities, paying special attention to the Ordain Women Movement. I argue that with no space for the Mormon Feminists in either community this identity will simply be caught in the crossfire between the two movements until they no longer exist, because of the price of transgression. This paper seeks to address this seeming impasse in a way that acknowledges and dignifies the existence of Mormon feminists.
