The Routledge Handbook of Mormonism and Gender.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Methodological issues -- Historical approaches -- Social scientific approaches -- Theological approaches -- Conclusion -- Part I: Methodological issues -- Chapter 1: Gender and culture in a global church -- European progressivism and american mores -- Conservatism and abundant gifts in the Global South -- Mobility, gender, and transnational religious community -- U.S. responses and domestic divides -- Notes -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 2: Race and gender in Mormonism: 1830-1978 -- Introduction of the sealing ordinance and eternal gender roles -- Nineteenth-century Mormon thought on indigenous peoples -- Native Mormonisms in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Oceania and Mexico -- The LDS Church's racial restriction and the temple liturgy, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The LDS Church's first years in Japan, 1901-1945 -- The gendered road to Official Declaration 2, 1949-1978 -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 3: Intersectionality -- The concept -- Mormonism as a social category/identity -- Mormonism as a social system -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 4: Femininities -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- LDS gender constructs -- White hegemony -- Lived LDS femininities -- Threads of unification -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5: Masculinities -- Further reading -- In the beginning … -- Priesthood -- Missions -- Bodies -- Sexuality and fatherhood -- Training for citizenship and success -- Conclusions -- References -- Further reading -- Part II: Historical approaches -- Chapter 6: Joseph Smith, plural marriage, and kinship -- Historical overview -- Cultural context -- Polygamous kinship.

Theological legacy -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 7: Mormon gender in the age of polygamy -- Divisions of labor in the household -- Sexuality -- Divorce -- Woman suffrage -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 8: Mormon women and scripture in the nineteenth century -- The Bible in nineteenth-century America -- Nineteenth-century Mormons and scripture -- Biblical usage within the mainstream -- Distinguishing scriptural usage -- Scripture usage to aid women -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 9: Mormonism, gender, and art in nineteenth-century Scandinavia -- Rendering Mormon theology and gender ideals visible -- Creating a visual record of Mormon history -- Complicating the Mormon narrative -- Mormon emigration and the white slave trade -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 10: Mormon gender in the progressive era -- The end of plural marriage -- The reconstruction of Mormon masculinity -- The revitalization of Mormon courtship -- The transformation of Mormon femininity -- The church welfare plan and the solidification of gendered spheres -- The gendered transformation of Mormon priesthood -- Conclusion -- References -- Further references -- Chapter 11: Mormon gender in the mid-twentieth century -- Tumultuous mid-century -- Domesticity after World War II -- Changes in the Intermountain West -- Anxieties over consumer culture -- Postwar babies -- Domesticity's dark side -- Commodifying womanhood -- Masculine Mormons -- Ward culture climax -- Mid-century modesty -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 12: Mormon feminism after 1970 -- Rebirth of Mormon feminism -- Equal rights amendment -- Alternative voices -- Recent changes -- Contemporary Mormon women -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 13: Gender and missionary work -- Freelance prelude (1829-1832).

Emigration era (1832-1898) -- System era (1898-1951) -- Program era (1951-2012) -- Multifaceted era (2012-present) -- Studies and frontiers -- Notes -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 14: homosexuality and therapeutic culture in Mormonism -- AMCAP -- Efforts at BYU -- Sexuality and Mormonism -- Homosexuality -- Aversion therapy at BYU -- New professional directions -- Reparative therapy -- Reaching out -- Gay marriage (marriage equality) -- Ferment -- Conclusions -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 15: homosexuality and politics in Mormonism -- Mormon beliefs on homosexuality -- The politics of homosexuality -- Developing an anti-gay political strategy -- State battles over the Defense of Marriage Act -- Proposition 8 -- The "Utah compromise" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 16: Mormon LGBTQ organizing and organizations -- Mormon LGBTQ organizing and organizations -- The past, present, and future of Mormon LGBTQ organizing -- Note -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 17: Mormonism, gender, and art -- The LDS family brand -- Radiating saints -- Miss Idaho -- Captain Moroni -- Sturdy patriarchs -- Notes -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 18: Mormon literature and gender -- The Foundational Period of Mormon literature, 1830-1880 -- Home Literature, 1880-1930 -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 19: Sexual purity and its discontents in Mormonism -- Celestial Marriage -- Object lessons -- Chastity and its discontents -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 20: Mormonism and sexual violence -- The Mormon menace -- Notes -- References -- Further reading -- Part III: Social scientific approaches -- Chapter 21: Women and religious organization: a "microbiological" approach to influence -- Cultural -- relational -- Ontological -- Conclusion -- Note.

References -- Further reading -- Chapter 22: Global Mormon perspectives and experiences of familial structures -- Working mothers -- Non-nuclear family structures -- Patriarchal vs. egalitarian structures -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 23: Structures of home and family: north america -- North American settlements -- Family design and agency -- Domestic religious practice -- The cultural meaning of domestic space -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 24: Non-traditional families -- Introduction -- Background section on Mormon families -- Single-parent families and cohabitation -- Divorce -- Same-sex couples -- Non-traditional work arrangements -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 25: Social science perspectives on gender and Mormon orthodoxy -- The demographics of Mormon women and men in the United States -- Believing: Mormon women as paragons of orthodoxy -- Behaving: gender differences in key areas of Mormons' religious practice -- Gender as a factor in believing and behaving -- Note -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 26: Gender and mental health in Mormon contexts -- Introduction: religion and mental health -- Gendered access to mental health resources in Mormon communities -- Methodology -- Gender in interpersonal ecclesiastical interactions -- Mental healthcare provided by Relief Society presidents -- Disclosure rules: Relief Society presidents must report to bishops -- Gender, spiritual authority, and confession -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 27: Women's gender roles and Mormonism in england -- Pioneers, polygamy, and persecution: depictions of Mormon women in the English landscape -- Molly Mormon: "it's a Utah thing" -- The third space: pragmatic egalitarianism, the home, and shifting gender roles -- Conclusion.

Notes -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 28: Institutional gender negotiations within Irish Mormon congregations -- A correlated Church in a global era? -- The Irish context: a society transformed -- Development of Irish Mormonism: conforming and subverting gendered expectations -- Contested understandings of female leadership in Church -- Who has the power to speak truth to power? -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 29: Peruvian Mormon matchmaking: the limits of Mormon endogamy at Zion's border -- Introduction -- Wrong kind of love -- Covenant boundaries -- Conversos in Saints' clothing -- Zion's border police -- Youth of Zion rise -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 30: Mormon women at work in nicaragua -- Economy and employment in Nicaragua -- Nicaraguan motherhood and LDS women -- "We share the responsibilities": dual earning and co-parenting in Nicaragua -- Women supporting families -- Women's work as empowerment -- Work, poverty, and church support -- Work and alternate constructs of motherhood -- Work and unequal marital power dynamics -- "You are going to make your own decisions": work as autonomy and protection -- Notes -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 31: Mormon masculinity, family, and kava in the Pacific -- Kava background and Mormon contexts -- Mormon stance on kava -- Intersecting masculinities -- Negotiating family constructs -- Discussion: Mormon kava adaptations of family and masculinity -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 32: Gendered dynamics and institutions within nigerian Mormonism -- Afro-politan Mormonism -- Gendered duality and indigenous religion in Nigeria -- The image of Latter-day Saint manhood in the colonial era -- LDS female authority in Nigeria -- Gender identities in Nigerian Latter-day Saint sacred texts -- Conclusion.

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The Routledge Handbook of Mormonism and Gender is an outstanding reference source to this engaging and controversial subject area. Since its founding in 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has engaged gender in surprising ways.

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