TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kline,Caroline
TI  - Mormon women at the crossroads: global narratives and the power of connectedness 
SN  - 0252053354
AV  - BX8643.W66 K55 2022
U1  - 289.3/32082 23/eng/20220119
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Latter Day Saint women
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Botswana
KW  - United States
KW  - Race
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
KW  - Saintes des derniers jours
KW  - Mexique
KW  - Vie religieuse
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours
KW  - RELIGION / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Religion & beliefs
KW  - thema
KW  - Religion
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Mexican women, agency, and liberation -- African-born women navigating an American-born church -- Privilege, complexity, and women of color in the United States -- Toward a Mormon womanist theology of abundance -- Appendix A : Oral life history interview questions for women in Mexico -- Appendix B : Oral life history interview questions for women in Botswana -- Appendix C : Oral life history interview questions for women in the United States -- Appendix D : Demographic information
N2  - "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to contend with longstanding tensions surrounding gender and race. Yet women of color in the United States and across the Global South adopt and adapt the faith to their contexts, many sharing the high level of satisfaction expressed by Latter-day Saints in general. Caroline Kline explores the ways Latter-day Saint women of color in Mexico, Botswana, and the United States navigate gender norms, but also how their moral priorities and actions challenge Western feminist assumptions. Kline analyzes these traditional religious women through non-oppressive connectedness, a worldview that blends elements of female empowerment and liberation with a broader focus on fostering positive and productive relationships in different realms. Even as members of a patriarchal institution, the women feel a sense of liberation that empowers them to work against oppression and against alienation from both God and other human beings. Vivid and groundbreaking, Mormon Women at the Crossroads merges interviews with theory to offer a rare discussion of Latter-day Saint women from a global perspective"--
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