Some women attempting to escape polygamy have complained that LDS bishops they consulted advised them to return to their husbands because “We are all going to have to live polygamy someday.” LDS theology distinguishes between “higher” laws—what god really wants us to do—and “lower” laws we settle for because the higher law cannot be practiced …
Speaker: Carrie A. Miles
A Testimony Of Motherhood: LDS Response To Changing Women’s Roles, 1940-2006
A Testimony Of Motherhood: LDS Response To Changing Women’s Roles, 1940-2006 Most conservative religions objected to the movement of women out of the household in the 1960s, but doctrines linked to the practice of polygamy made changing gender roles particularly challenging for the LDS Church. To understand Church responses to this crisis, I analyzed all …
Old Testament Images Of God As Parent
Old Testament Images Of God As Parent Carrie A. Miles
Mormon Polygamy And The Economics Of Salvation
Mormon Polygamy And The Economics Of Salvation Carrie A. Miles, Greg Pingree
THE GENESIS OF GENDER, OR WHY MOTHER IN HEAVEN CAN’T SAVE YOU and IF I HATE MY MOTHER, CAN I LOVE THE HEAVENLY MOTHER? PERSONAL IDENTITY, PARENTAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND PERCEPTIONS OF GOD
THE GENESIS OF GENDER, OR WHY MOTHER IN HEAVEN CAN’T SAVE YOU and IF I HATE MY MOTHER, CAN I LOVE THE HEAVENLY MOTHER? PERSONAL IDENTITY, PARENTAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND PERCEPTIONS OF GOD Carrie A. Miles