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    • As a Religious Studies Professor I Disagreed With the Hamline Firing — But Now I’ve Changed My Mind
      As a Religious Studies Professor I Disagreed With the Hamline Firing — But Now I’ve Changed My Mind
    • Enjoy the Kosher Collard Greens, But Understand This: Hebrew Israelites Have Something to Say to the Rest of the Jewish Community
      Enjoy the Kosher Collard Greens, But Understand This: Hebrew Israelites Have Something to Say to the Rest of the Jewish Community
    • Pope Benedict’s 2006 Islamophobia Controversy Wasn’t an Isolated Incident — Islamophobia is an Integral Part of His Theological Legacy
      Pope Benedict’s 2006 Islamophobia Controversy Wasn’t an Isolated Incident — Islamophobia is an Integral Part of His Theological Legacy
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    • Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
      Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
    • In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education
      In Hamline Case, the ‘Free Expression vs. Religious Sensibilities’ Frame Obscures a Stark Reality About Higher Education
    • GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
      GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
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    • Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
      Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
    • But What About the Parents? New York Times Falls Into the Anti-Trans ‘Parents’ Rights’ Trap
      But What About the Parents? New York Times Falls Into the Anti-Trans ‘Parents’ Rights’ Trap
    • No Longer Content With Right to Opt Out, Conservative Christians Asking Courts to Eliminate Rights for Others — And They’re Winning
      No Longer Content With Right to Opt Out, Conservative Christians Asking Courts to Eliminate Rights for Others — And They’re Winning
  • Christian Nationalism
    • Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
      Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
    • GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
      GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident
    • The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition
      The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition
  • Russia Invades Ukraine
    • Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
      Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
    • As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
      As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
    • Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream
      Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream
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Joanna Brooks

Joanna Brooks is an award-winning religion writer, co-editor of the just-released Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings (Oxford UP), and a senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches.

Joanna Brooks, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 30, 2013

Why the Women’s Ordination Question Will Shape the Future of Mormonism

By Joanna Brooks

A matter of “Radical Self Respect.”

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Joanna Brooks, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJune 26, 2013

Mormons Absorb SCOTUS Prop 8 Ruling

By Joanna Brooks

Progressives celebrate, conservatives stake out the “religious freedom” defense, but the true lessons of Prop 8 for Mormons have yet to be absorbed.

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Joanna Brooks, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMay 29, 2013

“We Want Everyone to Come to the Family Reunion”

By Joanna Brooks

Mormons Building Bridges—one year after its SLC Pride Parade debut.

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Joanna Brooks, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMay 15, 2013

“Like sunshine in the darkest abyss I’ve ever experienced.”

By Joanna Brooks

Mormon mom describes her journey to acceptance of her gay adolescent son in new film from Family Acceptance Project.

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Joanna Brooks, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMay 9, 2013

Did Mormon Morality Teachings Really Make it Harder for Elizabeth Smart to Run?

By Joanna Brooks

Elizabeth Smart’s remarks set off important debate about LDS sexuality doctrine and culture.

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Joanna Brooks, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMay 8, 2013

Traditional Mormon Sexual Purity Lesson Contributed to Captivity, Elizabeth Smart Tells University Audience

By Joanna Brooks

Eleven years ago, we asked why she didn’t run, but inside we already knew.

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Culture, Joanna Brooks, RD BlogApril 30, 2013

Shifting Talk on Mormon Racism Reveals Divisions within LDS Church

By Joanna Brooks

One month. Two official stories. And a historical problem that won’t disappear.

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Joanna Brooks, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderApril 22, 2013

BSA: Gay Maybe Okay—But Not if You’re Over 18

By Joanna Brooks

Does proposed split policy reflect LDS influence?

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Joanna Brooks, Politics/Law, RD BlogApril 16, 2013

Meet the New LDS Face of Immigration Politics

By Joanna Brooks

Goodbye, Russell Pearce. Hello, Raul Labrador.

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Joanna Brooks, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderApril 8, 2013

Historic Prayer by Woman at LDS General Conference Signals Growing Concern with Gender Equality

By Joanna Brooks

“More progress in the last six months than in the last sixty years.”

 

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