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      White Smoke, Black Pope? Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff, has African roots
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      HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
      What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
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    • Against American Exceptionalism? Pope Leo XIV v. US Christian Nationalism
      Against American Exceptionalism? Pope Leo XIV v. US Christian Nationalism
    • Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
      Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
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    • Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
      Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
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      Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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CultureApril 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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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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Politics/LawApril 16, 2013

Meet the New LDS Face of Immigration Politics

By Joanna Brooks

Goodbye, Russell Pearce. Hello, Raul Labrador.

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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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