Revisiting classic books in Mormon Studies
Although the field of Mormon Studies is only fifty years old, it has steadily developed in how it addresses crucial questions and issues. The goal of this panel is to assess how the field has evolved on these central questions over the past decades. Presenters will discuss themes including gender, methodology, sexuality, and race through the lens of five classic works from the 1980s through the 2000s.
1984: Religion and Sexuality: The Shakers, The Mormons, and the Oneida Community by Lawrence Foster (University of Illinois Press)
1985: Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition by Jan Shipps (University of Illinois Press)
1987: Sisters in Spirit: Mormon Women in Historical and Cultural Perspective by Maureen Ursenbach Beecher and Lavina Fielding Anderson (University of Illinois Press)
1991: Mormonism and the Bible by Phil Barlow (Oxford University Press)
2003: All Abraham’s Children by Armand Mauss (University of Illinois Press)