Silence and Absence: Feminist Philosophical Implications of Mormonism’s Heavenly Mother
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) affirms the existence of a divine woman, a Heavenly Mother as a companion to a Heavenly Father. Feminist philosophers of religion have argued for the importance of a divine feminine as a challenge to patriarchal religion, yet the Heavenly M...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Sophia
Year: 2020, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-68 |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism FD Contextual theology KDH Christian sects NBC Doctrine of God |
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
B Silence B MORMON feminism B Performativity B Heavenly Mother B Mormonism B Divine Feminine |
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| Summary: | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) affirms the existence of a divine woman, a Heavenly Mother as a companion to a Heavenly Father. Feminist philosophers of religion have argued for the importance of a divine feminine as a challenge to patriarchal religion, yet the Heavenly Mother tradition has not created an egalitarian religion in Mormonism. Mormon feminists have charged that relative silence about this teaching is a primary cause of this discrepancy. This paper explores the performative dynamics of speech and silence and their relationship to presence and absence in a feminist analysis of power. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-020-00770-z |
