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Full Description
The year 2003 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the lifting of the ban excluding black members from the priesthood of the Mormon church. The articles collected in Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith's Black and Mormon look at the mechanisms used to keep blacks from full participation, the motives behind the ban, and the kind of changes that have--and have not--taken place within the church since the revelation responsible for its end.
This challenging collection is required reading for anyone concerned with the history of racism, discrimination, and the Latter-day Saints.
Contents
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Newell G. Bringhurst Darron T. Smith 1. The "Missouri Thesis" Revisited: Early Mormonism, Slavery, and the Status of Black People Newell G. Bringhurst 2. The Traditions of Their Fathers: Myth vs. Reality in LDS Scriptural Writings Alma Allred 3. Two Perspectives: The Religious Hopes of "Worthy" African American Latter-day Saints before the 1978 Revelation Ronald G. Coleman and Darius A. Gray 4. ASpanning the Priesthood Revelation (1978): Two Multigenerational Case Studies Jessie L. Embry 5. Casting Off the "Curse of Cain": The Extent and Limits of Progress since 1978 Armand L. Mauss 6. BAfrican American Latter-day Saints: A Sociological Perspective Cardell K. Jacobson 7. "How Do Things Look on the Ground?": The LDS African American Community in Atlanta, Georgia Ken Driggs 8. Unpacking Whiteness in Zion: Some Personal Reflections and General Observations Darron T. Smith Contributors Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: African American Mormons
