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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.

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Religion Dispatches

LDS Church Labels Same-Sex Spouses "Apostates," Bars Children From Baptism

5 things the church can do if it cares about the children.
Joanna Brooks
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Religion Dispatches

Revealing Joseph Smith’s (Well-Known) Polygamy Doesn’t Address the LDS Church’s Bigger Problem

News that the LDS Church has now publicly acknowledged founder Joseph Smith’s polygamous marriage to more than thirty women—one as young as fourteen years old—puts me in mind of a conversation I had…
Joanna Brooks
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Religion Dispatches

The Real Mormon Moment

At least a dozen Mormons nationwide have faced or are facing discipline for criticizing Church practices or policies—even in anonymous chat rooms.
Joanna Brooks
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