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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

Traditional Mormon Sexual Purity Lesson Contributed to Captivity, Elizabeth Smart Tells University Audience

Eleven years ago, we asked why she didn’t run, but inside we already knew.
Joanna Brooks
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Religion Dispatches

Shifting Talk on Mormon Racism Reveals Divisions within LDS Church

One month. Two official stories. And a historical problem that won’t disappear.
Joanna Brooks
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Religion Dispatches

BSA: Gay Maybe Okay—But Not if You’re Over 18

Does proposed split policy reflect LDS influence?
Joanna Brooks
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