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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

Homosexual Thoughts and Feelings Not a Sin, Says New LDS Handbook

Handbook to be released November 13; advance copies leaked on Internet.
Joanna Brooks
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Religion Dispatches

“I Chose Esther”: Elizabeth Smart Testifies

Smart’s testimony sets a powerful example that LDS women who survive sexual violence have no reason to be ashamed of themselves.
Joanna Brooks
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Religion Dispatches

55% of Utah Mormons Believe LGBT People can “Change”

Mixed messages from LDS officials contribute to pitiful understanding gap.
Joanna Brooks
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