Overview

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.

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Author:   Newell G. Bringhurst ,  Darron T. Smith
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780252029479

ISBN 10:   025202947
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   08 September 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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

Reviews

"""One of the most far-reaching studies of black Mormons to date.""--Publishers Weekly ""Bringhurst and Smith have edited an outstanding series of essays on the problems of racism among the Mormons and the exclusion of African American men from the priesthood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.""--Choice ""Black and Mormon eloquently demonstrates how external social events influenced the Church's policy of denying blacks the priesthood for more than a century.""--BYU Studies"

One of the most far-reaching studies of black Mormons to date. --Publishers Weekly Bringhurst and Smith have edited an outstanding series of essays on the problems of racism among the Mormons and the exclusion of African American men from the priesthood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. --Choice Black and Mormon eloquently demonstrates how external social events influenced the Church's policy of denying blacks the priesthood for more than a century. --BYU Studies

A pathbreaking, probing book that raises deep questions about the intertwining of religion and racism, not only in the history of U.S. Mormonism, but also in the long-term development of U.S. society.

Author Information

Newell G. Bringhurst teaches history and political science at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California. He is the author of Brigham Young and the Expanding American Frontier and other books. Darron T. Smith is an African American convert to the LDS church. He is the author of What Matters Most: A Story of Human Struggle and Potential and is currently a lecturer at Utah Valley State College.  

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