
In Baring Witness , Welker and thirty-six Mormon women write about devotion and love and luck, about the wonder of discovery, and about the journeys, both thorny and magical, to humor, grace, and contentment. They speak to a diversity of life experiences: what happens when one partner rejects Church teachings; marrying outside one's faith; the pain of divorce and widowhood; the horrors of spousal ...
Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: University of Illinois Press (August 15, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0252040341
ISBN-13: 978-0252040344
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 12341328
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I enjoyed this collection of essays. It's about time something like this was published. The contributors' experiences are diverse; some are active, believing Mormons, others are unorthodox, and still others are post-Mormons. There are stories of good...
hard journey from visions of an idealized marriage to the everyday truth; sexuality within Mormon marriage; how the pressure to find a husband shapes young women's actions and sense of self; and the ways Mormon belief and culture can influence second marriages and same-sex unions. The result is an unflinching look at the earthly realities of an institution central to Mormon life.