Book Club is back with Rebecca Bibliotheca! Joining her and John Dehlin is Dr. Sarah Patterson as she introduces us to her book on the “September Six”, a group of scholars and feminists excommunicated from the LDS Church in September 1993.
The interview examines the impact of excommunications, the power of the Church’s stance on purity, and the consequences for members. Sarah also highlights the importance of remembering those who paved the way for open conversations and change within the Church.
The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism by Sara Patterson
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Show Notes:
- The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism by Sara Patterson
- Mormon Stories Book Club
- Pioneers in the Attic by Sara Patterson
- Mormon Masculinity: Changing Gender Expectations in the Era of Transition from Polygamy to Monogamy, 1890-1920
- Lavina Fielding Anderson
- Lavina Fielding Anderson excommunicated
- Sonia Johnson
- Mormons for the Equal Rights Amendment
- Pedestals and Podiums by Martha S. Bradley-Evans
- Affirmation LGBTQ
- Dallin H. Oaks’ LGBTQ memo
- Sunstone
- Boyd K. Packer warning against “gays, feminists, and intellectuals”
- Cecelia Konchar Farr
- Women in Authority by Maxine Hanks
- D. Michael Quinn, “Response: A Gift Given: A Gift Taken” Sunstone Magazine, Issue No: 29, September-October 1981
- The Last Days by Avraham Gileadi
- Margaret Tascano – “R@ped by carebears”
- Benchmark Books
- The Good Book Club
- Mormonish Podcast
- Vengeance is Mine by Turley and Brown
- New Approaches to the Book of Mormon by Brent Metcalf
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3 Responses
An informative recap. Thank you. I’m learning more out of the church than I did in it, As the author of In Polygamy’s Shadow, From a Mormon Childhood to a Life of Choice, I’ve been told by a convert: “I’m a Mormon and polygamy was never part of the church.” I was particularly saddened when a born in the covenant young man in his 20’s asked me if it was true that polygamy had been part of the church. He told me he had so many questions he was afraid to ask his family or his leaders.
I don’t know how you can struggle for the soul of the Mormon Church. It lost its soul a long long time ago. (if it ever had one)
Thank you Dr Patterson for such an important work.
I can picture you as a super ex Mormon.