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By: Zelophehad’s Daughters | Pieces of My Feminist History (Part 4)

Zelophehad’s Daughters | Pieces of My Feminist History (Part 4) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:40:54 +0000

[...] the Eyes of Women,” which took place at Claremont a couple of years ago. (I blogged about it here.) I did a paper on the problem of female salvation in LDS theology. This was one of the first times [...]

By: First Annual Sophia’s Gathering: My Thoughts « The Exponent

First Annual Sophia’s Gathering: My Thoughts « The Exponent — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:07:21 +0000

[...] nicely with the Claremont Women’s Conference (summary here), some of us Exponent bloggers and a few close friends enjoyed a small retreat in the mountains [...]

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:48:47 +0000

Thank you for the idea of bishop as being a person who oversees and, i suppose, a person who then takes appropriate action to protect, encourage or assist someone in need.
Several months ago, in my RS, someone said we report needs to the RS pres so she can assign service. I could only do that if the need was greater than i could meet, otherwise, i see a need, i take action. I am concerned that LDS women are generally becoming passive and reluctant to use their own wisdom, experiences and ability to heed the Spirit, to make decisions and act upon them.
Your concept of bishop has just warmed my heart.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:14:56 +0000

Lynnette, thanks for summarizing the conference. I had been thinking that I should give it a try, but wasn’t feeling up to the task. It was great to meet you!

By: Ziff

Ziff — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:39:10 +0000

My own understanding of my Mormon theology is always evolving, as is everyone’s.

mmiles, I am shocked–shocked–that you would say this. I don’t know about you, but my understanding of Mormon theology is perfect, so it has no need to change.

By: mmiles

mmiles — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:07:31 +0000

I liked your perspective. It made me think. I haven’t read the other post, and read your’s a long time ago (when you wrote it). It will be interesting to go back and read them all again.
Anyhow, I wrote that post around 2 years ago. I’ve had kind of a paradigm shift since then, and don’t really see things the same way. My own understanding of my Mormon theology is always evolving, as is everyone’s.

By: Lynnette

Lynnette — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:04:32 +0000

Lol, Jessawhy; you could also say that some people absorbed the experience, and some were too busy frantically taking notes. But I really enjoyed sitting next to you and G and seeing a whole row of feminist bloggers.

mmiles, I didn’t know you wrote that post! Cool. I seem to be somewhat known as the Heavenly Mother skeptic, but that was definitely a thought-provoking conversation.

By: Idealistic, Pragmatic, and Cynical Feminists: Who Stays, Who Goes? « The Exponent

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:06:50 +0000

[...] the recent feminist Mormon conference in Claremont (nicely summarized at ZD), Exponent blogger Jana reflected on the feminists who were able to stay [...]

By: mmiles

mmiles — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:51:12 +0000

Thanks Lynette. I look forward to reading the talk. I wrote the FMH post. Your post thereafter gave me a lot to think about when I read it previously.

By: Jessawhy

Jessawhy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:12:14 +0000

I’m sooo behind in my reading here, but I just wanted to add an AMEN to all that Lynnette has summarized.

I sat next to her during the conference and she typed furiously through the entire thing (except of course when she was speaking) and I was merely scribbling on some scrap paper with a borrowed pen. Therein lies the vast space between our two brains.

One of the women at our retreat asked me what I thought of Lynnette’s presentation and I told her it was hard to say because I’m biased. I think Lynnette is brilliant and I already knew her basic perspective on these issues. So, of course I loved it. It was thorough and well-thought out and very articulate. I’m interested to have a discussion on that paper by itself (and maybe you’ve already put it up!)

Anyway, it was fun to see you again, maybe next year you can make it to the retreat. Too many conferences and not enough retreats sounds like a bad deal.

Lastly, I’ve only been to Sunstone once, and never to any other LDS conferences, but compared to other (secular) conferences, this one was awesome. It went by so fast because I was really interested in everything. Having been out of academia for so long (7 years), my brain is at a slower processing speed, so I hope to get more out of it when I read it again.

Thanks to all the presenters for their great work.l