Joanna Brooks

Mormons finally “let women pray”

An activist movement has prompted the church to finally allow a woman to offer invocation at its general conference

Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 8:47 PM UTC
Social Religion Dispatches

The four books of LDS have been revised to provide context for the religion's former ban on black priests

Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches Saturday, Mar 9, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 86
Social Religion Dispatches

The "Lean In" social movement aims to empower women, but it may have a hard time in segregated religious circles

Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 6:00 PM UTC
Social Religion Dispatches, Feminism

Max S., a 15-year old LDS member and soon-to-be Eagle Scout, says anti-gay policy is "discriminatory"

Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 3:07 PM UTC 13
Life Religion Dispatches

Paul H. Dunn's war stories made him one of Mormonism's most popular motivational speakers. Most were fabricated

Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 4:43 PM UTC 26
Politics Religion Dispatches, Mormonism

Can they be compared?

Joanna Brooks, Religion Dispatches Sunday, Jul 29, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 98
Life Religion Dispatches, Religion