Faithful transgressions in the American West : : six twentieth-century Mormon women's autobiographical acts / / Laura L. Bush.
The central issue Bush finds in these works is how their authors have dealt with the authority of Mormon Church leaders. As she puts it in her preface, ""I use the phrase 'faithful transgression' to describe moments in the texts when each writer, explicitly or implicitly, commits...
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | The central issue Bush finds in these works is how their authors have dealt with the authority of Mormon Church leaders. As she puts it in her preface, ""I use the phrase 'faithful transgression' to describe moments in the texts when each writer, explicitly or implicitly, commits herself in writing to trust her own ideas and authority over official religious authority while also conceiving of and depicting herself to be a 'faithful' member of the Church."" Bush recognizes her book as her own act of faithful transgression. Writing it involved wrestling, she states, ""with my own deeply |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283267179 9786613267177 0874214955 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Laura L. Bush. |