Joshua S Smith

@HendrixKomoto @SaraMPatterson I'd love to chat! Tony Feliz and the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ are incredibly fascinating. I have some research and writing already in the works. The RCJC is a very important moment for both Mormon and Queer religious history

Did…did a minotaur write this

The doctrine of Heavenly Mother in Mormon fundamentalism is complicated. She (plural) is a source of women's authority and a reminder that polygamy is central to the Mormon cosmology. Not much different from LDS Mormonism. Grateful to be part of this timely special issue.

My guess: I don’t think they will comment because it draws attention. But, Banner shows more initiatory/endowment content than Big Love, so that will be something to consider. If it is mentioned, inaccuracies will be the focus. Mediating religion. What a time to be alive.

Terrific Bostonia article and interview on tonight's #UniversityLecture at the Tsai Center. Learn more, RSVP, and stop by! ➡️bu.edu/provost/awards… University Lecture: Louis Chude-Sokei Aims to Challenge Conventional Narratives about Race and Technology bu.edu/articles/2022/…

Sometimes I think about how prominent Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress defended supporting Mitt Romney in 2012 because, while Mormonism is a "cult," it is a "theological cult" and not a "sociological one," and I'm pretty sure that summarizes the Religious Right pretty well.

They were killed by death squads in El Salvador 4 decades ago. Now, these martyrs are closer to sainthood. “This recognition is the validation of the suffering we experienced,” said Amanda Romero, who migrated from El Salvador in early 80s. My @RNS story: religionnews.com/2022/03/11/fou…

@anthonympetro @samirakmehta These all have been so fun to read and think about together!

Book group is so fried that we decided, at least for next month, to switch to articles. Hit me with your favorite articles about US religion. We might also be up for really good theoretical work that is about religion in a different location, but probably still Americas.

@Heather_R_White's work is brilliant, and I'm so excited for what they're currently working on. It's going to be so good

@beamarovich As well as it can be doing grad school in a pandemic lol but I'm trying to have fun! I hope all is well with you too

@JoshStSmith hey there! hope all is well in your world!

received news that the board of trustees granted me tenure and approved my first sabbatical. i'm relieved, and grateful, and also really angry that increasingly the conditions for this kind of employment are being actively eroded and destroyed.

If I don't get an epic space opera movie with this Celestial Kingdom and Outer Darkness, I'm going to be mad!

Further proof that Mormonism is the sci-fi religion par excellence

The Mormon urge to hie to Kolob

Let’s talk about FLDS women’s dresses, the time before they existed, and what they reveal about broader social trends. 🧵

I'm definitely getting Laurel and Hardy's March of the Wooden Soldiers vibes here

Just going to use this bizarre political promotion for one of Utah's largest MLM's to let everyone know that @kirakieffer wrote an incredible article on essential oils and American spirituality for Religion and American Culture (@csraac). Link: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

People talk a lot of shit about the Midwest but this is what $0 a month used to get you right outside of Kansas City

starting a new professional association for academics who as children wanted to sing in broadway musicals but weren't allowed/able to so they ended up in academia instead