“Light cleaveth unto light”: Intermarriage discourse, LDS women of color, and the new racism

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2021-10-24 DOI:10.1177/20503032211044437

N. Khan

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Abstract

Fifty years after Loving v. Virginia, oppositional attitudes toward interracial relationships are still advanced by religious institutions in the United States. Extant social science literature characterizes these attitudes as generated largely by Evangelical and Christian nationalist traditions where members harbor negative attitudes toward interracial relationships. Hidden behind this characterization are the significant, but less obvious ways in which non-Evangelical denominations construct and disseminate similar attitudes. Through discourse analysis and digital interviews with LDS women of color, this study uses the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon) as an entry point for examining intermarriage discourses in other faith traditions. Findings highlight that LDS messaging about interracial relationships shifted over time, integrating multiple racial frames in ways that expanded the scope of LDS racism with especially harsh implications for LDS women of color. Broader theoretical implications for the study of race, gender, and religion are discussed.

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“光对光”:异族婚姻话语，摩门教的有色女性，和新的种族主义

在洛文诉弗吉尼亚案50年后，美国的宗教机构仍然对跨种族关系持反对态度。现存的社会科学文献将这些态度描述为主要由福音派和基督教民族主义传统产生的，在这些传统中，成员对跨种族关系持有负面态度。隐藏在这种定性背后的是非福音派构建和传播类似态度的重要但不太明显的方式。通过话语分析和对LDS有色人种女性的数字采访，本研究以耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（LDS或摩门教）为切入点，考察其他信仰传统中的通婚话语。研究结果强调，LDS关于跨种族关系的信息随着时间的推移而变化，以扩大LDS种族主义范围的方式整合了多个种族框架，对LDS有色人种女性的影响尤其严重。讨论了对种族、性别和宗教研究的更广泛的理论意义。

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期刊介绍： Critical Research on Religion is a peer-reviewed, international journal focusing on the development of a critical theoretical framework and its application to research on religion. It provides a common venue for those engaging in critical analysis in theology and religious studies, as well as for those who critically study religion in the other social sciences and humanities such as philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literature. A critical approach examines religious phenomena according to both their positive and negative impacts. It draws on methods including but not restricted to the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, Marxism, post-structuralism, feminism, psychoanalysis, ideological criticism, post-colonialism, ecocriticism, and queer studies. The journal seeks to enhance an understanding of how religious institutions and religious thought may simultaneously serve as a source of domination and progressive social change. It attempts to understand the role of religion within social and political conflicts. These conflicts are often based on differences of race, class, ethnicity, region, gender, and sexual orientation – all of which are shaped by social, political, and economic inequity. The journal encourages submissions of theoretically guided articles on current issues as well as those with historical interest using a wide range of methodologies including qualitative, quantitative, and archival. It publishes articles, review essays, book reviews, thematic issues, symposia, and interviews.