On Fire in Baltimore: Black Mormon Women and Conversion in a Raging City

Authors

Rachel Cope

Keywords

Baltimore, conversion, Laura Rutter Strickling

Abstract

In her thought-provoking book, On Fire in Baltimore: Black Mormon Women and Conversion in a Raging City, Laura Rutter Strickling captures the complex conversion narratives of fifteen Latter-day Saint women who found space for themselves within a “historically White church” (xiii). The book provides powerful accounts of individual spiritual journeys while also grappling with the racial tensions that implicitly and explicitly influence black and white interaction within and without The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Recommended Citation

Cope, Rachel (2019) "On Fire in Baltimore: Black Mormon Women and Conversion in a Raging City," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 58: Iss. 2, Article 15.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol58/iss2/15