Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Mary Sturlaugson, memoirs, rebellious proselytizing, Mormon studies
College
Religious Education
Department
Church History and Doctrine
Abstract
My project focuses on Mary Sturlaugson’s memoirs, and discusses how the memoir genre allowed Sturlaugson to both faithfully and subversively voice her position on the LDS Church’s denial of salvational ordinances to Black people. The ORCA grant has generously subsidized my research, providing the financial assistance that allowed me to focus on my project during my last year at BYU. My mentor, Dr. Rachel Cope, and I have carefully inspected Sturlaugson’s memoirs and historically contextualized them using primary sources and existing literature regarding Black Mormon history. I anticipate submitting the manuscript to A|B: Autobiography Studies, the Journal of Mormon History, and other journals that concentrate on Mormon studies or memoir studies by April 2014.
Recommended Citation
Duqué, Jennifer and Cope, Dr. Rachel
(2014)
"“Mary is now to be The Sower”: The Rebellious Proselytizing in Mary Sturlaugson’s Memoirs,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 1310.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/1310