Confessions Of A Mormon Boy

Author : Steven Fales
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Autobiographical drama
ISBN : IND:30000111197632

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Confessions of a Mormon Boy by Steven Fales Pdf

“What a rare and skillful thing isConfessions of a Mormon Boy,Steven Fales’ engrossing, funny and often quite harrowing tale. A fine writer and actor.”—Chicago Sun-Times A hit at New York’s Fringe Festival, Steven Fales’ true-life story has become a smash across the country. Now playing off-Broadway, it continues to dazzle audiences with its honesty and wit as the author recounts his story of being excommunicated from the Mormon church for being gay, leaving his wife and children, and his subsequent descent into the dangers of sex and drugs.

Author : Nicole Hardy
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781401342906

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Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin by Nicole Hardy Pdf

When Nicole Hardy's eye-opening "Modern Love" column appeared in the New York Times, the response from readers was overwhelming. Hardy's essay, which exposed the conflict between being true to herself as a woman and remaining true to her Mormon faith, struck a chord with women coast-to-coast. Now in her funny, intimate, and thoughtful memoir, Nicole Hardy explores how she came, at the age of thirty-five, to a crossroads regarding her faith and her identity. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nicole had held absolute conviction in her Mormon faith during her childhood and throughout her twenties. But as she aged out of the Church's "singles ward" and entered her thirties, she struggled to merge the life she envisioned for herself with the one the Church prescribed, wherein all women are called to be mothers and the role of homemaker is the emphatic ideal. Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin chronicles the extraordinary lengths Nicole went to in an attempt to reconcile her human needs with her spiritual life--flying across the country for dates with LDS men, taking up salsa dancing as a source for physical contact, even moving to Grand Cayman, where the ocean and scuba diving provided some solace. But neither secular pursuits nor LDS guidance could help Nicole prepare for the dilemma she would eventually face: a crisis of faith that caused her to question everything she'd grown up believing. In the tradition of the memoirs Devotion and Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin is a mesmerizing and wholly relatable account of one woman's hard-won mission to find love, acceptance, and happiness--on her own terms.

Author : Gerald S. Argetsinger,Jeff Laver,Johnny Townsend
Publisher : Lethe Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590212646

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Latter-Gay Saints by Gerald S. Argetsinger,Jeff Laver,Johnny Townsend Pdf

Latter-Gay Saints brings together twenty-five exemplary short works depicting a variety of perspectives of what it means to be both Mormon and queer. Some portray characters determined to reconcile their sexuality with the Mormon faith in accordance with its constantly evolving teachings and policies. The majority present the realities of queer Mormons who have come to terms with their sexuality in a variety of alternative ways. Others are written from outside the Mormon community, commenting on often strange encounters with Mormons who are gay. These stories are also of value for the broader GLBT community revealing similarities that people of faith, regardless of which faith, face in attempting to negotiate their religious heritage with their homosexuality. Some in the GLBT community find a way, while others do not, leaving their faith or having it ripped from them. They are all individuals searching for answers to life's puzzles.

Author : Julia Cameron
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781101443415

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The Creative Life by Julia Cameron Pdf

A passionate and inspiring guide to creating a life built around the creative process. This groundbreaking new work from the bestselling author of The Artist's Way, guides readers in creating a vision for their lives in which art and life are inextricably linked. According to Julia Cameron, when we allow our creative spirit to serve as our compass, we discover that the art we have always longed to create is suddenly within our grasp. In The Creative Life, Cameron shows readers how to use their creative hearts and minds to cultivate lives that nourish and sustain their art. Through beautifully drawn scenes from her own life, as well as the lives of the many artists around her, Cameron reveals that creativity flourishes during the quiet pauses in our lives-and that it is only when we allow ourselves to slow down and savor life that we discover ways to depict it sensitively and poetically in our art. By opening the curtain on her own life and the lives of the artists who surround her, Cameron reveals a world rich with creative possibility.

Author : Brenda R. Weber
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781478005292

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Latter-day Screens by Brenda R. Weber Pdf

From Sister Wives and Big Love to The Book of Mormon on Broadway, Mormons and Mormonism are pervasive throughout American popular media. In Latter-day Screens, Brenda R. Weber argues that mediated Mormonism contests and reconfigures collective notions of gender, sexuality, race, spirituality, capitalism, justice, and individualism. Focusing on Mormonism as both a meme and an analytic, Weber analyzes a wide range of contemporary media produced by those within and those outside of the mainstream and fundamentalist Mormon churches, from reality television to feature films, from blogs to YouTube videos, and from novels to memoirs by people who struggle to find agency and personhood in the shadow of the church's teachings. The broad archive of mediated Mormonism contains socially conservative values, often expressed through neoliberal strategies tied to egalitarianism, meritocracy, and self-actualization, but it also offers a passionate voice of contrast on behalf of plurality and inclusion. In this, mediated Mormonism and the conversations on social justice that it fosters create the pathway toward an inclusive, feminist-friendly, and queer-positive future for a broader culture that uses Mormonism as a gauge to calibrate its own values.

Author : Mahonri Stewart
Publisher : Zarahemla Books
Page : 911 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780988323315

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Saints on Stage by Mahonri Stewart Pdf

Saints on Stage is the most comprehensive and important work on Mormon drama ever published. This volume anthologizes some of Mormonism's best plays from the last several decades, many of them published here for the first time. Several of these plays have won honors from institutions as varied as the Kennedy Center and the Association for Mormon Letters. This volume includes historical backgrounds and playwright biographies, as well as an introduction that provides an extensive overview of Mormon drama. The following plays are included: Fires of the Mind – Robert Elliott Huebener – Thomas F. Rogers Burdens of Earth – Susan Elizabeth Howe J. Golden – James Arrington Matters of the Heart – Thom Duncan Gadianton – Eric Samuelsen Hancock County – Tim Slover Stones – J. Scott Bronson Farewell to Eden – Mahonri Stewart Martyrs' Crossing – Melissa Leilani Larson I Am Jane – Margaret Blair Young

Author : Alfred Henry Lewis,John Doyle Lee
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547356462

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The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Alfred Henry Lewis,John Doyle Lee Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite" by Alfred Henry Lewis, John Doyle Lee. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : M.E. Thomas
Publisher : Crown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307956668

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Confessions of a Sociopath by M.E. Thomas Pdf

The memoir of a high-functioning, law-abiding (well, mostly) sociopath and a roadmap—right from the source—for dealing with the sociopath in your life. “[A] gripping and important book . . . revelatory . . . quite the memorable roller coaster ride.”—The New York Times Book Review As M.E. Thomas says of her fellow sociopaths, “We are your neighbors, your coworkers, and quite possibly the people closest to you: lovers, family, friends. Our risk-seeking behavior and general fearlessness are thrilling, our glibness and charm alluring. Our often quick wit and outside-the-box thinking make us appear intelligent—even brilliant. We climb the corporate ladder faster than the rest, and appear to have limitless self-confidence. Who are we? We are highly successful, noncriminal sociopaths and we comprise 4 percent of the American population.” Confessions of a Sociopath—part confessional memoir, part primer for the curious—takes readers on a journey into the mind of a sociopath, revealing what makes them tick while debunking myths about sociopathy and offering a road map for dealing with the sociopaths in your life. M. E. Thomas draws from her own experiences as a diagnosed sociopath; her popular blog, Sociopathworld; and scientific literature to unveil for the very first time these men and women who are “hiding in plain sight.”

Author : W. Cleon Skousen
Publisher : Verity Publishing
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780934364638

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So You Want to Raise a Boy? by W. Cleon Skousen Pdf

In writing this book, Dr. Skousen takes considerable comfort from the fact that there are no “experts” on the subject of raising boys. He comes about as close as anyone, since he is the father of five sons and three daughters—and the grandfather of fifty grandchildren. In this book is his description of “boyhood” from birth to the age of twenty-one, a portrait of physical and emotional development, year by year, an outline of behavior patterns and problems and how parents should react to them. He considers such matters as the boy’s relation to the family, adjusting to school, stuttering, telling tales, and even such everyday problems as getting a boy to clean up his room or take a bath. Inevitably there will be difficult boys and with this in mind Dr. Skousen gives helpful and knowledgeable advice to parents about alcohol, drugs, and suggested preventative measures. Without preaching and with a fine sense of humor and good common sense, Dr. Skousen has compiled a concrete guide to raising non-delinquent boys who are happy and well-adjusted. This eBook includes the original index, illustrations, footnotes, table of contents and page numbering from the printed format.

Author : Deborah Lucas
Publisher : SterlingHouse Publisher
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781585011209

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Confessions of a Recovering Mormon by Deborah Lucas Pdf

Author : G. Harris,E. Aston
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230554948

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Feminist Futures? by G. Harris,E. Aston Pdf

This work is a timely contribution to the debates surrounding feminism, theatre and performance. The excellent, cross-generational mix of theatre scholars and practitioners engaging in lively, cutting-edge debates on critical topics make this essential reading for students and scholars in Theatre and Performance Studies as well as Gender Studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : UOM:49015003465532

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The Advocate by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jana Riess
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190885229

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The Next Mormons by Jana Riess Pdf

American Millennials--the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s--have been leaving organized religion in unprecedented numbers. For a long time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was an exception: nearly three-quarters of people who grew up Mormon stayed that way into adulthood. In The Next Mormons, Jana Riess demonstrates that things are starting to change. Drawing on a large-scale national study of four generations of current and former Mormons as well as dozens of in-depth personal interviews, Riess explores the religious beliefs and behaviors of young adult Mormons, finding that while their levels of belief remain strong, their institutional loyalties are less certain than their parents' and grandparents'. For a growing number of Millennials, the tensions between the Church's conservative ideals and their generation's commitment to individualism and pluralism prove too high, causing them to leave the faith-often experiencing deep personal anguish in the process. Those who remain within the fold are attempting to carefully balance the Church's strong emphasis on the traditional family with their generation's more inclusive definition that celebrates same-sex couples and women's equality. Mormon families are changing too. More Mormons are remaining single, parents are having fewer children, and more women are working outside the home than a generation ago. The Next Mormons offers a portrait of a generation navigating between traditional religion and a rapidly changing culture.

Author : F. E. Higgins
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780330471534

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The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins Pdf

When Ludlow Fitch's parents cruelly betray him, he steals away on the back of a carriage and leaves behind the stinking City. He arrives in the dead of night at a remote village, where he crosses paths with the tall and limping figure of Joe Zabbidou - a pawnbroker with a difference. For Joe trades secrets, not goods, for cash. Ludlow is employed to record the villagers' fiendish confessions in The Black Book of Secrets. Bodysnatching; thievery; murder. The people of Pagus Parvus have much to hide. But is Ludlow Fitch ready to release his own skeletons? And will he ever learn to trust his mysterious master?

Author : John M. Pontius
Publisher : CFI
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : RELIGION
ISBN : 1462128432

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Visions of Glory by John M. Pontius Pdf