Rachel Hunt Steenblik is an American author and poet. Her writings have focused on topics of
faith
Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion".
Religious people often ...
,
mother
]
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hood, and
feminism
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...
, particularly in relation to her own
Mormonism
Mormonism is the religious tradition and theology of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationism, Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s. As a label, Mormonism has been applied to vari ...
and the belief in a
Heavenly Mother
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. Her poetry compilation, ''Mother's Milk'', won the 2017 award for poetry from the
Association for Mormon Letters
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.
Works
* ''Mormon Feminism: Essential Writings'' (Co-Editor). Oxford, 2015.
*''Mother's Milk: Poems in Search of Heavenly Mother'' (Author). By Common Consent Press, 2017.
*''I Gave Her a Name'' (Author). By Common Consent Press, 2019.
See also
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Latter-day Saint poetry
*
Mormon feminism
Mormon feminism is a feminist religious social movement concerned with the role of women within Mormonism. Mormon feminists commonly advocate for a more significant recognition of Heavenly Mother, the ordination of women, gender equality, and ...
References
External links
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Articles at ''The Exponent''
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Latter Day Saint writers
Latter Day Saint poets
American writers
American feminist writers
American Latter Day Saint writers
Mormon feminists
Brigham Young University alumni
Simmons University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people