The Mysterious Madness of Mormons
Johnny Townsend
Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
When religious indoctrination clashes with reality, the outcome can't always be predicted. In these stories by the author of Please Evacuate and Inferno in the French Quarter, a Seminary teacher threatens to kill his students. A schizophrenic woman in a hurricane evacuation shelter finds love. A Relief Society president's silicone breast implants develop into a new life form. A sister missionary suffocating under family pressure volunteers to be held hostage during a bank robbery. A teenage girl is haunted by the ghost of Emma Smith. A devout Mormon takes up sex work to raise money to help the poor.
Sometimes, behavior that seems perfectly reasonable in one culture can seem disturbing to those outside it. But whether reasonable or disturbing, their stories can also make compelling reading.
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Mormons and suicide, obsessing over minor faults, schizophrenia and Mormons, martyrdom as a goal, Mormon missionaries and community service, Mormonism as a cult, Mormon teens and Seminary class, divorcing over masturbation, disappointing one's family, morality tests from friends, silicon-based life forms, authoritarian control in families, religious sexual oppression, religion suppresses critical thinking, chastity and porn, Mormon sister missionaries, Mormons and facial hair, carbon monoxide poisoning and hallucinations, breaking free from family, sex work for charity