I have been a fan of Katie Henry’s books since her first novel, Heretics Anonymous, released last year—it was one of the best depictions of religion I’ve seen in nationally published young adult novels. I ordered her sophomore novel, Let’s Call it a Doomsday, without knowing anything about it besides the author. Thus, it was with some surprise and considerable delight I opened the book to find that Henry’s heroine, Ellis Kimball, was a Latter-day Saint—a religion largely absent from most mainstream books published for children (I can think of only a few recent books that can claim this distinction, and not all of them depict us well—but that’s a topic for another discussion).
Book Review: Mormonism and White Supremacy: American Religion and The Problem of Racial Innocence
By Shari Crall
“The negro . . . should serve the seed of Abraham; he should not be a ruler, nor vote for men to rule over me nor my brethren. . . .” –Brigham Young, January 5, 1852 Reading Joanna Brooks’ newly released and coincidentally timed book, Mormonism and White Supremacy, I felt like Republican House Speaker …
