Taylor G. Petrey Explained

Taylor G. Petrey is an American scholar of religion and the editor of since 2019. He is a professor at Kalamazoo College.^[1] In 2016–17, he was a visiting associate professor at Harvard Divinity School and research associate at the Women's Studies in Religion Program.^[2] He specializes in gender studies, Early Christianity, and Mormonism. His 2020 book Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism has won numerous awards, including "Best Book Award" from the Mormon History Association and a "Choice Outstanding Academic Title" award.^[3]

Education and Academic Career

Petrey holds a bachelor of arts (2001) from Pace University, a master of theological studies (2003) from Harvard Divinity School and a doctor of theology (2010) from Harvard Divinity School.^[1] He is the author of numerous books and articles on early Christianity and also the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has been a professor at Kalamazoo College since 2010.

Petrey specializes in gender studies and religion and his work has received media attention.^{[4] [5]} He has been interviewed for numerous media outlets on Mormonism.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Selected works

• (2024). Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos. University of North Carolina Press.^[9]
• (2020). Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Mormonism. University of North Carolina Press.^[10]
• (2011). "Toward a Post-Heterosexual Mormon Theology"^[11]
• (2015). Resurrecting Parts: Early Christians on Desire, Reproduction, and Sexual Difference.^[12]

External links

• Web site: Interview with Taylor Petrey . beyondtheblockpodcast.com . . 30 July 2021 . 17 June 2020.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taylor Petrey – Associate Professor of Religion, Chair . religion.kzoo.edu . . 30 July 2021.
2. Web site: Taylor Grant Petrey . wsrp.hds.harvard.edu . . 30 July 2021 . en.
3. Web site: Tabernacles of Clay by Taylor G. Petrey . uncpress.org . . 30 July 2021.
4. News: Harkins . Paighten . Prof points to gender, sexual fluidity in religious writings as blueprint to build bridges between LDS-LGBTQ communities . 30 July 2021 . . 28 September 2019.
5. News: Brown . Andy . Kalamazoo Religion Professor Quoted in NY Times Article on Mormonism . 30 July 2021 . News and Events . Kalamazoo College . 9 July 2012.
6. News: Bailey . Sarah Pulliam . Sarah Pulliam Bailey . Mormon Church to allow baptisms, blessings for children of LGBT parents, reversing 2015 policy . 30 July 2021 . . 4 April 2019.
7. News: Stanley-Becker . Isaac . 'He made me transgender on purpose': Breast-removal surgery could boot Mormon student from Brigham Young . 30 July 2021 . . 24 August 2018.
8. News: Iati . Marisa . No more green tea, vaping or drinks ending in '-ccino,' Mormon Church tells members . 30 July 2021 . . 16 August 2019.
9. Book: Petrey , Taylor . Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos. University of North Carolina Press. 2024. 978-1-4696-8270-9.
10. Book: Petrey , Taylor . Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Mormonism. University of North Carolina Press. 2020. 978-1-4696-5622-9.
11. Petrey. Taylor. 2011. Toward a Post-Heterosexual Mormon Theology. Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 44. 4. 106–41.
12. Book: Petrey , Taylor . Resurrecting Parts: Early Christians on Desire, Reproduction, and Sexual Difference. Routledge. Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World . 2015. 9781138906532.