Janice Merrill Allred

Janice Merrill Allred (born in 1947) is an excommunicated Latter Day Saint, theologian, writer, and Mormon feminist. She was born in Mesa, Arizona.

Allred holds a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University (BYU), and some of her writings have been collected in God the Mother, and Other Theological Essays (Signature Books: 1997). She began her studies of the Mother in Heaven concept in 1991. ) and Allred was initially placed on probation (a temporary and relatively minor punishment) in October 1994. However, after lengthy proceedings, a second disciplinary council found her guilty of apostasy and excommunicated her on May 9, 1995.

Publications Allred, Janice (1997). God the Mother, and Other Theological Essays. Signature Books. (1997) "My Struggle for a More Loving, Tolerant, and Egalitarian Church". Case Reports of the Mormon Alliance. 2(4) (1994) "Toward a Mormon Theology of God the Mother," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 27(2):38–39 (2012) "The One Who Never Left Us," Sunstone