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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Scholars, Saints and Mormonism; Scholars, Saints and knowledge; Part I Dimensions of Identity; 1 Identity and boundary maintenance: International prospects for Mormonism at the dawn of the twenty-first century; Boundaries and identity; Religious identities as exports; Mormonism as a new world religion?; Future prospects for international Mormon identities: some illustrations; Mormon institutions in identity-building; 2 Modernity, history and Latter-day Saint faith |
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3 The Book of Mormon wars: A non-Mormon perspectiveA non-Mormon perspective; 4 Coffee, tea and the ultra-Protestant and Jewish nature of the boundaries of Mormonism; Origins and development of the ban; Coffee, tea and health; Coffee, tea and the collective identity and boundaries of Mormons, Jews and Seventh-day Adventists; Mormons, Jews and ultra-Protestants; Concluding thoughts on coffee, tea, Protestants, Jews, and Mormons; Notes; 5 Latter-day Saint exceptionalism and membership growth; Methodology; Findings; Discussion and conclusion |
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6 Neither Mormon nor Protestant? The Reorganized Church and the challenge of identityNotes; Part II The Expansion of Mormonism; 7 Ethnic American Mormons: The development of a community; Notes; 8 Mormonism in Chile; Mormonism in Latin America; Mormonism in Chile; Distribution of members; Pentecostalism; Urban Santiago and social process; Conclusion; Notes; 9 Mormonism in black Africa; 10 India: A synopsis of cultural challenges; Part III Emotional and Social Life; 11 Childhood in early nineteenth-century Britain reflected in some Latter-day Saint sources; Notes |
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12 Guilt, fear, anxiety and love: Disciplinary councils among Latter-day Saints todayChurch disciplinary councils; Obedience to righteous authority versus free agency; Violations of Church sexual standards and the ideal of unconditional love; Conclusion; Notes; 13 An overview of Mormonism and mental health; Previous reviews of religiosity and mental health; A decade review (1985-95); Positive trend; Specific outcomes (1985-95); The mental health of the Mormons; Mormonism and depression; Mormonism and family life; Premarital sex; Delinquency; Mormonism and substance abuse |
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Mormonism and well-beingConclusions; 14 Commitment making: Mate selection processes among active Mormon American couples; The Mormon context for mate selection; The mate selection process in American culture; Method; Results; Desired traits and initial attraction; Rapidity of movement; Spiritual confirmation; The importance of commitment making; Discussion; Note; Part IV Early Mormonism; 15 Mormons and the millennial world-view; Notes; 16 Magic and Mormon religion; Magic as a distancing category; Commitment to the founding era |
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"This collection of interdisciplinary essays explores the prime concern of Mormon Studies - the relationship between knowledge and spirituality - and how that relationship has been defined and reinterpreted over time. Beginning with an examination of the international prospects for Mormonism at the turn of the century, the volume's overarching theme, from sociological, anthropological and theological approaches, is the examination of changing Mormon identities. The contributors review the expansion of Mormonism, the emotional and social contexts of its historic and contemporary manifestations, the distinction between 'Utah' Mormons and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and issues in Mormon feminism, concluding with a valuable review of the sources and documents available for studying Mormonism."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Membership -- Congresses
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Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- Membership -- Congresses
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fast |
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Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints fast |
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Christian sociology -- Latter Day Saint churches -- Congresses
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Latter Day Saints -- Congresses
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Group identity -- Congresses
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Latter Day Saint churches -- Membership -- Congresses
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Identification (Religion) -- Congresses
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- General.
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Christian sociology -- Latter Day Saint churches
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Group identity
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Identification (Religion)
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Membership requirements
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Latter Day Saint churches -- Membership
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Latter Day Saints
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474281294 |
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147428129X |
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