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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807311603321

Titolo

Mormon identities in transition / / edited by Douglas J. Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2018

ISBN

1-350-00559-2

1-4742-8129-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Religious studies : Bloomsbury Academic collections

Disciplina

289.3

248.4893

Soggetti

Christian sociology - Mormon Church

Group identity

Identification (Religion)

Mormon Church - Membership

Mormons

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at the Conference on Mormon Studies held in Apr. 1995 at the University of Nottingham.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Dimensions of Identity -- Part II. The expansion of Mormonism -- Part III. Emotional and social life -- Part IV. Early Mormonism -- Part V. Female Factors -- Part VI. Mormon scipture and theology -- Part VII. The future of Mormon studies.

Sommario/riassunto

"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



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