LEADER 04468oam 22006014a 450 001 9910838292203321 005 20230809011252.0 010 $a1-60781-445-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000010473856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6121839 035 $a(OCoLC)1227051772 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse83630 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010473856 100 $a20150701d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Kingdom Transformed$eEarly Mormonism and the Modern LDS Church, New Edition /$fGordon Shepherd and Gary Shepherd 205 $aSecond edition 210 1$aSalt Lake City$cThe University of Utah Press$d[2016] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2021 210 4$dİ[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 406 pages) 300 $aFirst edition had subtitle: Themes in the development of Mormonism 311 $a1-60781-444-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 375-391) and index. 327 $a1. Mormon Prophetic Rhetoric and the Institution of LDS General Conference2. Parallel Paths : LDS General Conference and Mormon History -- 3. The Social-Historical Context of Mormon Beliefs -- 4. Utopia, Family, and Authority : The Major Rhetorical Themes of LDS General Conferences -- 5. Mormon Commitment Mechanisms -- 6. Patterns of Mormon Commitment Rhetoric -- 7. Mormon Accommodation -- 8. Mormon Responses to Secularization -- 9. Contemporary Developments : LDS Conference Trends from 1980-2009 -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Content Analysis Procedures for Obtaining and Evaluating a Representative Sample of LDS General Conference Addresses, 1830-1979 -- Appendix B: Listing of Addresses in the LDS Conference Sample -- Appendix C: General Conference Topic Index with Salience Scores for Thirty-Year Periods, 1830-1979. 330 $a"The evolution of LDS doctrinal emphases uncovered through content analysis. To survive in an often disapproving external social world, the LDS Church has made many adaptive changes in belief, practice, and organization over time. Gordon and Gary Shepherd identify and elucidate these changes through statistical analysis of the rhetoric from General Conference proceedings in their book. The first edition of A Kingdom Transformed, published in 1984, covered the years 1830 to 1979. This new edition revises this earlier work and adds to it by examining the subsequent thirty years of LDS church rhetoric revealing what new trends have emerged and what old ones have continued. It retains the summary and analysis of data from the first 150 years of LDS Church history, but every chapter, including the narrative history of early Mormonism, has been thoroughly rewritten with updated theoretical and empirical support from contemporary research sources. The first edition showed how early twentieth century LDS leaders were fairly liberal in mainstreaming church doctrines and social teaching, but by mid-twentieth century, as the church became more stable, accepted, and successful, church authorities reversed several earlier modifications and began emphasizing a stricter, more conservative theology that coincided with an increasingly conservative political orientation. The new book adds current issues of concern, such as the role of women in the church and international growth versus member retention. It also introduces a new conceptual framework for interpreting findings" 606 $aSocial change$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01122310 606 $aMormon Church$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01026221 606 $aChristian sociology$xMormon Church$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00859542 606 $aChristian sociology$xLatter Day Saint churches$xHistory 606 $aLatter Day Saint churches$xHistory 606 $aSocial change$xHistory 608 $aHistory 615 7$aSocial change 615 7$aMormon Church 615 7$aChristian sociology$xMormon Church 615 0$aChristian sociology$xLatter Day Saint churches$xHistory. 615 0$aLatter Day Saint churches$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory. 676 $a289.33209 686 $aREL046000$2bisacsh 700 $aShepherd$b Gordon$f1943-$4aut$01726644 702 $aShepherd$b Gary$f1943-$4aut 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838292203321 996 $aA Kingdom Transformed$94132577 997 $aUNINA