"Contemporary Mormonism" is the first collection of sociological essays to focus exclusively on Mormons. Featuring the work of the major scholars conducting social science research on Mormons today, this volume offers refreshing new perspectives not only on Mormonism but also on the nature of successful religious movements, secularization and assimilation, church growth, patriarchy and gender roles, and other topics. This first paperback edition includes a new introduction assessing the current state of Mormon scholarship and the effect of the globalization of the LDS Church on scholarly research about Mormonism.
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"[This volume] integrates the best scholarship among contemporary Mormon social scientists and historians. Excellent writing characterizes each contribution, making the book accessible to a general audience as well as social scientists and historians." -- Patrick McNamara, author of Conscience First, Tradition Second: A Study of Young Catholics "The ethnographic evidence presented in these essays, unlike survey research data, provides a vibrant view of the meaning and significance of Mormon culture and, thereby, stronger grounds for scholarly theorizing... Students of the RLDS Church will find much of general interest, and several contributions to be of particular value." -- John Whitmer Historical Association Journal
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gringo jeringo, missionary companionship, priesthood ban, priesthood line, placement participation, priesthood quorums, secularization model, religious switching, priesthood organization, quest for refuge, new world faith, predominantly white church, new religious tradition, control group individuals, priesthood ordination, missionary training center, missionary system, convert baptisms, placement experience, church norms, missionary culture, priesthood leaders, missionary assignments, teach abstinence, religious socialization Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, New York, Relief Society, Brigham Young University, Jesus Christ, Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Deseret News, Latin America, Church Almanac, Review of Religious Research, Gary Shepherd, Great Basin, University of California Press, Native Americans, University of Chicago Press, New Brunswick, North America, South Africa, Word of Wisdom, World War, University of Illinois Press, British Mormons New!
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- Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith on 7 pages
- A Kingdom Transformed: Themes in the Development of Mormonism by Gordon Shepherd on 5 pages
- American Mainline Religion: Its Changing Shape and Future by Wade Clark Roof on 5 pages
- Quest for Refuge: The Mormon Flight from American Pluralism by Marvin S. Hill on 5 pages
- On Being Human: Folklore of Mormon Missionaries by William Wilson on 4 pages
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- Marrow of Human Experience, The: Essays on Folklore by William A. Wilson (English and English Edition) by William Wilson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Management Gurus and Management Fashions by Brad Jackson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Religion and Popular Culture-01 by Daniel A. Stout on page 212, and page 213
- Rational Choice Theory and Religion: Summary and Assessment by Lawrence A. Young in Front Matter
- Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream by Jonathan D. Sarna on page 106
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