This collection of essays explores the relation between knowledge and spirituality in Mormonism, and how that relation 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 dominating theme, from a sociological, anthropological and theological view, is the examination of changing Mormon identities. Contributors, including practising Mormons, review the expansion of Mormonism, the emotional and social contexts of its historic and contemporary manifestations, the distinctions between "Utah" Mormons and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, issues in Mormon feminism and the future of Mormon Studies. The book concludes with a review of the sources and documents available for studying Mormonism.
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Introduction: scholars, saints and Mormonism. Dimensions of identity - identity and boundary maintenance: the international prospects for Mormonism at the dawn of the 21st century; modernity, history and Latter-day Saint faith; The Book of Mormon wars: a non- Mormon perspective; coffee, tea and the ultra-Protestant and Jewish nature of the boundaries of Mormonism; Latter-day Saint exceptionalism and membership growth; neither Mormon nor Protestants reorganized LatterDay Saints and the change of identity. Expansion of Mormonism - ethnic-American Mormons: the development of a community; Mormonism in Chile; Mormonism in black Africa; India: a sypnosis of cultural challenges. Emotional and social life - childhood in early 19th century Britain reflected in some Latter-day Saint sources; guilt, fear anxiety and love: disciplinary councils among Latter-day Saints today; an overview of Mormonism and mental health; commitment making: mate selection processes among active Mormon-American couples. Early Mormonism - Mormons and the millennial world-view; magic Mormon religion; 'companions and forerunners': English Romantics and the restoration. Female factors - issues in contemporary Mormon feminism; 'choose ye this day whom ye will serve': Latter-day Saint mothers' reactions to a church leader's instructions to remain in the home. Mormon scripture and theology - does The Book of Mormon support 'my country right or wrong': just war or pacifism? the death/rebirth in The Book of Mormon; must God be incorporeal? The future of Mormon studies - Mormon studies: progress and prospects; views of an international religion.
