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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Latter-day Saint"”.
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Eating and Substance Use: A Comparison of Latter-day Saint and Non-Latter-day Saint College Females
This study examined differences between Latter-Day Saint (LDS) and non-Latter-Day Saint (non-LDS) females across six universities in the United States regarding desire to engage in substance use and eating behaviors in response to negative emotion. Additionally, this study explored differences …
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Latter-day Saint Couples' Experience as Newlyweds
… also members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). The purpose of this study was to gain a picture of the LDS newlywed experience through in-depth interviews. Seeking to understand the overall experience of LDS newlyweds, this study was conducted using a phenomenological …
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Joseph F.Merrill: Latter-day Saint Commissioner of Education, 1928-1933
… to 1933, an era critical in the development of Latter-day Saint Education. During his tenure as commissioner several key developments occurred in Church education, among them the closing of most of the remaining Church academies, transfer of nearly all of Church junior colleges to State control, …
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Epistemology and Authority in Two Latter-day Saint QAnon Conspiracy Theorists
… also members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I analyzed QAnon as an epistemic formation characterized by critique of social conditions, modern standards of rigor in research, and a highly accelerated online information economy. Framing my subjects’ participation in QAnon …
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A Latter-day Saint Home Education: Passing On a Goodly Heritage
… values found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). Education is defined as the process of becoming like God. An investigation is conducted into the stewardship and responsibility parents have for the education of their children. This responsibility is determined to be a …
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Family in the Church Latter-day Saint doctrine regarding family and gender
… of doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Through systematic reading and identifying themes of God and the Bible, gender role separation, patriarchy, or domestic violence, an analysis of pertinent feminist criticisms was performed. Latter-day Saint doctrine of family …
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The impact of religiosity on parenting behaviors in latter-day saint families
… namely members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a group of religious individuals growing in number yet largely missing from the parenting literature. Prior research has shown religiosity to be associated positively with prosocial parenting practices, yet other research has …
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Latter-day Saint Undergraduate Students' Interfaith Engagement: A Post-Intentional Phenomenological Study
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are a minoritized and marginalized population in the United States and on most college and university campuses (Rockenbach, Bowman, et al., 2017). Recent studies highlight the negative characteristics of campus environments that affect …
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In Particularity We Trust:richard Dutcher's Mormon Quartet And A Latter-Day Saint Spiritual Film Style
… on members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The films are explicitly Mormon-related in their content, but I argue they are also inherently Mormon in their style. Critic and filmmaker Paul Schrader argues there is a particular style of filmmaking, a dialect of the cinematic …
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A Seal of Living Reality: The Role of Personal Expression in Latter-day Saint Discourse
<p>A personal mode of discourse is central to Latter-day Saint culture. This mode is both pervasive throughout the culture and significant within it. Two specific genres-the personal experience narrative and the personal testimony-illustrate the importance of this discourse mode in LDS culture. …
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James E. Talmage and the Nature of the Godhead: The Gradual Unfolding of Latter-day Saint Theology
… hast sent" (John 17:3). Joseph Smith, the first Latter-day Saint Prophet, taught a correct understanding of God was required for any man or woman to receive eternal life. The Latter-day Saint teachings regarding the Godhead were fitted into place one piece at a time. Those that followed Joseph …
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Pioneers in Twentieth Century Mormon Media: Oral Histories of Latter-day Saint Electronic and Public Relations Professionals
… a collection of sixteen oral histories of Latter-day Saint Electronic Media and Public Relations professionals who contributed to the development and growth of media in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a one-hour documentary film, Pioneers in Mormon Media, which gives a …
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The Complex Ways Religion and Place Inform Climate Belief: Lessons from the Global Latter-day Saint (Mormon) Community
… religious faith — the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon). By interviewing participants from this single, standardised faith tradition in multiple contrasting places, I was able to assess whether shared religious faith creates shared environmental values even across vast …
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A phenomenological study of identity and relationship negotiation within latter-day saint (Mormon) couples with a MtFgender variant partner
… of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (i.e., Mormons), which has a unique theology of gender and relationship endurance beyond death that is organized by gender—a theology which has the potential to present both additional resources in the process of subjective …
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A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experience and Understanding of Depression within a Sample of Young, Single, Latter-day Saint Women
Depression is the black plague of the 21st Century, affecting twice as many women as men, and continuing to increase among the younger generations. Little research has been conducted looking at single, young adults with depression. In addition, more research is needed to look at how culture …
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Cornelius P. Lott and his Contribution to the Temporal Salvation of the Latter-day Saint Pioneers Through the Care of Livestock
… salvation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Mormon exodus of 1846 and Cornelius P. Lott's contribution in the care of cattle and sheep during that time period. At Winter Quarters, the Church and its members depended in large measure for their survival upon the …
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When Identities Collide: Best Practices for Family Therapy with LGBTQ+ Young People in Mormon Families
… working with LGBTQ+ young people and their Latter-day Saint families. Through a modified Delphi method, the study employs a mixed-methods approach to identify the expert consensus on best practices in the field. The study was framed using an intersectional modification of Bronfenbrenner's …
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Davidic references in the Book of Mormon as evidence against its historicity
This thesis critiques contemporary Latter-day Saint scholarly efforts to validate the historicity of the Book of Mormon through textual criticism by presupposing its historic authenticity, then combing the text for evidence of literary elements that may suggest ancient Hebrew authorship. Chapter 2 …
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Memoirs of the Persecuted: Persecution, Memory, and the West as a Mormon Refuge
… how members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Latter-day Saints or Mormons) saw themselves, their persecutors, and the states and the nation where the violence occurred. This thesis explores the role of collective memory of violence in forming Mormon identities and images of …
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