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Educational values and practices of fundamentalist Mormons
Fundamentalist Mormons believe in plural marriage, or polygamy. Many practice it. Polygamist groups live in insular settlements and in mainstream communities, mostly in the western United States and Canada. Polygamists often have large families, and they educate their children in a variety of …
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“How Firm A Foundation”: California Mormons Negotiating Inclusivity, Politics and Place
… Oakland First Ward. It depicts a community of Mormons in “progressive country”, as they work to maintain their local ward as a place simultaneously rooted in distinct LDS traditions, but which serves people embedded in their local context. Out west in the radical, urban, and ever-changing Bay …
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The Mormons: Their Trek Across Iowa and Their Settlement in Kanesville
… now named, is rich in historical background. The Mormons, their lives, and their effects on the community are thus set forth. Material for this chapter was gathered chiefly from the Historical Record, several pamphlets, the Annals of Iowa and the Frontier Guardian, and the History of the Church. | …
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Taking Mormons Seriously: Ethics of Representing Latter-day Saints in American Fiction
<p>My paper examines the ethics of representing Mormons in serious American fiction, viewed through two primary texts, Bayard Taylor's nineteenth-century dramatic poem The Prophet and Maureen Whipple's epic novel The Giant Joshua. I also briefly examine Walter Kirn's short stories “Planetarium” and …
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The ghost dance religion of 1890 and the Mormons : a study of comparisons
The goal of this study is to examine the historical circumstances and individuals involved in this narrative as a way to critically reflect on the use of comparison in the production, circulation, and perpetuation of knowledge about religion.
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Reading in Zion: Book Cultures of Mormon Youth, 1869–1890
… and adherence to their parents' religion. Older Mormons recognized a potential ally and enemy in books, newspapers, and other reading materials, which they believed could dramatically shape young people for good or for ill depending on the quality of the material. This thesis argues these older …
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"It was by reason of being Mormons that we were kept at arms length" : Mormonism, Freemasonry, and conflicting interests on the Illinois frontier.
… lodge in Nauvoo, Illinois, in March 1842, Mormons living in the area enthusiastically joined the fraternity. Despite the eagerness with which Mormons affiliated with the society, many non-Mormon Masons in Illinois viewed the Mormons with suspicion and contempt and justified the distrust …
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Self-esteem and assertiveness of adult Mormon women
… although for all but the working mothers the Mormons were slightly less assertive. The second hypothesis that there would be no significant difference in self-esteem for the two groups was supported. In fact, the Mormons scored slightly higher than the non-Mormons in self-esteem. The third …
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Unresolved tensions in the Mormon doctrines of God, man, and salvation during three critical periods of development
… infinite view of God early Mormonism. Early Mormons taught that God was completely omniscient and omnipotent. There was no knowledge or power that God did not possess. Traditional Mormons redefined God's nature in light of the emerging unique Mormon metaphysics. Since God exists within an …
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The Foundations and Early Development of Mormon Mission Theory
… thriving tradition of missionary work, how do Mormons conceive of their mission? By focusing on the theoretical frame in which Mormon missionaries imagined the non-Mormon world, prepared for missionary engagement, and derived their expectations for their mission work, this study aims to …
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Gleaning the Harvest: Strangite Missionary Work, 1846-1850
… and complexities of first generation Mormons. The introduction provides a background of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) from 1844 through 1850. Chapter One discusses the reasons why former Mormons joined Strang, which included their dissatisfaction with …
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A Peculiar Place for the Peculiar Institution: Slavery and Sovereignty in Early Territorial Utah
Between 1830 and 1844, the Mormons slightly shifted their position on African-American slavery, but maintained the middle ground on the issue overall. When Mormons began gathering to Utah in 1847, Southern converts brought their black slaves with them to the Great Basin. In 1852 the first Utah …
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Toiling among the Seed of Israel: A Comparison of Puritan and Mormon Missions to the Indians
… return of Christ to the earth. The Puritans and Mormons engaged in and overseeing the missionary endeavors of the two locales under study likewise shared several parallel conversion methods. One such method consisted of utilizing one of the largest resources available to the two religions: their …
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Religious Affiliation and Women's Labor Patterns in U.S. Counties
… groups like evangelical Protestants and Mormons are less likely than others to enter the labor force upon getting married and, among those who work, more likely to work a reduced schedule.</p> <p>Building upon this body of work, I analyze the relationships between religious affiliation …
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The Mormon Colonies of Northern Mexico: A History, 1885-1912
… for the difficulties imposed on Mexico Mormons during and after the 1910 Revolution. Finally, this dissertation seeks to chronicle a frontier venture. For the Mormon undertaking in northern Mexico constitutes one of the last chapters in the story of America's nineteenth century …
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Memoirs of the Persecuted: Persecution, Memory, and the West as a Mormon Refuge
… 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 place from 1838, when governor Lilburn …
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A window to the past: Analysis of flat glass recovered from West Point, Nevada
… structures at West Point were used after the Mormons abandoned the area in 1871. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.).
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A matter of faith: A study of the Muddy Mission
… about the ideal behavior of 19th century Mormons. Archaeological and historical data on the Muddy Mission represent evidence of actual Mormon behavior. Results from comparing the statement to the evidence show that expected behavior (the principles) occurred, with environmentally …
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Marital assessment from the clients' perspective using the Couple's Pre-Counseling Inventory: A comparison of Mormon couples with the normative sample
This study investigated whether the scores of Mormons (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) differed from the validity results of the Couple's Pre-Counseling Inventory revised (Stuart & Jacobson, 1987). Significant differences were found between the validity study and …
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