I don’t think they know this, but Mormons often take up Catholic visions of spirituality and conception and they incorporate it into their vision of what Mormon theology is. Then there is the power of what Mormons are already invested in, social conservatism. Claire Potter:One of the things...
There are reams of compiled church records from around the world held by the Jesus Christ Church of Latter-Day Saints (aka the Mormons). You may find your ancestor’s birth or baptism (the next best thing) record among those records. You can also find church records in compiled books, on...
Dogma tends to be, historically, the middle of the road. But not that many believers live in the middle of the road. It’s just the thing they can all live with *as dogma* regardless of their actual behaviors / private beliefs. Anglicans may be an exception to this, being pretty midd...
The rise in prominence of the religious right in the 1970s and ’80s did little to tamp down paranoid political rhetoric. Evangelicals like Jerry Falwell and Francis Schaeffer—as well as Catholics like Paul Weyrich and Mormons like W. Cleon Skousen—conflated liberalism, socialism,...
Must get that poster you referred to too, and the suggestion on of your commenters made about looking at how the Mormons study was also useful. Thanks for that. 0 Reply val landi 16 years ago Hi Tim, Our thanks for the great post! Please note that we’ve corrected the “end of...
Many others were statements of disagreement plus some insult. The shortest was my favorite: “Idoit”. Whether that was a typo or a bit of intentional cleverness, I’m not sure. (When I was in high school, my friends and I would intentionally mispronouncepseudo-intellectualthe way it looks...
Mormons (2 percent) and “Other faiths,” such as Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs and others (3 percent) comprise the remainder. Except at speci c points, most of the analysis uses the ve largest categories of religious af liation. ...
he realized that his tip had led to a super-sized conspiracy. Jacobson was the head of a sprawling network of mobsters, psychics, strip-club owners, convicts, drug traffickers, and even a family of Mormons, who had falsely claimed more than $24 million in cash and prizes. But who among...
Results suggest that while several of these factors may be relevant for parent–teen relationships more broadly, many were specific to LGBTQ+ teens with active, LDS parents. These findings highlight the ways that LGBTQ+ teens manage to foster positive relationships with their parents despite ...