For a half century, both LDS and non-LDS writers have referred in passing to “tribal” characteristics of Mormonism. This presentation will examine academic concepts of tribalism as they apply to the Restoration movement, emphasizing the Joseph Smith period. D. Michael Quinn
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SL09261 Us-Them Tribalism and Early Mormonism [Partial]
For half a century, both LDS and non-LDS writers have referred in passing to “tribal D. Michael Quinn
Join None Of Them, For They Are All Wrong
Join None Of Them, For They Are All Wrong The panelists in this session will present their experiences of attending a variety of non-LDS churches. Their observations will range from music to preaching, from doctrine to fellowship, from proselytizing to church government. How do their experiences compare with those of Joseph Smith? Did they find …
Telling Stories, Taking Sides, Breaking Bones, Or Saving Lives?: Personal Disclosure, Conflict, And Faith In Martha Beck’s ‘Leaving The Saints’
The publication of Martha Beck’s Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith, has generated intense controversy and conflict, not only for its treatment of Mormonism, but also regarding issues of consistency, disclosure, memory reliability, and the intersection between personal integrity and faith. This panel composed of LDS and non-LDS feminists …
THE RISE OF LDS PSYCHOTHERAPY
Latter-day Saint psychotherapists strive for the “cure of souls” through a melding of LDS theology with mainstream psychology. How and when did psychotherapeutic methodologies take hold within Mormonism, giving rise to professional organizations such as the Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP) and BYU’s Institute for Studies in Values and Human Behavior? Author Eric …
Teaching Confessions to Saints: A Non-LDS Professor and Her LDS Students
Teaching Confessions to Saints: A Non-LDS Professor and Her LDS Students