This panel presents three case studies documenting and analyzing the expressions of Utah Mormonism as they developed in the twentieth century. Through these case studies, the presenters will demonstrate the diverse schismatic response to well-documented theological and cultural change within the LDS Church. Unlike Mormon Fundamentalism, (e.g. the FLDS Church, the Apostolic United Brethren), these …
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LDS ‘Headquarters Culture’ And The Rest Of Mormonism: Past And Present
LDS ‘Headquarters Culture’ And The Rest Of Mormonism: Past And Present The Mormon doctrine of “Gathering” created a distinctive culture at the headquarters of the LDS church. During founder Joseph Smith’s life, this “headquarters culture” had pronounced differences of theology, Church practice, and culture from the experience of Mormons who lived distant from the headquarters. …
Adventures Of A Gentile Who discovers A New Way To Explain Mormonism To The Press and Gains A New Understanding Of The Restoration – & – ‘Renegades From Brighamism’: The Prophet’s Sons and Utah Mormonism, 1865-1
Adventures Of A Gentile Who discovers A New Way To Explain Mormonism To The Press and Gains A New Understanding Of The Restoration – & – ‘Renegades From Brighamism’: The Prophet’s Sons and Utah Mormonism, 1865-1875 Jan Shipps, Val Avery