The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism / edited by R. Gordon Shepherd, A. Gary Shepherd, Ryan T. Cragun.
2020
BX8635.3 .P35 2020
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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism / edited by R. Gordon Shepherd, A. Gary Shepherd, Ryan T. Cragun.
ISBN
9783030526160 (electronic book)
303052616X (electronic book)
3030526151
9783030526153
303052616X (electronic book)
3030526151
9783030526153
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Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, imprint of Springer Nature, [2020]
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English
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BX8635.3 .P35 2020
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289.3
Summary
This handbook explores contemporary Mormonism within a global context. The authors provide a nuanced picture of a historically American religion in the throes of the same kinds of global change that virtually every conservative faith tradition faces today. They explain where and how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has penetrated national and cultural boundaries in Latin America, Oceania, Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as in North America beyond the borders of Mormon Utah. They also address numerous concerns within a multinational, multicultural church: What does it mean to be a Latter-day Saint in different world regions? What is the faith's appeal to converts in these places? What are the peculiar problems for members who must manage Mormon identities in conjunction with their different national, cultural, and ethnic identities? How are leaders dealing with such issues as the status of women in a patriarchal church, the treatment of LGBTQ members, increasing disaffiliation of young people, and decreasing growth rates in North and Latin America while sustaining increasing growth in parts of Asia and Africa?
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Shepherd, R. Gordon (Robert Gordon)
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