Mormon Identities in Transition (Cassell Religious Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0304336866 ISBN 13: 9780304336869

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 1996

Synopsis

This collection of essays explores the relation between knowledge and spirituality in Mormonism, and how that relation has been defined and reinterpreted over time. Beginning with an examination of the international prospects for Mormonism at the turn of the century, the volume's dominating theme, from a sociological, anthropological and theological view, is the examination of changing Mormon identities. Contributors, including practising Mormons, review the expansion of Mormonism, the emotional and social contexts of its historic and contemporary manifestations, the distinctions between "Utah" Mormons and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, issues in Mormon feminism and the future of Mormon Studies. The book concludes with a review of the sources and documents available for studying Mormonism.

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About the Author

Douglas J. Davies is Professor in the Study of Religion and Director of the Centre for Death and Life Studies at Durham University, UK. He is the author of Natural Burial (2012), The Theology of Death (2008) and A Brief History of Death (2004). He is also the editor, along with Lewis Mates, of The Encyclopedia of Cremation (2005). Professor Davies is a Fellow of the British Academy, as well as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and of the Learned Society of Wales.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0304336866
• ISBN 13: 9780304336869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Davies Professor Douglas J.