Decolonizing Mormonism : Approaching a Postcolonial Zion /

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"This volume seeks nothing less than to shift the focus of Mormon studies from its historic North American, Euro-American "center" to the critical questions being raised by Mormons living at the movement's cultural and geographic margins. As a social institution, Mormonism is sha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Brooks, Joanna, 1971- (Editor ), Colvin, Gina (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > Doctrines.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Mormon Church > Doctrines.
Church and minorities.
Globalization > Religious aspects > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Globalization > Religious aspects > Mormon Church.
RELIGION > Christianity > Denominations.
Mondialisation > Aspect religieux > Église mormone.
Mondialisation > Aspect religieux > Église de Jesus-Christ des saints des derniers jours.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This volume seeks nothing less than to shift the focus of Mormon studies from its historic North American, Euro-American "center" to the critical questions being raised by Mormons living at the movement's cultural and geographic margins. As a social institution, Mormonism is shaped around cultural notions, systems, and ideas that have currency in the United States but make less sense beyond the land of its genesis. Even as an avowedly international religion some 183 years out from its inception, it makes few allowances for diverse international contexts, with Salt Lake City prescribing programs, policies, curricula, leadership, and edicts for the church's international regions. While Mormonism's greatest strength is its organizational coherence, there is also a cost paid, for those at the church's peripheries. Decolonizing Mormonism brings together the work of 15 scholars from around the globe who critically reflect on global Mormon experiences and American-Mormon cultural imperialism. Indigenous, minority, and Global South Mormons ask in unison: what is the relationship between Mormonism and imperialism and where must the Mormon movement go in order to achieve its long-cherished dream of equality for all in Zion? Their stories are both heartbreaking and heartening and provide a rich resource for thinking about the future of Mormon missiology and the possibilities inherent in the work of Mormon contextual theology"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource (331 pages).
ISBN:9781607816096

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