Out of Obscurity

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-935821-2
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 702 g

In the years since 1945, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has grown rapidly in terms of both numbers and public prominence. Mormonism is no longer merely a home-grown American religion, confined to the Intermountain West; instead, it has captured the attention of political pundits, Broadway audiences, and prospective converts around the world. While most scholarship on Mormonism concerns its colorful but now well-known early history, the essays in this collection assess recent developments, such as the LDS Church's international growth and acculturation; its intersection with conservative politics in recent decades; its stances on same-sex marriage and the role of women; and its ongoing struggle to interpret its own tumultuous history. The scholars draw on a wide variety of Mormon voices as well as those of outsiders, from Latter-day Saints in Hyderabad, India, to "Mormon Mommy blogs," to evangelical "countercult" ministries. Out of Obscurity brings the story of Mormonism since the Second World War into sharp relief, explaining the ways in which a church very much rooted in its nineteenth-century prophetic and pioneering past achieved unprecedented influence in the realms of American politics and international business.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mason

Mason, Patrick Q.

Turner, John G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Contributor biographies

- Introduction

- Patrick Q. Mason

- Part I. Internationalization

- 1. International Legal Experience and the Mormon Theology of the State, 1945-2012

- Nathan Oman

- 2. The Internationalization of Mormonism: Indications from India

- Taunalyn Rutherford

- Part II. Political Culture

- 3. Ezra Taft Benson and Modern (Book of) Mormon Conservatism

- Patrick Q. Mason

- 4. The Romney Lens: A Bifocal Approach to Mormonism, American Religion, and Politics in the Past Half-Century

- J. B. Haws

- 5. "The Puritan Ethic on High": LDS Media and the Mormon Embrace of Free Enterprise in the 20th Century

- James Dennis LoRusso

- 6. The Pageantry of Protest in Temple Square

- Max Perry Mueller

- 7. Mormons and Same-Sex Marriage: From ERA to Prop 8

- Neil J. Young

- Part III. Gender

- 8. Mahana, You Naked! Modesty, Sexuality, and Race in the Mormon Pacific

- Amanda Hendrix-Komoto

- 9. Mormons and Housework during Second Wave Feminism

- Kate Holbrook

- 10. Saying Goodbye to the Final Say: The Softening and Reimagining of Mormon Male Headship Ideologies

- Caroline Kline

- 11. Blogging the Boundaries: Mormon Mommy Blogs and the Construction of Mormon Identity

- Kristine Haglund

- Part IV. Religious Culture

- 12. The Evangelical Countercult Movement and Mormon Conservatism

- Matthew Bowman

- 13. Holding on to the "Chosen Generation": The LDS Church and the Battle for Youth in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s

- Rebecca de Schweinitz

- 14. Everyone Can Be a Pioneer: The Sesquicentennial Celebrations of Mormon Arrival in the Salt Lake Valley

- Sara M. Patterson

- 15. "All the truth does not always need to be told": The LDS Church, Mormon History, and Religious Authority

- John G. Turner

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick Q. Mason is the Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies and Associate Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University.

John G. Turner is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University.