Mormon Quest for Glory The Religious World of the Latter-Day Saints

Name: Mormon Quest for Glory The Religious World of the Latter-Day Saints
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ISBN: 9780199737628

ISBN-10: 0199737622

ISBN-13: 9780199737628

Edition: 2013

Authors: Melvyn Hammarberg

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has 6 million members in the United States today (and 13 million worldwide). Yet, while there has been extensive study of Mormon history, comparatively little scholarly attention has been paid to contemporary Mormons. The best sociological studyof Mormon life, Thomas O'Dea's The Mormons, is now over fifty years old. What is it like to be a Mormon in America today? Melvyn Hammarberg attempts to answer this question by offering an ethnography of contemporary Mormons. In The Mormon Quest for Glory Hammarberg examines Mormon history, rituals, social organization, family connections, gender roles, artistic traditions, use of media, and missionary…

Book details

List price: $42.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 7/15/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 402
Size: 7.09" wide x 9.29" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Religious Culture of the Latter-day Saints



The Life Plan of the Latter-day Saints



Becoming a Latter-day Saint



I Am a Child of God



Choose the Right



We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet



For the Strength of Youth



Endowed from on High



Preach My Gospel



Becoming a Convert



Celestial Marriage: A New and Everlasting Covenant



Disciplinary Councils



Lives of Service



'Til We Meet Again


References


Scriptural References


Index