Item Detail
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18266
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English
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'The Other' in the Limelight : One Perspective on the Publicity Surrounding the New LDS Temple in Finland
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Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Winter 2007
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40
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no.4
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71-106
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Most of Finland's population (around 80 percent) belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Even if they are not active in their faith, culturally they still view themselves as Lutheran. Therefore, this faith is viewed as normal while other, smaller faiths are not part of Finland's mainstream culture. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has existed in Finland since the late 1800s, but it is still seen as a "foreign" church. Ostman studied publicity surrounding the construction and open house of the Helsinki Finland Temple and found that while professional journalists and those representing other religious faiths (either journalists or leaders) emphasized the "otherness" of the LDS faith, members of the Church used the open house to try to counter this otherness by pointing out that they as members were normal people. Secular journalists focused more on how the Church was different due to its association with American culture and its peculiar practices, (such as baptism for the dead and not using the cross on its buildings), while religious journalists and leaders of other faiths focused on doctrinal differences.
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Can There Be A Second Harvest? : Controlling the Costs of Latter-day Saint Membership in Europe
Irish Mormons: Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism
Mormonism in Europe : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Seeking a "Second Harvest" : Controlling the Costs of LDS Membership in Europe
The Scholarly Study of Mormonism in Finland : An Overview of Literature, Research Ideas, and Sources
The Temple and the Sacred : Dutch Temple Experiences