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English
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As Presently Constituted : Mormon Studies in the Field of Religion
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Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Summer 2014
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47
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2
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Cambridge, MA
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Dialogue Foundation
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113-132
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A roundtable discussion about Mormon studies in the field of religion is presented. Ing focuses on the project of "comparison" in religious studies and speaks about comparison in the sense of scholars creating a shared vocabulary that opens up space for cross-cultural examination. He tries to use his work on ritual in early Confucianism to demonstrate how this might be done, with the implication that historians of Mormonism might also look to their own work in contributing to other conversations, as well as looking to the work of others that may not involve Mormonism for the purpose of gaining fresh insight into Mormonism. Howlett suggests two topics, namely comparative history and comparative theology, and methods in contemporary religious studies that link Asian religions and Mormonism. Meanwhile, Duffy remarks on the agendas that Ing and Howlett pursue with these particular comparisons.