Item Detail
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26419
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4
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English
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Sacred Secrecy and the Latter-day Saints
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International Journal of Mormon Studies
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2013
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6
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United Kingdom
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International Journal of Mormon Studies
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74-80
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"[T]his brief and highly exploratory paper aims to sketch some of the dynamics of the notions of secret and secrecy within LDS culture. Because much Mormonism, most especially earlier nineteenth century Mormonism draws a considerable amount of its language and thought-forms from the Bible, it is to be expected that some aspects of the LDS secret and secrecy cluster of ideas will also be influenced by the biblical matrix. However, I do not simply want to draw textual parallels but to ask how secrecy plays a diversity of roles in LDS life. In particular, I am interested in the stark LDS distinction between highly positive and highly negative valuations of secrecy. In shorthand terms, my focus is on secrecy and LDS society." [AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT]