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26666
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English
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Proposing an Academic Name for the Movement
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Restoration Studies
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13
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Independence, MO
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John Whitmer Historical Association; Community of Christ Seminary Press
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47-60
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Shields proposes that the academic community adopt the phrase "Smith-Rigdon movement" to refer to the movement commonly referred to as Mormonism, the restoration movement, or the Latter Day Saint movement. He argues that "Mormonism" primarily applies to the LDS Church, that "Latter Day Saint movement" is anachronistic, and "restoration movement" can be potentially confusing. He uses Sidney Rigdon's role in the movement to justify the proposed academic name.