Item Detail
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26770
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English
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UVU Mormon Studies Conference : Mormon Blogs, Mormon Studies, and the Mormon Mind
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Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Fall 2012
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45
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3
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Stanford, CA
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Dialogue Foundation
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12-25
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In 1971, African-American artist Gil Scott-Heron released a powerful political anthem called "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Forty years later, in Tahrir Square and Occupy Wall Street, the revolution was not only televised, but also blogged, Facebooked, YouTubed, and tweeted. The phenomenon of Mormon-authored, Mormon-themed blogs--collectively known as the "bloggernacle"--may not properly constitute a revolution in Mormonism, but it has undoubtedly changed both the cultural landscape and the broader conversation both within and about Mormonism. Rather than focusing on the entire digital landscape of the bloggernacle and its meaning and impact, here Mason narrows his focus to consider some of the intersections of Mormon blogs with the emergent academic field of Mormon studies, and then offer some reflections on what people might call the "Mormon mind" in the context of modern secularity.