Item Detail
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27747
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English
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Lived Leadership
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Mormon Studies Review
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3
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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30-36
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Seasoned historians and religious studies scholars know we must regularly reexamine our theses for accuracy and accountability to change over time. The lived religion approach can also help to keep us honest, because as we begin to imagine coherent trends and grand narratives, it forces us to take into account the messiness of actual experience. Two techniques employed by scholars of lived religion—attention to meaning and attention to practice—can enlarge our understanding of the leadership structure of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [From the text]