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Mormons in the United States 1990-2008: Socio-demographic Trends and Regional Differences
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A Report Based on the
American Religious Identification Survey 2008 -
Hartford, CT
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Trinity College : Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society & Culture
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1-18
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"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) is one of the nation's largest religious groups, and American Mormons are found in all walks of life, including the highest echelons of business and government. Though it was founded in 19th century America, Mormonism is poorly understood and poorly regarded by the general public. According to national polling data, Mormons are viewed less favorably by the American population than any other major Christian group, and barely edge out Muslims. How can Mormons be so prominent, and yet regarded with such suspicion? In this brief report, we present demographic portrait of Mormons in the United States using data from the American Religious Identification Survey series (hereafter "ARIS"), and argue that despite its putative size and rapid growth, Mormonism in America still retains some of the characteristics of the regional subculture founded in Utah by separatist pioneers in the second half of the 19th century. This "guilt by association" with the exoticism and esotericism of early Mormonism continues to this day, and Mormons in Utah and the Rocky Mountain States, where they are both heavily concentrated and a large proportion of the local population, look different from their coreligionists in other parts of the country in several noteworthy ways as this report will demonstrate." -[AUTHORS]
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