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30921
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English
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Joseph Smith and the Trinity : An Analysis and Defense of the Social Model of the Godhead
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Faith and Philosophy
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2008
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25
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1
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Wilmore, Kentucky
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Society of Christian Philosophers
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47-74
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The theology of Joseph Smith remains controversial and at times divisive in the broader Christian community. This paper takes Smith’s trinitarian theology as its point of departure and seeks to accomplish four interrelated goals : (1) to provide a general defense of “social trinitarianism” from some of the major objections raised against it; (2) to express what we take to be Smith’s understanding of the Trinity; (3) to analyze the state of modern ST and (4) to argue that, as a form of ST, Smith’s views contribute to the present discussion amongst proponents of ST. [Author]