Item Detail
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31041
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1
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10
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English
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In Defense of Methological Pluralism : Theology, Apologetics, and the Critical Study of Mormonism
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Mormon Studies Review
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2014
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1
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Champaign, IL
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University of Illinois Press
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53-62
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"I intend to explore questions in this essay related to issues and challenges in the development of Mormon studies. Throughout the NEH seminar, two primary approaches emerged. Some argued that Mormon studies should be guided primarily by concerns in cultural studies, an important objective of which is to identify and overcome injustice. As an advocate of this perspective, Gene was quoted widely as saying that Mormon studies should both “celebrate” the cultural achievements of Latter-day Saints and scrutinize beliefs and practices detrimental to social justice. This view was driven by Gene’s well-known and unyielding hope for cultural transformation. Others, such as myself, argued that this approach faced both practical and methodological difficulties. On the practical side, which features of Mormonism are to be celebrated, and which are eligible for critique? And perhaps most importantly, who decides? To say this is certainly not to imply that cultural studies could not be an important component within Mormon studies. What I attempted to argue, rather, was that cultural studies should not be the primary methodology around which other educational values revolved." [Author]
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