Item Detail
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32008
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2
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English
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Grass Roots Deviance from Official Doctrine
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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1987
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26
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4
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Hoboken, NJ
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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
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465-485
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"Mormonism's legitimacy is based on the claim that the church was instituted by divine mandate and by the authorization by God of Latter-day Saint ecclesiastical leaders, whose role as the only acceptable source of doctrine is stressed by church leaders and members alike. Mormons hold their religious beliefs to be based on continuing, literal revelation through the church President who is designated Prophet, Seer and Revelator. Doctrine is seen as flowing from the top of the church hierarchy to the grass-roots level. This study of the doctrinal beliefs of a sample of a Utah Latter-day Saints documents show, in spite of the authority-based concept of revealed doctrine, actual beliefs at the local level may deviate from doctrinal positions issued by church Presidents. In specific areas outside core doctrines of the church, the plurality or even majority of local members may espouse beliefs at odds with doctrines articulated by the Prophet of the church with no apparent awareness by members of their deviance from the official doctrine. The pattern of variation between Mormon official positions and folk-beliefs is outlined, and the processes that maintain this variation are discussed." [Article Abstract]
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A Kingdom Transformed : Themes in the Development of Mormonism
Conscientious Objectors or Christian Soldiers? The Latter-day Saint Position on Militarism
Fawn McKay Brodie : An Oral History Interview
From Housewife to Heretic
From Sacred Grove to Sacral Power Structure
Latter-day Sense and Substance
Messages of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon Doctrine
Mormon Folk and Mormon Elite
Mormonism and the American Experience
Roots of Modern Mormonism
Seers, Savants, and Evolution : The Uncomfortable Interface
Speaking with Authority : The Theological Influence of Elder Bruce R. McConkie
The Economic Basis for the Evolution of Mormon Religion
The Fading of the Pharaoh's Curse : The Decline and Fall of the Priesthood Ban against Blacks in the Mormon Church
The Fundamentalist Emphasis at Brigham Young University : 1935-1973
The Latter-day Saints in the Modern Day World : An Account of Contemporary Mormonism
The Mormon Church and the Spanish-American War : An End to Selective Pacifism
The Mormon Church : Its Middle Class Propensities
The Mormon Hierarchy, 1832-1932 : An American Elite
The Mormons
The Mormons
The Persistence of Chastity : A Built-In Resistance Within Mormon Culture to Secular Trends
The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion