Item Detail
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6655
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English
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Backlash against Formalism : Early Mormonism's Appeal in Jefferson County
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Journal of Mormon History
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Fall 1993
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19
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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35-63
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The attraction of Mormonism for converts in Jefferson County, New York between 1832 and 1836 is analyzed. During this period, those who were attracted to Mormonism were "those who opposed the bureaucratization and increasing doctrinal formality of their churches." She disagrees with Marvin Hill's theory that New York's early converts were seeking "refuge" from disorder and social dislocation. She argues that these early New York converts were seeking, and found in Mormonism, "more intense and personal religious experiences." She also points out that Mormonism in this early period was "clearly antiformal." She illustrates this through an examination of Baptist and Presbyterian congregational records. Differences in doctrinal beliefs were not an issue in excommunicating members of these congregations who had become Mormons. This is evidence that theology in early Mormonism was "poorly defined." Many of these early Mormon converts were apparently attracted to Mormonism expressly because of its "lack of a well-defined theology."
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