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Journal Article

English

Bitton, Davis, Bunker, Gary L.

Phrenology among the Mormons

Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought

Spring 1974

9

1974

42-61

Individual Mormons showed much personal interest in phrenology as late as 1940. The two movements shared a belief in human perfectibility, concern for proper health, certain racial assumptions, and general public condemnation.

https://dialoguejournal.com/?page_id=41&in=33

Phrenology

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