8574

Journal Article

English

Allen, James B.

On Becoming a Universal Church : Some Historical Perspectives

Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought

Spring 1992

25

1992

13-36

Illustrations of 'how far [LDS] Church has come since 1950.' The article discusses how, though racial conflict still exists in the 1990s Church, the Church has still 'made considerable progress in the past forty years.' Topics addressed include the question of integrating different cultures into the same wards, the church's efforts to become an international organization, the elimination of prejudice from the church (both in reality and in appearance) and cultural conflicts that occur in various parts of the world.

https://dialoguejournal.com/?page_id=41&in=97

Cultural diversity
Internal conflict, 20th century
International church
Race relations

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From Calcutta to Kaysville : Is Righteousness Color-coded?
Separate but Equal? Black Branches, Genesis Groups, or Integrated Wards?
The Beginning of the Family to Family Program
Would-Be Saints : West Africa before the 1978 Priesthood Revelation