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The separation of church and state in Mormon theory and practice
Dialogue: a journal of Mormon thought • 1 (2) • Published In 1966 • Pages: 30-54
By: Williams, J. D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this source, a Mormon political scientist examines, from something of an insider's perspective, the involvement of the Mormon Church in politics. Subjects covered are: the major constructs of Mormonism that bear on politics; the influence of the struggle for statehood on political thinking and practice; forms of Church involvement in politics; and the issues and dilemmas posed by such involvement.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Deliberative councils
- Miscellaneous government activities
- Pressure politics
- Political parties
- Elections
- Theological systems
- Priesthood
- Religious denominations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Political Scientist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; Martin Malone ; 1978-1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1844-1966
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Illinois and Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. D. Williams
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons