essay
Sources of strain in Mormon history reconsidered
Mormonism and American culture • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: 147-167
By: O'Dea, Thomas F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study reviews the impact of the youth and civil rights movements of the 1960s on Mormonism. According to the author, the 1960s raised fundamental questions about human purpose and values in the nation and in the Mormon Church. Mormons had to re-evaluate the inherent racism of some of their doctrines and policies, such as barring blacks from the priesthood. These policies stem from the so-called Missouri experience when the Mormons themselves were badly persecuted and enacted policies against abolition (which Joseph Smith had championed at the end of his career) so as not to stand out from the local Missourians. The challenge to the Church in the late 1960s was that doctrinal change could only be brought about through revelation. A reform-minded branch, the Reorganized Church, attempted accommodation. For references cited see Hill and Allen (1972 “Selected bibliography”).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Sociocultural trends
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Ethnic stratification
- Theological systems
- Priesthood
- Congregations
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- 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. Ian Skoggard; 2012
- 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
- 1957-1971
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thomas F. O'Dea
- For bibliographical references see document 95
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72082900
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons