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Crisis in Identity: Mormon responses in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Mormonism and American culture • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: 168-184
By: Arrington, Leonard J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document begins by reviewing the various crises threatening Mormon identity and survival: at its beginnings in the 1830s when the Church was first established, following the death of Joseph Smith in 1844, with the coming of the transcontinental railroad in the late 1860s, and during the anti-Mormon movement of the 1890s into the early 1900s. The second part addresses the Church in the post-World War Two era, including the 1960s, when Mormonism become more urban, youth oriented, and internationally focused. For references cited see Hill and Allen (1972 “Selected bibliography”).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Form and rules of government
- External relations
- Private welfare agencies
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- Education system
- Adolescent activities
- 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
- 1830-1971
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- World
- NotesAdditional notes
- Leonard J. Arrington
- For bibliographical references see document 95
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72082900
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons