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The MormonsBook 1970 • O'Dea, Thomas F.
Mormons • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, written by a non-Mormon. In an attempt to describe Mormonism as a religious movement the author delves into many of the underlying causative factors that have led to the developmen...Sources of strain in Mormon history reconsideredessay 1972 • O'Dea, Thomas F.
Mormons • North America > Southwest and Basin
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-...A comparative study of the role of values in social action in two southwestern communitiesarticle 1953 • Vogt, Evon Z. (Evon Zartman) & O'Dea, Thomas F.
Mormons • North America > Southwest and Basin
In this study two neighboring communities, one Mormon and one non-Mormon, are compared for their orientations to social interaction, in particular, cooperation versus individualism. The authors contrast four areas of community activity: acquisition a...