31 Facts About Mormon studies

Mormon studies is the interdisciplinary academic study of the beliefs, practices, history and culture of individuals and denominations belonging to the Latter Day Saint movement, a religious movement associated with the Book of Mormon, though not all churches and members of the Latter Day Saint movement identify with the terms Mormon or Mormonism.

Mormon scholars engaging in Mormon studies still feel they must be careful about what they write, especially if they work with material from the Church History Library archives.

Ed Decker, an excommunicated Mormon studies, made two anti-Mormon studies films: The God Makers and The God Makers II.

Early academic writers on Mormon studies topics had a "naturalistic" approach to history, using theory from economics, psychology, and philosophy to guide their study.

Mormon studies influenced Leonard Arrington's interest in economics and Mormons.

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Mormon studies was interested in how Mormons helped colonize the West.

Mormon studies's dissertation, influenced by functionalist theory, argued that Mormonism was a product of conflicts with non-Mormons and harsh environments.

Lowry Nelson, a Mormon studies, studied at the University of Wisconsin in the 1920s.

Mormon studies worked in agriculture and was dean of BYU's College of Applied Science and director of the Utah Agriculture Experiment stations.

Mormon studies wrote articles about how the Mormon village was designed to promote unity and sociability, which allowed Mormon settlers to colonize the Great Basin Desert.

The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies aimed to support the historical authenticity of the Book of Mormon and respond to criticism, and used Nibley's style to counter research that contradicted the Book of Mormon's ancient origins.

Some other Mormon studies "insiders" countered the Book of Mormon studies's ancient origins through the Smith-Pettit Foundation in Salt Lake City and George Smith's Signature Books publishing company.

Leonard Arrington influenced important scholars of Mormon studies history, including Richard Jensen, William Hartley, and Ronald Walker.

Mormon studies wrote that contemporary historians were too eager to focus on the faults of church leaders and dismiss spiritual inspiration.

General interest in Mormon studies continued during the 1980s, with over 2,000 books, articles, and other material published on Mormon history during that decade.

One of these New Mormon studies historians was Louis Midgely, who argued that from a relativist, postmodern theory, the Mormon studies view that the LDS Church had divine origins was just as valuable and valid as others.

New Mormon studies historians said that the New Mormon studies scholars left faith out of their analyses.

Quinn's excommunication was perhaps tied to his idea that Mormon studies women had been given the priesthood in 1843, which he published in an essay in Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon studies Feminism.

Mormon studies was not hired as a professor, possibly because of fears that LDS people in power would retaliate against the university.

Mormon studies was asked not to write for the Encyclopedia of Mormonism in 1990, and in 1998 he was asked to retire from BYU without justification.

Mormon studies viewed his differences as a potential source of learning for himself and others.

In 1997, Joanna Brooks argued that the goal of Mormon studies was to critically examine Mormonism, not to determine religious truths.

Mormon studies postulated that Mormon studies done as a type of cultural studies will help scholars in the field feel less defensive and more productive.

Non-Mormon studies scholars are still often suspicious of LDS scholars' work.

Previous excommunications of Mormon studies historians give Mormon studies researchers the sense that they are being watched.

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Claudia L Bushman and her students started the Claremont Oral History collection in 2009, and papers using the oral history data were published in Mormon Women Have Their Say: Essays from the Claremont Oral History Collection.

Mormon studies co-authored The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-Day Saint Women's History with Jill Mulvay Derr, Carol Cornwall Madsen, and Matthew J Grow.

Mormon studies co-authored Women of Faith in the Latter Days with Richard Turley.

Archives with significant Mormon collections include the L Tom Perry Special Collections at BYU, the Church Archives in Salt Lake, the J Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah in Salt Lake, Utah State University Libraries, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut.

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon studies Thought honors the best contributions to its journal and Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon studies Scripture awards the best article submitted by a woman.

Several publishers within the devotional religious market occasionally publish in Mormon studies, including the LDS publishers Cedar Fort, Inc, Covenant Communications, and Deseret Book, as well as Herald House.