The Politics of Schism: The origins of Dissent in Mormonism
Throughout nearly two ages of its history, and especially in the 19th century, Mormonism has expe-rienced numerous cases of dissent and schism. Analysis of their sources reveals that, among a num-ber of doctrinal, ritual, organisational and other issues, the single most important cause of schism was...
| Published in: | Studia religiologica |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego
2016
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Studia religiologica
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| Further subjects: | B
teoria wymiany społecznej
B władza polityczna B schizma B mormonizm |
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| Summary: | Throughout nearly two ages of its history, and especially in the 19th century, Mormonism has expe-rienced numerous cases of dissent and schism. Analysis of their sources reveals that, among a num-ber of doctrinal, ritual, organisational and other issues, the single most important cause of schism was conflicts over authority. These power struggles are explained – within a theoretical framework derived from the theory of social exchange – as balancing operations intended to improve the ac-tors’ position in unequal exchange relations: to be able to obtain the valuable religious goods at a lower price (i.e. less or no submission). |
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| ISSN: | 2084-4077 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia religiologica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4467/20844077SR.16.014.5872 |