Rethinking the International Expansion of Mormonism
ABSTRACT: The rapid international expansion of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter—day Saints—the LDS, or Mormon Church—prompts some sociologists to claim that Mormonism is an incipient world religion. This expansion also serves as the basis for several sociological theories of church growth. Howev...
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Nova religio
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