The Scholarly Study of Mormonism in Finland: An Overview of Literature, Research Ideas, and Sources

Increasing numbers of researchers are now looking for analytical syntheses that are both detached from religious truth claims and based on a wide range of reliable sources and methods, studying Mormonism simply as one religious tradition among others. "Mormon studies" has lately emerged as...

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Published in:Dialogue (Salt Lake City, Utah) Utah), 2008-07, Vol.41 (2), p.32-56
Main Author: Östman, Kim B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Christianity
Freedom of religion
Mormon Studies
Mormonism
Religions and Theologies
Religious history
Religious missions
Scholars
Studies
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Summary:Increasing numbers of researchers are now looking for analytical syntheses that are both detached from religious truth claims and based on a wide range of reliable sources and methods, studying Mormonism simply as one religious tradition among others. "Mormon studies" has lately emerged as a nascent academic subdiscipline with a growing body of literature and with institutional developments taking place at various universities.2 That said, however, fundamental considerations related to the academically problematic intersection between faith and scholarship still remain to be satisfactorily solved before the field can develop more fully.3 With respect to geographical concentration and cultural views, it is evident that much of what presently constitutes Mormon studies has so far been conducted from a comparatively narrow North American perspective.
ISSN:0012-2157
1554-9399
DOI:10.5406/dialjmormthou.41.2.0032