Our Big Fat Temple Weddings: Who’s In. Who’s Out. And How We Get Together

Pace talks about the popular film My Big Fat Greek Wedding which suggests that ethnic families will flood pell mell into any space provided by a family member who announces she or he is getting married. He tells his experience of a Mormon wedding. The bi-polar choice that many Mormons feel of being...

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Published in:Dialogue (Salt Lake City, Utah) Utah), 2003-10, Vol.36 (3), p.243-253
Main Author: Pace, David G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Mormon Studies
Mormonism
Motion picture criticism
Motion pictures
Religions and Theologies
Weddings
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Summary:Pace talks about the popular film My Big Fat Greek Wedding which suggests that ethnic families will flood pell mell into any space provided by a family member who announces she or he is getting married. He tells his experience of a Mormon wedding. The bi-polar choice that many Mormons feel of being either for or against the Lord's kingdom is, in his view, shaped by a fusion of church, family, and individual. Mormonism is a totalizing way of life, and little distinction seems to be made among church, culture, doctrine, history, family bonds, or various church programs.
ISSN:0012-2157
1554-9399
DOI:10.2307/45227142