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Divisions in the Mormon Church - Historical Background and the Present Situation
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is surely one of the most thriving religious organisations in the contemporary world. There seems to be little awareness, however, of how different in terms of dogma and structures are the communities that sprang up from the organisation founded by Joseph Smith Jr on April 6th in 1830. Issues such as the continuity of revelation, polygamy, racial views and attitude to homosexuality have defined the dynamics of the movement’s present development and shape. The article is an attempt at reconstructing the historical divisions within Mormonism and considers their impact on the condition of this religious movement nowadays.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/kw.2016.17.69
Date of publication: 2016-06-16 20:34:18
Date of submission: 2016-02-26 13:20:34
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