Mormonism
Let an agent explain Mormonism as a theology and tradition respectfully and with attribution, relay doctrines, practices and history from the tradition s own sources and academic scholarship, describe naming preferences and the range of Latter Day Saint churches, and distinguish Mormonism from the institutional church and from other Christian traditions.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain Mormonism as a theology and tradition respectfully and with attribution, relay doctrines, practices and history from the tradition s own sources and academic scholarship, describe naming preferences and the range of Latter Day Saint churches, and distinguish Mormonism from the institutional church and from other Christian traditions.
The religious tradition and theology of the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith in the 1820s, held principally by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which asks not to be called the Mormon Church, and by other Restoration churches, with distinctive doctrines including the Book of Mormon as scripture, continuing revelation through prophets, a nontrinitarian understanding of the Godhead, a cosmology of premortal life and eternal progression, temple ordinances, and practices such as tithing; its beliefs are defended in Mormon apologetics and studied in Mormon studies.
What it is for: Not applicable; a religious tradition.
It can be explain doctrines and practices; relay history with attribution; describe naming and churches; distinguish related traditions.
Distinguishing features
Book of Mormon scripture
Continuing revelation
Nontrinitarian Godhead
Temple ordinances
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a religious tradition.
Physical character
movement founded: 1830 year - church organised
Latter-day Saint membership: about 17 million - church-reported
naming guidance: 2018 year - church asked to avoid the term Mormon
How it is recognised
Theology of the Latter Day Saint movement
Latter-day Saint theology, Mormon cosmology, tithing, apologetics, regional communities such as the Pacific Northwest, Restoration churches
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the institution; Community of Christ and others are separate churches; mainstream Christianity holds trinitarian doctrine
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms, as classified by the registry
is held by - principally
is founded on - as scripture
In practice
Families and kinds
theology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Community of Christ and other Restoration churches
Mormon fundamentalist groups, which the main church disavows
Mormon cosmology and plan of salvation
practices such as tithing, temple worship and missionary service
Mormon apologetics and Mormon studies
Standards and regulation
Church style guides on naming
Religious freedom and tax law affecting churches
No regulation of belief
Failure modes and hazards
Using the term Mormon contrary to the church s stated preference without noting it
Conflating the main church with fundamentalist groups
Presenting theological disputes as settled
Disrespectful treatment of sacred practices
Also called
Where this came from
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Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Mormonism is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition and naming.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Mormonism, which churches hold it, and why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ask not to be called Mormon? definition
- Is the question about the theology, the institutional church, another Restoration church or a fundamentalist group? boundary
Doctrines
Doctrines.
Doctrines
Doctrines.
- What are the core doctrines, including the Godhead, revelation, cosmology and the plan of salvation, as the tradition states them? definition
- Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
Practice Practices.
Sources.
Worship
Worship and temples.
Worship
Worship.
- What are temple ordinances, sacrament meetings and missionary service, described respectfully? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Life
Daily life.
Life
Life.
- What roles do tithing, the Word of Wisdom and family practices play? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.
Attribution.
Origins
Origins.
Origins
Origins.
- How did the movement begin with Joseph Smith, and how did it develop through migration to Utah, as historians and the church describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of the Latter Day Saint movement? action
Debates
Debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates exist about history, race, gender and polygamy, with positions from the church, scholars and critics attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Study and culture.
Context.
Study
Apologetics and scholarship.
Study
Study.
- What are Mormon apologetics and Mormon studies, and how do they differ? provenance
- Which entry fits Mormon studies? action
Culture
Culture and regions.
Culture
Culture.
- How is Latter-day Saint culture expressed in regions such as Utah and the Pacific Northwest and in the arts? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific region? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the institutional church and the Book of Mormon be the primary linked entries?
- How should the tradition s own sources and academic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming an unrelated splinter church and a regional community; should they be split off?