Table of Contents

Introduction: scholars, saints and Mormonism. Dimensions of identity - identity and boundary maintenance: the international prospects for Mormonism at the dawn of the 21st century; modernity, history and Latter-day Saint faith; The Book of Mormon wars: a non- Mormon perspective; coffee, tea and the ultra-Protestant and Jewish nature of the boundaries of Mormonism; Latter-day Saint exceptionalism and membership growth; neither Mormon nor Protestants reorganized LatterDay Saints and the change of identity. Expansion of Mormonism - ethnic-American Mormons: the development of a community; Mormonism in Chile; Mormonism in black Africa; India: a sypnosis of cultural challenges. Emotional and social life - childhood in early 19th century Britain reflected in some Latter-day Saint sources; guilt, fear anxiety and love: disciplinary councils among Latter-day Saints today; an overview of Mormonism and mental health; commitment making: mate selection processes among active Mormon-American couples. Early Mormonism - Mormons and the millennial world-view; magic Mormon religion; 'companions and forerunners': English Romantics and the restoration. Female factors - issues in contemporary Mormon feminism; 'choose ye this day whom ye will serve': Latter-day Saint mothers' reactions to a church leader's instructions to remain in the home. Mormon scripture and theology - does The Book of Mormon support 'my country right or wrong': just war or pacifism? the death/rebirth in The Book of Mormon; must God be incorporeal? The future of Mormon studies - Mormon studies: progress and prospects; views of an international religion.