The Mormon Community Analysis

with polygamous marriages, the limitation imposed by the state to engage in systemically harmful behaviour does not limit the equality rights of those potentially involved in polygamous marriages. Marriage is at the very centre of the most of the communities practicing Mormonism, such as Bountiful located in British Columbia (Campbell, 6). Based on Mormonism, faith helps them to be closer to God and the role of the marriage is essential is achieving this celestial existence after death (Daynes, 5).

“The Biased American Dream” The American Dream is a commonly known theme among the general population today. It states that with the right amount of work any US citizen can obtain success in their lives. This idea was popularized around 1930 with James Truslow Adam’s book “The Epic of America” bringing about the idea that there is opportunity for everyone in America if they can work hard enough.3 This idea of the American dream however began much earlier than the 20th century. Rather it began in

History and Analysis of Mormonism in America Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was officially organized by Joseph Smith in Western New York on April 6, 1830, and by 1978, spread to more than seventy nations. One uniqueness of the Mormon religion is that it was the first church to have begun in the United States. Following the revivals of the 1800's, religion entered a temporary decline in Western New York, reawakened in 1807-1808, then declined again because of the military excitement

a country’s history or government regulations, indeed led to lower rates of religious participation, up to a certain point (a “ceiling”, to keep with the economic language). That is to say, “Catholics will be more active the less Catholic their community.” A notable exception to this theory, however, is Mormonism.

Gina Messina-Dysert, Ph.D. is the Dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Ursuline College and co-founder of Feminism and Religion - a blog that allows for women to “share their ideas, insights, and experiences, so that this community of thinkers will be nurtured as we explore diverse and new directions” (https://feminismandreligion.com/about/). She has written many articles on feminism with a focus on ethics and theological ties, and is an activist for sexual assault prevention

we further distinguish between liberal and moderate Protestants (n=4,129) and conservative Protestants (n=3,782). We exclude Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses because these two groups do not fit into the Protestant denomination structure as outlined by Mueller. For the analysis of switching versus staying, we use logistic regression. The dependent variable in this analysis is dichotomous, so logistic

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. Yet, same-sex marriage continues to be a highly debated issue that leaves our society searching for answers. Now that the Supreme Court has made same-sex marriage legal, we will observe the impact upon parents, children, same sex couples, families, and the social and political world. The arguments surrounding the issue though confrontational nonetheless are easily seen from a wide array

gay and lesbian marriages are not recognized in California if couples decide to get married in another state. Aside from a small gay Mormon organization referred to as, Affirmation, a religious group such as Catholics and Mormons heavily promoted California 's Proposition 22. The Catholic Church, The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church) are not only against same-sex marriages, but homosexual relationships in general. They believe that it goes against the word of

This essentially narrows down where someone is from based on cluster analysis. Clustering can show the journey overtime of where the cluster originated from and where they travelled to. The examples given in the presentation were the Mormon cluster and the Icelandic cluster. Ancestry’s normal product allows for cousin matching up to 4 to 6 generations and also an ethnicity estimate. With the new element of genetic communities, people will be able to have a more concrete location of their heritage

The article “The field of Social Welfare Policy” by Gilbert and Terrell discussed the Field of Social Work Policy. Gilbert and Terrell describe the six-essential institutions activities that take place in the community; Kinship, Religion, Workplace, the market, Civil society, and Government. Kinship describes how family serve as an emotional, social, and economic support for individuals. Things such as values, skills, and behavior patterns are channel from one generation to another generation. Furthermore