...Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) and Black (African) Decent Abstract This paper will identify how Mormons differ from other religious groups. Enlightening of the subject matters that pertain to their beliefs, practices, and how this religion group contributes to the American culture is the bases of the first part of the paper. This paper will also describe the discrimination and prejudice that the Mormons have to deal with because of their religion choice. This paper will also describe the African decent experience with discrimination and prejudice as well. Discrimination and prejudice takes place in all cultures and religions. People who are unwilling to understand and accept the difference that people share are going to allow this behavior to continue and pass it down from generation to generation. America is the melting pot for all ethnic backgrounds, including religions. Being more open minded and having understanding will allow us to break the stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination that we all have towards one another. Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) and Black (African) Decent The United States, throughout history, has been a country of immigrants and a country of religion diversity. Discrimination, prejudice, and stereotyping in the Mormon and Black decent groups have been displayed throughout the changing times. The Mormons, who emerged after the discovery of The Book of Mormon in 1830, were run out of several states before settling in Utah. Blacks who were brought...
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...Mormon The Mormons are a religious group the follow Mormonism. Mormonism is the main sect of The Latter Day Saint movement. This Movement is part of the Restorationist Christianity. Restorationist Christianity had its start in the 1820’s with the then leader Joseph Smith. This movement took place in upstate New York. Brigham Young took over after Smiths death and had the movement follow him to Utah. Utah may be the Headquarters for The Mormon Religion but there are more Mormons living outside the United States then in the USA. Most Mormons will call them selves as Christian even though many of their beliefs differ from what is normally considered Christianity. Mormons do believe in the Bible, but the one book that most people associate with Mormons is The Book of Mormon. Mormons believe that returning to God after death requires following the good deeds that Jesus Christ had done. You must also accept his atonement through baptism. Within the Mormon faith there is different several different groups. Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, formally known as Latter-day Saints, accounts for over 99% of Mormons. Former Latter-day Saints who seek to disassociate themselves from the religion are often referred to as Ex-Mormons. Fundamentalist Mormons these are the Mormons that broke off of the LDS over the issue of polygamy. Liberal Mormons; Liberal Mormons often times call progressive Mormons will take an revealing approach to LDS teachings...
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...http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) Christianity Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Historically Black Churches Roman Catholic Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) Jehovah’s Witnesses Orthodox (Greek, Eastern) Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) Hinduism Racial/ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents) Asian (Asian descent) Black (African descent) Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent) Pacific Islander (Polynesian descent) White (European descent) Part II Write a 750- to 1,400-word paper in which you consider the following regarding the religious group and racial/ethnic group you selected: Religious group: How does your selected religious group differ from other religious groups (such as in their beliefs, worship practices, or values)? According to social and political views, the Mormon religion is different and therefore, is most noticeable than that of the population in general, and other religions. Their conservation towards political and culture issues are different. A vast amount of Mormons say that definite rulings of right and wrong are strongly held. The Mormons feel that the values they have are felt threatened often by Hollywood. The Mormons are considered to be Republican a lot more when it comes to other traditions of important religions. This includes members of the Evangelical Protestant churches. They seem to involve...
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...a Book of Mormon class, we are taught things that differ from different types of anthropology. Such as, differences in our way of thinking at Brigham Young University-Idaho. At this specific school we have a set of standards that allow us to attend classes and be on campus in general. Well, in a different culture we could be disobeying a certain way of living. For example, in the article, “Body Ritual among the Nacirema”, women who are impregnated have to wear certain clothes that cover their conditioned state. Intercourse in the culture doesn’t happen often. Usually, it happens on specific nights to remain within the cultural boundaries. In contrast, Mormons are expected after sealing to a man or women, in the temple to procreate....
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...hatred towards strangers or anyone from a foreign country. | |Persecution |Persecution is mistreatment to a person or group from another group by all means of mental and physical| | |suffering. | |Religious group |A group of people by the masses that have beliefs, practices, or rituals. | Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) o Christianity • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) • Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents) o Black (African descent) Part III Answer the following questions in 150 to 250 words each about the religious group you selected: • How does your selected religious group differ from other religious groups (such as in their beliefs, worship practices, or values)? Other religions don’t believe in a spiritual being like Jesus Christ, for example, Buddhism....
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...Mormon’s Marriage I’ve come to encounter the challenge of studying in depth one of the most intriguing and quite disciplinary societies of the world. After consecutive days of research, I allowed myself to focus on their marital costumes and how such practices can affect their manners and personalities as a whole. With habits such as polygamy and celestial marriages, the Mormon community has established such a distinctive way of living that has allowed them to emerge from other religions. Their seclusion from other cultures as well as their extreme devotion to their faith has made Mormonism come out as a job full of requirements rather than just simple spiritual theology. In the following composition, I aim to inform everything about their nuptial believes, ceremonies, and demands. With that said, I will back up my claim of why I believe the Mormon society is exceedingly strict due to their pious way of living, their expectation to raise conservative individuals, and their closure to other communities. Mormon´s earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations is an essential part of the society. Take polygamy as an example. When the doctrine was first explained back in the 1840´s by Joseph Smith, majority of the members felt repulsed by the proposal. People where then motivated by verses from the bible stated for them to follow their patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob which were told to have more than one wife. As time went by and a better explanation was given, Latter -day...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix D Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Ethnic group |people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture. | | |wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn | | | | |Anti-Semitism |the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people | | |wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn | |Islamophobia |Extreme or irrational fear of all Islamic persons | | |wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn | |Xenophobia |Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries | | |wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn | |Persecution |the act of persecuting (especially on the basis...
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...Your name Professor’s name Name of the course 23 November 2015 Intentional Community THE AMISH The Amish are a group of the Christian church fellowship. The Amish movement was founded by Jacob Ammann as an attempt to change some practices of the Mennonites. The history of the Amish takes about three centuries. They started to emigrate to Pennsylvania U.S. in early 18th century after being chased and criticized by the Catholic сhurch. The main idea of their religion is to keep themselves far away from the world and conveniences of modern technology such as follows: electricity, cars, TV, radio, computers, planes, watches, and rings. Moreover, they totally decline to have any relation with the state and are against the individualism. All these are done in order not to let things from outside effect the internal world of the person and its perception of the reality. Rules and the leadership. The Amish are strictly keeping their rules that are called the Ordnung. It is a symbiosis of religious rules and practices concerning how to organize everyday routine, work process, lifestyle, and clothing. The Gelassenheit is the other semi - formal concept that is regulating the life of the Amish. It is a general view of a good person rather than a guide on how to behave. Due to the Gelassenheit, the honorable person should be modest, calm, kind, and quiet one. The nature of the Amish leadership is ministerial, which means they are choosing a minister for each district...
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...to religion, there are many different characteristics across various cultures. One major difference is how they interpret divine beings, or Gods. Some, like Christians, are monotheistic because they believe in a single God. Other religions are polytheistic, because they believe in many different Gods such as India where there are millions of Gods. This influences praying rituals and sub groups that may focus more on one single God rather than others. Rites of passage are also important. These are transitional periods from one social status to another. Within Judaism, the Bar Mitzvah transitions young boys into men where they have to take on other responsibilities and society views the, differently. Within African cultures, each village or tribe may have their own local religious rituals as well. Despite these sharp differences, there are also some similarities. One major similarity is that most religions have some sort of organizational structure. This means that it is an established institution that exists separately of the people involved. Leading these organizations are clerical members and priests. Priests join the ranks by either going through training programs or apprenticeships. While the exact rituals by which religious leaders are initiated or conduct their work may be different, the main element of having a core infrastructure with designated leaders is still present throughout various cultures. Another major set of commonalities is that they all share common stories...
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...discussing the Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) religion as well as the Pacific Islander (Polynesian Descent) ethnic group. It will show the differences that these two groups face when compared to other religions and ethnic groups. According to Biola Magazine (1996-2015),” the overwhelming emphasis in the Mormon scriptures is on earning salvation through obedience to commandments and refraining from sin”. In most other religions you are born with original sin and in the Mormon religion, they do not believe that. Sin does not occur until a person is old enough to be held accountable around the age of seven and older. In the Catholic religion, we are taught that it is “The father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit” whereas in the Mormon religion it is “The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost”. A majority of the Christian population believe that Mormons are not Christian while Mormons disregard that and state that they are. Non-Mormons still believe that Mormons still participate in Polygamy even though it has not occurred since the 1860’s. Many people believe that Mormons spend a lot of their time as teens walking door to door to try to recruit people to come to their religion. Others do not agree with Mormons not being able to drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, which is considered a sin in the Mormon religion. There are more Mormons in the United States of America than any other country and is the fastest growing religion. It has contributed to American culture by increasing in size with...
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...passages around, I think Nussbaum is attempting to claim that human being’s inner life cannot be seen directly and compassion is on the culture-basis. People reinforce their character and rich their inner life through developing the literary imagining. People recognize another’s inner life through their own narrative imagination that trained by the culture circumstances during their lives. An individual makes decision to compassionate another’s pain and misfortune or not influenced by its own specific life experience, culture background, and education. The viewpoint that Nussbaum strengthens in the quotation is in order to understand and compassionate other people from the different culture backgrounds, sometimes we have to consider minimizing our own imagination. People in different cultures have different ways of lives and thinking. The undoubted truth passed down from hundreds of generations in one society probably is completely unacceptable in another’s. Take Kong moua for example, due to Kong Moua and his intended bride grow up in two different cultures, they frame their literary imagining differently. Thus they cannot understand each other. When Kong Moua met his intended bride in America, he spirited her away as the Hmong marital customs “marriage by capture”. But the woman who comes from the same area, now grow up in the culture of America cannot understand his point, therefore she called the police. After he read the materials about the marital customs of Hmong...
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...Religion has been around since the world started. People have many different views and think many different ways, causing religion to come about. In the South Park episode, “All about Mormons” the viewer sees people that believe in a certain religion. Religion at times can be seen as outlandish to others that do not believe that a higher being exists. At times people just don’t believe in the ways that others do things. Religion allows people to explain “out of world” things. In another South Park episode, “Cherokee Hair Tampons” the viewer see people believing in the healing powers of a certain person. Throughout these episodes the viewer can assume that a sort of cultural stance is shown because of the change in people’s behaviors. During the two episodes the viewer sees much of a difference in the change of people’s behavior to different religious standpoints and how the...
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...Mormons What is Mormonism? Who is a Mormon? And what place does Mormonism have in the religious tradition of the United States today? This paper will attempt to give readers a better understanding of the Mormon religion by detailing the history of the religion from its beginnings to today. It will also describe what a typical church or “temple” (as Mormons call their place of worship) service is like. It will also describe any holidays the Mormon people celebrate that correspond with the Christian holidays of other Christian sects. It will not attempt to judge the Mormon religion, as either good or bad, as has been so frequently done in the popular media. Rather than judging it, this paper will attempt to achieve a greater understanding of the religion in its context in the Christian religious tradition and the American religious tradition. In 1820, according to the Mormon faith, Joseph Smith (1806-1844) prayed to God to ask him for a sign that would tell him what church he ought to join. Instead, Jesus Christ and God appeared to the young man and told him he ought to found what the Mormon Church is today. Smith was fourteen at the time, a farmer from the region of western New York known as the "burned-over district" because of its unrelenting religious enthusiasm. (All About Mormons Website) Mormons believe that this revelation to Smith was similar to that of God to Saul. They refer to Smith as “The Prophet” because his revelation was transmitted to...
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...Mormons: Are They Being Insincere? The documentary, Meet the Mormons, is scheduled to open, for one week only, in over 300 theaters across the United States. The movie premier is creating a buzz that is circling the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; however, the film is being scrutinized for the wrong reason. The documentary’s tickets sales, not its content, is the source of much controversy, as members are buying out theaters for opening weekend. Even though, it may be perceived as insincere; it may ultimately allow additional nonmembers to see the movie. Right to Buy Tickets for Opening Weekend Anyone can buy a ticket to see the movie Meet the Mormons. Elder Jeffery R. Holland, a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said, "We want as many people as possible to see this film," in a September video directed at church members. "As with any theatrical film, our success will depend on box-office performance during the opening weekend. How long the film will be available in theaters will depend on that." (Wolf, 2014, para. 6) Holland also recommended that members consider if they have the means, to “buyout” a showing for a group (Wolf, 2014). This request is a recommendation to the church’s parishioners, not a directive. Local congregations that choose to pre-purchase tickets will most likely share with family, friends and neighbors. The LDS church will donate net proceeds from the movie attendance to the American Red Cross. Allow More Nonmembers...
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...more to the Mormon movement? Joseph Smith or Brigham Young? Firstly what is a Mormon? A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a religion founded in the US in 1830 by Joseph Smith. Then Brigham Young was the new leader of the Mormons once Joseph Smith died. In this essay I am going to investigate who contributed more to the Mormon movement. Was it Joseph Smith or Brigham Young? Joseph Smith was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism. He was faithful, driven, and a strong speaker, but was easily tempered. When Joseph Smith was 14 he prayed behind his father’s house for guidance. According to Smith, a pillar of light appeared before him. In 1827 he was visited by an angel who told him where the book was to be found and Smith claimed he dug it up on a hillside near Manchester, New York. The book gave a different story from the Bible. According to the book, lost Israeli tribes migrated to America before the birth of Christ. There they fought each other until Christ was born and established his Church. Later, the fighting started again. One of the few survivours was a man called Mormon who spent the rest of his life recording the story of his people on the plates. Smith claimed that no one else was allowed to see the plates. When he was twenty-four, Smith published the Book of Mormon; by the time of his death fourteen years later, he had attracted tens of thousands of followers and founded a religion and religious culture that continues...
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