Mormon

things about someone that you just don't know, or understand. The character–Pattyn Von Stratton–was a young Mormon girl, or so she thought, who didn't really understand things the way other mormons did. Or why men were the leaders of their households, why women were only good for cooking, cleaning, and having babies. She didn't know why she didn't want to be like all other normal Mormon women. But she did know that she wasn't afraid of her abusive-alcoholic-father. She knew she wasn't like her…

The market revolution and westward expansion had deeply affected American livelihoods by the 1830s and 1840s. These important events reinforced old ideas of freedom and created new ones. Available land in the West had long been linked to the dream of American freedom. During this time, the phrase "manifest destiny", which is the belief that American settlers were destined to expand and occupy all of North America and extend freedom, disregarding the people that were already existing there. This…

While other new religious movements of that time died out around them, Mormons were able to stay afloat because they were good capitalists, were expansionary, and they had land. It was because Mormons continued to expand and populate the west that they were viewed as a threat. Frederick Jackson Turner discusses this idea in his “Frontier Thesis” at the World’s Fair, stating his concern…

urban centers to barren deserts, valleys to mountains, this state has it all. History In 1830, a man named Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon. This book was about Mormonism, a new denomination of Christianity. Joseph Smith also founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1830 after he had a vision of it on a hillside. Early Mormon followers in Upstate New York practiced polygamy, which is when…

of Muslim women within the western culture and within Islam. The first memoir that was assigned within class was titled The book of mormon girl written by Joanna Brooks. Joanna gives an insight into a religion that not many within the western culture know about, mormonism. Her personal experience is interesting because she does not know her place within her mormon…

These religious groups believe that our body is our temple and we should not put anything in it that would cause harm. The religious groups that have shown their point of views on drug the Mormons and Muslims. There was a Mormon prophet by the name of Joseph Smith who had gotten addicted to tobacco, and the mormons had came to conclusion that tobacco was not meant for the body. Alcoholic and hot beverages such as teas and coffee should also be condemned for use. The church of the Latter-Day…

day. there wer two new relious groups formed and they were mormons and unitarians. in 1830, joseph smith and some of his followers organized the church of jesus christ and the latter day saints, and the member of the that church were called mormons. the mormons isolated themselves in their own communities where they followed practices that were frowned upon by their neighbors, such as allowing men to have more than one wife. the mormons were economically powerful and strong. they took control on…

controversial issues in this day in age. It’s specifically controversial in religions that do not practice polygamy, but still notorious in religious where it once was practiced like in Islam and Mormon societies. These two religious groups are very controversial due to their history and societies acceptance of them. Mormons and Islamic people are subjected to a lot of criticism in today’s society. In order to fully understand their arguments, you have to look at the religious birth of both…

to a large Mormon population. Mormons are nice people, moral people. In fact, I even have a relative who is Mormon. For a long time I did not know a lot about Mormonism. I only knew information based off of rumors I had heard. However, last semester that all changed. I was enrolled in a class called “Apologetics,” where I had to study other religions. Majority of my life I never understood Mormonism. While there are similarities between Mormonism and Christianity, there are…

“The Lottery” can be said to be one of the most well known short stories in American literature, and is described as a chilling tale of conformity gone wrong. Shirley Jackson, the author of “The Lottery” writes a story of a small town in modern-day America with a peculiar yearly tradition. Jackson centers her story on a small town, in which once every year on June 27th, its citizens randomly draw the name of one townsperson to be sacrificed, death by stoning, in order to ensure a good harvest.…