Missionaries on a Pilgrimage, or Pilgrims on a Mission? Elements of Pilgrimage in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Missionary Experience
The purpose of this paper is to consider the ways in which proselytizing missions by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are pilgrimage-like. After outlining the historical and theological background behind the Church's missionary efforts and discuss how this missionary w...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Dublin Institute of Technology
[2019]
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The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-15 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mormon Church
/ Mission
/ Pilgrimage
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IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KDH Christian sects RJ Mission; missiology |
Further subjects: | B
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
B Missionaries B missionary work B Mormons B Pilgrimage B Missions |
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Summary: | The purpose of this paper is to consider the ways in which proselytizing missions by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are pilgrimage-like. After outlining the historical and theological background behind the Church's missionary efforts and discuss how this missionary work is organized both practically and social, the similarities between Church missions and religious pilgrimage are compared based on six themes: journeying and the sacred, liminality, communitas, hardships, status, and change and failure. |
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ISSN: | 2009-7379 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.21427/d8dc-bk05 |