@article{140e994a-61c4-4581-984d-e8821a41b4e9,
author = {Maciej Potz},
title = {The Politics of Schism. The origins of Dissent in Mormonism},
journal = {Studia Religiologica},
volume = {2016},
number = {Volume 49 Issue 3},
year = {2016},
issn = {0137-2432},
pages = {203-218},keywords = {Mormonism; schism; political power; theory of social exchange},
abstract = {Throughout nearly two ages of its history, and especially in the 19th century, Mormonism has experienced numerous cases of dissent and schism. Analysis of their sources reveals that, among a number of doctrinal, ritual, organisational and other issues, the single most important cause of schism was conflicts over authority. These power struggles are explained – within a theoretical framework derived from the theory of social exchange – as balancing operations intended to improve the actors’ position in unequal exchange relations: to be able to obtain the valuable religious goods at a lower price (i.e. less or no submission).},
doi = {10.4467/20844077SR.16.014.5872},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/the-politics-of-schism-the-origins-of-dissent-in-mormonism}
}