Mormonisms in Asia

About the Book

For the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and the Church of Christ (CoC), global expansion presents a vexing challenge. The more the Church takes root in new societies, the harder it becomes to focus on the common history and culture at the core of the faith.

Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye and Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp edit essays that use analysis, field work, and case studies to provide groundbreaking research on globalization and the two largest Restoration denominations in Asia. The contributions uncover broad trends and themes about the meaning of a globalized faith in the twenty-first century while revealing the obstacles encountered by Restoration traditions. Part One focuses on ways of thinking about the faith’s global institutional presence. In Part Two, contributors burrow into specific political and religious realities, and a range of cultural assumptions, to look at tensions created by encounters with LDS and CoC norms. The final section illuminates the role of gender and the family in the religious community.

An insightful merger of theory with on-the-ground experiences, Mormonisms in Asia offers a rare look at the complexities of the faith’s work on the world’s largest continent.