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An Introduction to Mormonism

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "An Introduction to Mormonism." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/an-introduction-to-mormonism.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). An Introduction to Mormonism. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/an-introduction-to-mormonism

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-an-introduction-to-mormonism,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {An Introduction to Mormonism},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/an-introduction-to-mormonism},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Douglas Davies is a British scholar of religion, and this study is organized around the Latter-day Saint movement's own categories, the plan of salvation, the temple and its ordinances, and death and remembrance ritual, rather than around comparison with mainstream Christianity, a documented methodological choice this record notes as the study's real approach. That decision to work from within the movement's own conceptual framework, from an outside academic position, is the study's real evidentiary contribution. Use it for established scholarly facts about Latter-day Saint theology and practice, particularly the plan of salvation, temple ordinances and death ritual, as this study documents them from that framework.

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Reliability Tier

Douglas J. Davies's scholarly study of Latter-day Saint theology and practice, written by a British scholar of religion and organised around the movement's own categories rather than around comparison with mainstream Christianity; particularly useful on the plan of salvation, the temple and its ordinances, and death and remembrance.

Notes

A study of Latter-day Saint theology and practice by a British scholar of religion, organised around the movement's own categories rather than around comparison with mainstream Christianity. Particularly useful on the plan of salvation, on the place of the temple and its ordinances in the wider culture of the movement, and on death and the ritual of remembrance.

Citation

Author

Douglas J. Davies

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Year

2003

URL

https://archive.org/details/introductiontomo0000davi_e4z7

Source Type

academic monograph

Claims Backed By This Source (75 claims)

This source backs 75 claims across the atlas. As facts: 47 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 2 rejected Here. Plus 19 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.