Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of History. / Electronic thesis. Bibliography: leaves 161-169. Also available in print ed.

Particularities of nursing care for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints This work deals with the issue of multicultural care because this topic is very relevant at present. It is probable for the staff of health-care facilities to meet members of minorities more and more frequently. To provide high-quality nursing care, the needs must be known and the cultural and the religious differences of members of other minorities must be respected. The nurse provides nursing care adapted to specific needs of minority members on the base of the ascertained data. This work is focused on the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who are called "Mormons". The goal of the work was to find out the particularities of provision of nursing care to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Further to map the approach to health and the particularities of life style of the members of that Church. Interviews with the Church members were made in order to give a thorough picture of the relevant issue. The second part of the research investigation was focused on nurses. We ascertained whether the nurses knew the issue of multicultural nursing and whether they knew the particularities of provision of care to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In order to obtain a base for solution of the above stated tasks, a questionnaire was elaborated. 94 respondents took part in the questionnaire inquiry. The research showed lack of the nurses{\crq} knowledge on the given issue. That results in the finding that it would be suitable to deepen the nurses' interest in the relevant issue. Special nursing care will be culturally adequate and better acceptable for the Church members. The nurses{\crq} training will lead to increasing quality of nursing care. The goal of this work was to unify the information on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The research showed that the Church members were satisfied with the care provided. In spite of that, more interest and respect to their religion by health care workers would be appropriate.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-18T18:44:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4 Rubens Lima da Silva1.pdf: 1743986 bytes, checksum: 6f559b4f88bfd7f8b02f9d5d36d5ff9f (MD5) Rubens Lima da Silva2.pdf: 2853648 bytes, checksum: 1278e4673280184e08285b5c3669dbd8 (MD5) Rubens Lima da Silva3.pdf: 2269394 bytes, checksum: 6037ad0a820d46751e486ca4f150ced8 (MD5) Rubens Lima da Silva4.pdf: 1169472 bytes, checksum: 6dc93569cb4492aefb5ce234e701533e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-18 / This work is about the trajectory of the arrival of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil, during its first stage of establishment, in a more specific way, until the year of 1941. Its starting in the state of Santa Catarina took place in the city of Joinville German colony and later, working together with the Lippelt family. This work describes the development of German immigration in the state of Santa Catarina. It will be analysed the appearing of the first cities, which will be the target of proselytizing work by Missionary Mormons and the establishment of the immigrant families in the founded colonies by the Brazilian government as well as by private enterprise, as it is the case of the cities of Joinville and Blumenau. The colonies had the goal of populating the Middle-West of Santa Catarina in order to protect the dominance of the Brazilian territory, which had been formerly required by Argentina, as well as protecting the territory of Santa Catarina and Paraná. This work also analyses the conflicts aroused by the construction of the São Paulo-Rio Grande EFSPRG railway and the benefits that it brought. The immigrants arrived through this railway, means of transport also used by Missionary Mormons for the settlement of the Church in the Middle-West of Santa Catarina. The family Lippelt, pioneer of the Church, is discussed as an important link for the establishment of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil in the region of Ipoméia, district of Rio das Antas SC. / Este trabalho trata da trajetória da chegada da Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias, no Brasil, em sua primeira fase de implantação, de forma mais específica, até o ano de 1941. Seu surgimento no Estado de Santa Catarina aconteceu de forma oficial, na cidade de Joinville colônia alemã vindo posteriormente o trabalho junto à família Lippelt. Este trabalho trata do desenvolvimento da imigração alemã no Estado de Santa Catarina. Será tratado o surgimento das primeiras cidades, que serão o alvo do trabalho de proselitismo dos Missionários Mórmons e o estabelecimento das famílias de imigrantes nas colônias criadas, tanto por iniciativa do Governo brasileiro, quanto por iniciativas de particulares, como é o caso das cidades de Joinville e de Blumenau. As colônias tinham o objetivo do povoamento do Centro-Oeste Catarinense, para salvaguardar o domínio do território brasileiro, que anteriormente havia sido contestado pela Argentina, como também, salvaguardar o território Catarinense após o acordo de limites entre Santa Catarina e Paraná. O trabalho trata também dos conflitos gerados pela construção da Estrada de Ferro São Paulo-Rio Grande EFSPRG, e dos benefícios que ela trouxe. Pela Ferrovia temos a chegada dos imigrantes, sendo também o meio utilizado pelos Missionários Mórmons para a implantação da Igreja no Centro-Oeste Catarinense. Trata-se da família precursora da Igreja, os Lippelt, elo importante para a implantação da Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias no Brasil, na região de Ipoméia, distrito de Rio das Antas SC.

The purpose of this study was to locate public, federal, and parochial schools in the United States that have an enrollment of twenty-five or more Indian students. This will help determine the possibilities of establishing LDS Indian seminaries as Church membership increases among the Indians.Answers to the following questions were sought:1. Where are the federal boarding schools, day schools and dormitories located?2. Where are public schools located that have an Indian enrollment of twenty-five or more?3.Do parochial schools indicate where Indian populations are concentrated?4. What is the total 1963-64 Indian enrollment in public, federal, and parochial schools?6. What is the 1963-64 LDS Indian enrollment in public and federal schools?

Introduction. Crises of faith are major cognitive gaps. This investigation discerns the function of information use in responding to crises of faith in addition to exploring the information-related context of the LDS church. Mormons are thought to have an especially difficult time disaffiliating from their religion yet depend heavily on information seeking and use for their decision to do so. Method. Narrative analysis of 34 episodes of the Mormon Stories podcast that delineate church members’ crises of faith. Episodes were transcribed and coded for analysis. Analysis. Qualitative analysis was performed on the data to uncover the applicability of Chatman’s theories of small worlds and information poverty to the LDS church as well as to reveal the sense-making process involved in a faith crisis. Results. It was possible to see elements of small worlds and information poverty in Mormonism. Information was found to be used in response to faith crises. Conclusion. The LDS church operates an extremely closed information environment which hinders members’ information seeking on church matters. Ex-Mormons use information in response to crisis by factising new knowledge in addition to deciding to disaffiliate from the faith or from religion in general. This is a two years Master’s thesis in Library and Information Science. / Introduktion. Individers tvivel om deras religiösa identitet är svåröverkomliga kognitiva klyftor. Den här uppsatsen utreder informationsanvändningens roll i bemötandet av tvivel. Ytterliga utforskas Mormonkyrkans informationskontext. Mormoner anses ha det speciellt svårt att lämna sin religion men är högst beroende av informationssökning- och användning inför deras beslut. Metod. Narrativ analys av 34 avsnitt av podcasten Mormon Stories som behandlar medlemmars tvivel om sin tro. Avsnitt transkriberades samt kodades inför analysen. Analys. Källmaterialet analyserades med kvalitativa metoder för att skönja om Chatmans teorier om small worlds och information poverty kan appliceras till Mormonkyrkan. Utöver detta analyserades tvivlens gång med Dervins teori om sense-making. Resultat. Aspekter av small worlds och information poverty kunde urskiljas inom Mormonkyrkan. Medlemmarna använde information för att både bemöta och lösa frågor kring tvivel. Slutsats. Mormonkyrkan företar sig en extremt konservativ syn på information vilket som hindrar medlemmars informationssökning. Före detta mormoner använder information för att hantera sin kris genom att skapa nya fakta om världen samt genom att ta beslutet att avsäga sig medlemskap eller religiositet i allmänhet.

The debate over Utah statehood involved several controversial issues that the United States government and the American public wanted resolved before admission would be granted. One strong advocate for such changes in Utah was the widely published newspaper, the Salt Lake Tribune, which continually published anti-statehood and anti-Mormon ideas in the final decades before Utah was finally admitted in 1896. This thesis studies and analyzes the Tribune’s editorials and news stories to better understand which issues opponents of statehood worried the most over and what they wanted to accomplish with their protest. It finds that Mormon political domination was the paper’s central concern throughout the last decade of the debate, even after developments showed change on the horizon. This thesis also examines the Tribune’s ability to reach Utah readers and a national audience through its connections with the Associated Press. By citing numerous newspapers from throughout the United States and members of Congress who were close to the statehood debate, this thesis shows that the Tribune got its message out and that it played a strong part in the statehood struggle.

Substantial comparative analyses of Puritanism and Mormonism are lacking in historical scholarship, despite noted similarities between the two religions. This study helps to fill that void by comparing the Puritan and Mormon proselytization efforts among the Indians that occurred at the respective sites of Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Southern Indian Mission. In my examination of the missionization attempts that took place at these two locations, I analyze a common motive and method of the two denominations for attempting to Christianize the Indians. The Puritan and Mormon missionaries proselytizing in Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Southern Indian Mission shared an identical motive for seeking to convert the Indians to Christianity. The missionaries' conviction that the regional natives were descendants of the House of Israel prompted them to proselytize among the Indians, as they understood that the conversion of the House of Israel constituted one of the important events to precede the prophesied return of Christ to the earth. The Puritans and Mormons engaged in and overseeing the missionary endeavors of the two locales under study likewise shared several parallel conversion methods. One such method consisted of utilizing one of the largest resources available to the two religions: their constituents. The Puritans and Mormons each implemented the association and example of their missionaries and congregational members as a primary method of conversion. Moreover, they applied that technique in a corresponding manner.

As scholarly interest in family religiosity has grown, scholars have called for a closer look at proximal measures of religiosity that are more connected to the individual and familial daily experience (Mahoney et al., 1999). The purpose of this paper is to explore in detail how religion and family religious rituals relate to, interface with, and affect the day-to-day activity of family life. It includes qualitative analysis of interviews with highly religious parents and children in 67 families that belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Grounded theory was employed to analyze the data and a conceptual model was developed to illustrate how this particular sample experienced religious integration. Findings suggest that for this sample, religion was more than an external influence; it was viewed as an integral part of one's individual, familial, structural, and social systems. This finding challenges traditional human ecological theory which suggests that religion is merely an external influence. Findings also indicate that religious rituals were viewed as being an important part of everyday life for the majority of this sample. Despite challenges of religious rituals, participants indicated that they experienced positive individual and familial outcomes when participating in family religious rituals. No negative outcomes were reported. Comparative analysis between participants in the higher and lower overall family functioning groups suggests that religious ritual properties and perceptions differed for these two groups. Those in the higher family functioning group mentioned more frequently that religious rituals were an enjoyable part of family life while those in the lower family functioning group mentioned more frequently they were motivated by a sense of duty to participate in these rituals. Other differences between these two groups are discussed. Though this sample allowed for a thick description of one particular culture to be produced, findings from this study cannot be generalized beyond highly religious LDS families. Despite limitations, the overwhelming perception that religious integration and religious rituals enhanced individual and family life has potentially far reaching implications. These findings should be strongly considered and applied to future research, clinical practice, and family life education.

Informed by theories of media framing, exemplification, and non-fiction film production, this case study used as its sample for textual analysis the typed transcripts from the final cut of Helen Whitney's (2007) documentary film, The Mormons, and the interview transcripts of the 15 key commentators interviewed for the documentary. These theories suggest that (a) media producers condense topics in the media by selecting information that connects news stories to a larger context and imbues them with symbolic value; (b) verbal and visual examples have been shown to be more easily retrieved in memory than abstract ideas and are consequently judged by audiences to be more common in the real world; and (c) expository non-fiction films are organized in ways that convey objectivity, belying their constructed nature. With the aid of NVivo (2002), the themes in each text were identified and compared in order to evaluate which themes about Mormons were given salience in the film and which themes were de-emphasized in the film. It was found that the themes about Mormons' unusual commitment to their faith, as well as the Mormon Church's historical conflict in the United States and more recently with disaffected church members were accentuated in the film; the film did not equally incorporate the themes of LDS Church officials' self-description of Mormon beliefs and social practices. By coupling a close examination and comparison of the texts with the filmmaker's own personal statements about the making of the film, this thesis suggests that Helen Whitney constructed the film through a process that gave voice to minority viewpoints, challenged institutional or ecclesiastical authority, and favored complexity. As a result of these decisions, for example, the film perpetuated confusion about whether Mormons are Christians, the 19th-century LDS practice of plural marriage, and the current treatment of homosexuals within the LDS Church.

A fundamental purpose of this study was to provide marriage preparation providers with counselors perceptions of potential marital problem areas. A structured questionnaire was sent to LDS counselors, defined as members of the Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP). These LDS counselors rated 29 problem areas that LDS couples, (members members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), might encounter in a first marriage or remarriage. Results (N=231) were analyzed in an attempt to determine the most frequent, most damaging and most difficult problems to deal with in LDS first marriages and remarriages.Findings suggest that "communication", "sex", "unrealistic expectations of marriage or spouse", "money management" and "power struggles" were all identified as most frequent and most damaging problems/complaints first time LDS marriages might encounter. Problems with "previous marriage", "serious individual problems", "children", "power struggles", "unrealistic expectations of marriage or spouse", "communication" and "money management/finances" were identified as most frequent and damaging to LDS remarital couples.For both LDS first marriages and remarriages, problems with "power struggles" were identified as frequent and damaging, however, this topic is not commonly addressed in marriage preparation programs. These findings suggest that issues of power should be included as an area of focus in marriage preparation programs.