tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706913892211450530.post9010580102436427336..comments2023-05-12T04:24:19.862-07:00Comments on Consider This...: Defining MormonismEric M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12742590518318188861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706913892211450530.post-6135367895648777912011-06-03T22:36:33.554-07:002011-06-03T22:36:33.554-07:00Coincidentally, I just read a very good, concise d...Coincidentally, I just read a very good, concise definition of Mormonism by respected LDS historian Richard Lyman Bushman from "Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction", p. 116:<br /><br />"Mormonism is an array of doctrines, communal interaction, ritual, private worship, and spiritual history integrated into a life experience."<br /><br />Of course, this definition is incomplete because it offers no specifics (which Bushman spends the rest of the book going into), but I really liked how it encompassed all the major aspects of Mormonism at once, and how they all combine into a unified "life experience." It is a religion which must be actively lived to be fully appreciated.Eric M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12742590518318188861noreply@blogger.com