Review of R. Gordon Shepherd, A. Gary Shepherd, and Ryan T. Cragun, eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2020.

Authors

Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

Keywords

Mormon studies, global Christianity, interdisciplinary scholarship

Abstract

At 868 pages, this volume is more comprehensive than any that have come before, with thirty-one chapters written by forty-two authors on three restoration traditions, discussing over forty countries and even more ethnic and cultural groupings. The editors have brought together not only scholars from the fields already well represented within Mormon studies (history, religious studies, sociology, anthropology, studies of gender, race, and culture) but also scholars with provocative perspectives from geography, demography, and corporate research. There is a pleasing mix of new and familiar names.

Reviewing a book such as this one could easily consume the allotted space with summaries of each individual contribution. Instead of comprehensive summaries, I will first describe the book’s content and identify some highlights. I will then discuss how this work fits into the context of past, current, and future research in the field of Mormon studies and the study of global Christianity more generally.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Inouye, Melissa Wei-Tsing (2023) "Review of R. Gordon Shepherd, A. Gary Shepherd, and Ryan T. Cragun, eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mormonism. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2020.," Mormon Studies Review: Vol. 10: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/msr2/vol10/iss1/8