The Mormon Ward: Congregation or Community?

Alder, Douglas D.

doi:10.5406/jmormhist.44.1.0150

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“…Moreover, each ward directs a pastoral system of "ministering" where members are assigned to attend to others' needs. All this implies intense social interaction, making a ward more a community than a typical congregation that meets weekly under the direction of limited clergy (Alder, 2018). Another criterion characterizes a separate group in the membership: those who have a "temple recommend," which entitles them to worship in a Mormon temple, a separate building where higher ordinances are administered.…”

Section: Mormonism and Factors Of Insiderness And Belongingmentioning

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Research in the Religious Realm: Intersectional Diversification and Dynamic Variances of Insider/Outsider Perspectives

Decoo¹

2022

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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This article discusses insider/outsider perspectives in qualitative research among religious people. Focus is on the insider researcher. Even if researcher and participants share the same overall religious adherence or are members of the same denomination, various factors can differentiate them substantially, affecting insider/outsider perspectives. The methodological implications of this phenomenon are drawn from research on the perception of gender roles among Mormon women in Belgium. The mutual perception of researcher and participant can influence the data collection phase as value-laden issues are being discussed. To ensure the validity and objectivity of research in this context, positionalities of researcher and participants need to be clearly defined and methodological safeguards put into place. The analysis of the interactions between researcher and participants led to the identification of seven intersecting insider/outsider perspectives: denominational, congregational, social, religious, topical, lingual, and academic. Moreover, as compound insider/outsider positions move on several continua, various factors can change the perspectives during interviews. This article adds to the methodology of qualitative research by uncovering perspectives which researchers can consider or adapt when interviewing religious participants.

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Section: Mormonism and Factors Of Insiderness And Belongingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research in the Religious Realm: Intersectional Diversification and Dynamic Variances of Insider/Outsider Perspectives

Decoo¹

2022

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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The Mormon Ward: Congregation or Community?

Cited by 1 publication

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Research in the Religious Realm: Intersectional Diversification and Dynamic Variances of Insider/Outsider Perspectives

Research in the Religious Realm: Intersectional Diversification and Dynamic Variances of Insider/Outsider Perspectives

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