RT Article
T1 A Review of Mormon Studies in China
JF Religions
VO 12
IS 6
A1 Cheng, Hongmeng
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1761754289
AB Mormon studies in China began in the early 1990s and can be divided into three phases between the years of 2004 and 2017. The first Master’s and Doctoral theses on Mormonism were both published in 2004, and journal articles have also been increasing in frequency since then. The year of 2012 saw a peak, partly because Mormon Mitt Romney won the Republican nomination for the 2012 US presidential election. In 2017, a national-level project, Mormonism and its Bearings on Current Sino-US Relations, funded by the Chinese government, was launched. However, Mormon studies in China is thus far still in its infancy, with few institutions and a small number of scholars. Academic works are limited in number, and high-level achievements are very few. Among the published works, the study of the external factors of Mormonism is far more prevalent than research on its internal factors. Historical, sociological, and political approaches far exceed those of philosophy, theology, and history of thoughts. To Mormon studies, Chinese scholars can and should be making unique contributions, but the potential remains to be tapped.
K1 Mormon Church
K1 Mormon studies
K1 Mormonism
K1 People’s Republic of China
K1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
DO 10.3390/rel12060375