Robert R. King
Robert R. King, Democratic Staff Director, Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives
The Enduring Significance of the Mormon Trek
Articles/Essays – Volume 13, No. 2
When the bishop asked me to speak, I was pleased to accept this opportunity to think about the contemporary relevance of our pioneer heritage. After telling him that I would speak, however, I had doubts…
Read moreThe Effect of Mormon Organizational Boundaries on Group Cohesion
Articles/Essays – Volume 17, No. 1
Approaching the Church in organizational terms requires a perspective ‘different from focusing on its spiritual role and mission. The German sociologist Georg Simmel framed the problem in this way: “On the one hand, religion stands…
Read more“The Same Organization?” | Wayne A. Meeks, The First Urban Christians
Articles/Essays – Volume 18, No. 2
In an 1842 description of Latter-day Saint beliefs written for John Wentworth of the Chicago Democrat, Joseph Smith said: “We believe in the same organization that existed in the primitive church, viz. apostles, prophets, pastors,…
Read moreReed Smoot and the Twentieth-Century Transformation of Mormonism: The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle by Kathleen Flake
Articles/Essays – Volume 38, No. 1