Comity, Commerce, and Cold War: Annual Mormon-sponsored lecture series
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In person location: Birks Heritage Chapel, 3520 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7
Topic: Comity, Commerce, and Cold War: Mormons, the Philippines, and the Challenges of Globalization
Speaker: Laurie Maffly-Kipp
Archer Alexander Distinguished Professor at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. Louis
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began its missionary activity in the Philippines in the 1890s, just as Utah began its concerted assimilation into American Society. Today, fully two-thirds of Church members in Asia are in the Philippines. In an important sense, the LDS Church and the Philippines became 鈥淎mericanized鈥� together. This talk will explore the interconnections between these movements, and suggest how Mormon 鈥淎mericanization鈥� in this Asian outpost depended on Filipino/a 鈥淎mericanization.鈥� What challenges does this study of the Philippines tell us about the internationalization of the LDS Church?
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