Mormonism and Time: The Impact of Mechanical Time and Hypermediation on Practice and Authority in the LDS Church

March 15, 2017by rybar916 Leave a comment

This two-part series will focus on Mormonism and time, it will examine how time, and various conceptualizations of time, have impacted the ways that Mormonism is practiced and resisted; it […]

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Biting Satire in LDS-Themed Digital Communities, Part 2: Uses of Humor

September 18, 2016by rybar916 Leave a comment

In part one of this two-part post, I discussed humor as strategy of protest. Citing examples from literature, political and religious cartoons, and propaganda more generally, I showed how satire […]

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Biting Satire in LDS-Themed Digital Communities, Part 1: Background

February 1, 2016by rybar916 Leave a comment

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka LDS Church, or Mormon church) has experienced its share of opposition and criticism over the years, from the Extermination Order issued by Missouri […]

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Biting Satire in LDS-Themed Digital Communities, Part 1: Background