MormonWiki.org:Today's featured article/August 30, 2006
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Postmodernism — Some aspects of historic Mormonism make it fit very well with postmodernism, and contemporary Mormonism is heavily influenced by the trend as a whole. Mormons tend to be very skeptical over knowing objective meaning and authorial intent in text, especially religious text, and view criticism of anyone's beliefs (especially their own) as deeply unethical. Unfortunately for Christian evangelists, Mormons also view authoritative proclamation of one's own worldview, as though it were absolutely true, as deeply unethical, and view means of communication which are distinctively connected to authoritative views of truth as inappropriate and "contentious". More »