I guess my current Work in Progress would be the Paradigm Shift paper. I have a new idea for it, which just came to me in the last class, interestingly enough while discussing the group projects…which is the concept of polygamy in Mormonism. What I mean by that is how in the origins of Mormonism, polygamy was the accepted norm (within the Mormon community, I mean). Since then, though, it has become taboo even within their own communities, having to form a separate sect. My question is how did Mormons come to reject one of the very principles of their religion, and to what extent did social norms affect the change.
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I find mormonism to be absolutely fascinating. Not only is how they have gone from completely radical (polygamy being a fairly big part of that) to now jsut being a really quiet, well mannered community.
I was friends with a coupkle people in high school that were a part of this group of mornons in the area. The coolest part about the whole thing was that they all were friends and their families were really close, and it was interesting how close-knit they were just because they had that common bond in religion