'They have shown me what I need to know': spirits, the eternal family, and collective ethical responsibility in Utah Mormonism.
In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Jg. 29 (2023-09-01), Heft 3, S. 497-514
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Resumen: Visits from spirits are common among Latter‐day Saints (Mormons) in northern Utah, and most involve positive interactions with the spirits of helpful kin: the spirits of the deceased and of children not yet born. The spirit visits show that the Mormon cosmological notion of the eternal family is not simply abstract or something to imagine and long for in the afterlife. Rather, spirit members of the family are active in the world of the living, and both spirit and living members of the family are involved in the mutual project of salvation. The living and the spirits coexist in a relationship of mutual ethical responsibility centred on assisting one another with spiritual progress. Mormon notions of the eternal family are manifest in the mutual responsibility between the spirit world and the mortal world. An exploration of Mormon spirit interactions contributes to recent work in the anthropology of Christianity that emphasizes relationalism as a value by extending an understanding of this concept to include active ethical obligations between living and spirit kin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Resumen: Visits from spirits are common among Latter‐day Saints (Mormons) in northern Utah, and most involve positive interactions with the spirits of helpful kin: the spirits of the deceased and of children not yet born. The spirit visits show that the Mormon cosmological notion of the eternal family is not simply abstract or something to imagine and long for in the afterlife. Rather, spirit members of the family are active in the world of the living, and both spirit and living members of the family are involved in the mutual project of salvation. The living and the spirits coexist in a relationship of mutual ethical responsibility centred on assisting one another with spiritual progress. Mormon notions of the eternal family are manifest in the mutual responsibility between the spirit world and the mortal world. An exploration of Mormon spirit interactions contributes to recent work in the anthropology of Christianity that emphasizes relationalism as a value by extending an understanding of this concept to include active ethical obligations between living and spirit kin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstrait: « Ils m'ont montré ce que j'avais besoin de savoir » : esprits, famille éternelle et responsabilité éthique collective chez les Mormons de l'Utah Résumé Les visites d'esprits sont courantes parmi les Mormons de l'Église des Saints des Derniers jours de l'Utah. La plupart du temps, ces interactions sont le fait d'esprits de la famille, défunts ou enfants à naître, qui viennent aider les vivants. Ces visites montrent que la famille éternelle des Mormons n'est pas seulement une notion cosmologique abstraite, quelque chose que l'on imagine et que l'on attend après la mort. Au contraire, les esprits des membres de la famille sont actifs dans le monde des vivants, et les membres éthérés et vivants de la famille sont engagés dans le projet commun du salut. Vivants et esprits coexistent dans une relation de responsabilité éthique mutuelle, centrée sur une assistance réciproque dans la progression spirituelle. Les notions mormones de la famille éternelle se manifestent dans la responsabilité réciproque entre le monde des esprits et le monde mortel. L'exploration de ces interactions des Mormons avec les esprits s'inscrit dans la ligne des travaux récents sur l'anthropologie du christianisme qui mettent l'accent sur le relationnisme en tant que valeur, en étendant ce concept aux obligations éthiques actives entre les membres vivants de la famille et ceux du monde des esprits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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'They have shown me what I need to know': spirits, the eternal family, and collective ethical responsibility in Utah Mormonism.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Stiles, Erin E. |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Jg. 29 (2023-09-01), Heft 3, S. 497-514 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1359-0987 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1111/1467-9655.13954 |
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