The Anthropology of MormonismEssay OneThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LSD) was founded in the 19th century (1820) by Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Mormons believe their Church is a renewal of the Church Jesus envisioned, and other Christian Churches have fallen away and gone astray. After the murder of Joseph Smith, it was developed by Brigham Young. He drifted with the New Mormons to Salt Lake City in 1847. They believe that God has a fleshly body, is married, and can have children. They also have faith that humans can become gods in the afterlife. They focused heavily on traditional values ​​and family life (BBC, 2010). They prohibited homosexuality, abortion, sexual acts between unmarried people, gambling, pornography, tobacco, tea, alcohol consumption, drug use and coffee. Their core beliefs also consist of the Book of Mormon, the Devil, many gods, the mother goddess, the Trinity of God, heaven, the Holy Ghost, Jesus, Joseph Smith, preexistence, and salvation. Mormon doctrine includes apostasy and restoration, sacred texts, God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. Their social philosophy has the concepts of prayer, revelation, family, gender, exaltation, marriage. They also have the law of chastity. In their societies, they have leadership and hierarchy, service hierarchy, that is, priesthood, Aaronic priesthood, Melchizedek priesthood. They also have auxiliary organizations that review Church member duties and expectations, finances, organized worship, and participation. According to their beliefs, God is not a separate species, nor is he the great incomprehensible, rather he is our father in heaven (Gregory A. Prince, 2005). They believe that God is omniscient and omnipotent, the Supreme Being... at the center of the card... hesive. For many it proved a welcome resolution to a highly fluid culture of broad individualism and liberalism in which people pursued prosperity and betterment for themselves and their kin and at the same time required a sense of fit and sought numerous forms of society . Bibliography BBC. (2010, Monday in October). www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved from BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/mormon/history/josephsmith_1.shtmlGregory A. Prince, W.R. (2005). David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism. Utah: University of Utah Press.Hyde, J. (1857). Mormonism: its leaders and its projects. New York: W. P. Fetridge & Company.Shipps, J. (1985). Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition. New York: University of Illinois.W. Paul Reeve, A. E. (2010). Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia: A Historical Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge.