Understanding Your Mormon Neighbor

A Quick Christian Guide for Relating to Latter-day Saints

Ross Anderson

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN:
  9780310591887
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

In Understanding Your Mormon Neighbor, Ross Anderson seeks to help Christians relate to Latter-day Saints by giving insights into Mormon life and culture. Anderson's work is supported both by his lifetime of experiences growing up Mormon and by current research that utilizes many Latter-day Saints' own sources. This book explains core stories that form the Mormon worldview, experiences that shape the community identity of Mormonism, and how Mormons understand truth. Anderson shares how most Mormons see themselves and others around them, illuminating why people join the LDS Church and why many eventually leave. Latter-day Saints will find the descriptions of their values, practices, and experiences both credible and familiar. Understanding Your Mormon Neighbor suggests how Christians can befriend Latter-day Saints with confidence and sensitivity and share the grace of God wisely within their relationships. Anderson includes discussion questions for individuals and small groups, black and white photographs and charts, and an appendix that includes "Are Mormons Christians?" and "Should I Vote for a Mormon?"

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• CONTENTS
• Preface
• 1 Mormonism: Cult or Culture?
• 2 The Mormon Worldview
• 3 The One True Church
• 4 Life in the Local Congregation
• 5 Families Are Forever
• 6 Sacred Space
• 7 Latter-day Saint Piety
• 8 Us and Them
• 9 Joining and Leaving
• 10 Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
• APPENDIX A Should I Vote for a Mormon?
• APPENDIX B Are Mormons Christians?
• APPENDIX C Resources for Further Study
• Notes
• Discussion Guide
• About the Author
• Copyright
• About the Publisher
• Share Your Thoughts