Comity, Commerce, and Cold War: Annual Mormon-sponsored lecture series
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In person location: Birks Heritage Chapel, 3520 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A7
Topic: Comity, Commerce, and Cold War: Mormons, the Philippines, and the Challenges of Globalization
Speaker: Laurie Maffly-Kipp
Archer Alexander Distinguished Professor at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. Louis
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began its missionary activity in the Philippines in the 1890s, just as Utah began its concerted assimilation into American Society. Today, fully two-thirds of Church members in Asia are in the Philippines. In an important sense, the LDS Church and the Philippines became “Americanized” together. This talk will explore the interconnections between these movements, and suggest how Mormon “Americanization” in this Asian outpost depended on Filipino/a “Americanization.” What challenges does this study of the Philippines tell us about the internationalization of the LDS Church?