Mormon Prophetic Rhetoric and the Institution of LDS General Conference -- Parallel Paths : LDS General Conference and Mormon History -- The Social-Historical Context of Mormon Beliefs -- Utopia, Family, and Authority : The Major Rhetorical Themes of LDS General Conferences -- Mormon Commitment Mechanisms -- Patterns of Mormon Commitment Rhetoric -- Mormon Accommodation -- Mormon Responses to Secularization -- Contemporary Developments : LDS Conference Trends from 1980-2009 -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Content Analysis Procedures for Obtaining and Evaluating a Representative Sample of LDS General Conference Addresses, 1830-1979 -- Appendix B: Listing of Addresses in the LDS Conference Sample -- Appendix C: General Conference Topic Index with Salience Scores for Thirty-Year Periods, 1830-1979.
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