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Ever had a question about Mormonism and wanted an authoritative yet objective answer? When it comes to the social science of Mormonism, there is no better place to look than the Mormon Social Science Association (MSSA). Send us your question and we’ll post the answer on our website.
(Note: We claim no expertise on Mormon theology except where it relates to social aspects of Mormonism.)
- Q. I was wondering if any of you had any idea on a way that I might be able to locate which wards and stakes in the U.S. have organized an interfaith outreach component to their Public Affairs committee?
- Q: Alcohol use among the FLDS?
- Q: Are there statistics on therapeutic abortion within the Mormon population?
- Q: Best sources on Mormon myth and sacred narrative?
- Q: Can you give me statistics on the "average" mormon woman (age, race, marital status, employment, number of children, etc)?
- Q: Do you know anyone who could give a lecture comparing Protestantism and Mormonism?
- Q: funding sources for graduate school and research on Mormonism
- Q: How are missionaries assigned to missions?
- Q: How do I find a long lost member of the LDS religion?
- Q: How does the LDS religion use statistics?
- Q: I am interested in the relationship between achieved and intended fertility in the LDS.
- Q: I am wondering if there is any work that has been done on the meaning of conversion in the LDS church and the sociology behind conversion.
- Q: I was wondering if you could point me to the right place to find out research done or being done on LDS singles who are over the age of 30.
- Q: Is there a support group for Mormon incest survivors?
- Q: Mormon Participation in the Civil War?
- Q: Mormon socio-political values and prior religious affiliations of Mormon converts
- Q: Retention Rates and Future Missionaries
- Q: What are "children of record" and are they included in the total membership of the LDS?
- Q: What has the LDS Church's relationship with Native Americans and Central/South Americans been?
- Q: What information is there on religious discrimination against Mormons?
- Q: What is the percentage of first-generation members among LDS Church membership (active or otherwise)?