Danny L. Jorgensen

Danny Lynn Jorgensen is an American professor at the Department of Religious Studies of the University of South Florida, for which he also served as chair from 1999 to 2006.

Articles

Assessing Conflict | Roger D. Launius and W. B. “Pat” Spillman, eds., Let Contention Cease: The Dynamics of Dissent in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Religious conflict, dissent, and schism rarely have been examined in a critical, balanced, and systematic fashion. Social order, harmony, cooperation, and conformity commonly are considered normal, desirable, and good; while social change, conflict, competition, and…

Dissent and Schism in the Early Church: Explaining Mormon Fissiparousness

An Extremely Consequential Contribution | D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, and The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power

These two volumes aim to describe the development of the hierarchical leadership and organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon) as well as certain related issues. They begin with…