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.)
- Ask An Expert: Are converts to the LDS Church getting older?
- Ask An Expert: Are there mental health consequences to being LGBT in the LDS Church?
- Ask An Expert: Is Mormonism a religious system according to Clifford Geertz?
- Ask an Expert: missionary markets and Mormon occupations
- Ask an Expert: Mormon concept of God?
- Ask An Expert: Relationships Between English Quakers and Mormons in 19th Century England?
- Ask An Expert: Research on Home Teaching?
- Ask an Expert: Statistics on Mormon families
- Ask An Expert: What is a good starting place for studying the previous occupations of Mormon General Authorities?
- Ask an Expert: What percentage of Mormons divorce when one spouse leaves the religion?
- Ask An Expert: Where can I find the percentage of Mormons involved in STEM-related fields?
- Q: Alcohol use among the FLDS?
- Q: Are lifelong members of the LDS Church more or less likely to leave as compared converts?
- 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: Does the LDS Church have a specific meta-theory they employ when doing research?
- 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: How is the LDS lack of completing their higher education best explained?
- 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: Mormons vs. Evangelicals in Utah?
- 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 empirical research exists on African American women and the challenges they face as a black member of the LDS Church?
- 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)?
- Q: What percentage of Mormons regularly participate in temple worship?
- Q: What research needs to be done on the psychology of Mormons?
- Q: When did the program of using youthful males as missionaries become the norm within Mormonism?
- Q: Where can I find information on the vital statistics and activity rates of Mormons in the 19th and early 20th centuries?
- 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?