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T/>ÂŁ Ritualization of Mormon History BY DAVIS BITTON
to assume that people maintain their links with the past primarily through reading histories. Without denying that written histories have enormous influence, especially those used in the schools, it should be recognized that a pervasive, ultimately more important, influence in fostering a sense of the past is ritual. Ritual is used here I T IS EASY FOR HISTORIANS
Dr. Bitton is assistant historian, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and professor of history, University of Utah.
