Editing Mormons (section)

=== Cultural Mormons ===

[[Cultural Mormon]]s are individuals who may not believe in certain doctrines or practices of the institutional [[LDS Church]] yet identify as members of the Mormon ethnic identity.<ref name="Murphy">{{Cite journal |last=Murphy |first=Thomas W. |date=1999 |title=From Racist Stereotype to Ethnic Identity: Instrumental Uses of Mormon Racial Doctrine |journal=Ethnohistory – Duke University Press |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=451–480|jstor=483199 }}</ref><ref name="Stack 2011-09-23" /><ref name="Campbell">{{Cite book |title=Mormons and American politics : seeking the promised land: Part I – Mormons as an Ethno-Religious Group |last=Campbell |first=David E. |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2014 |isbn=9781139227247 |location=New York, NY |pages=1–2 |oclc=886644501}}</ref> Usually, this is a result of having been raised in the LDS faith or having converted and spent a large portion of one's life as an active member of the LDS Church.<ref>{{citation |url = http://www.newordermormon.org/essays/faithful-unbelievers.php |title = New Order Mormon Essays: The Paradox of the Faithful Unbeliever |first = Peggy |last = Rogers |work = New Order Mormon, NewOrderMormon.org |publisher = Publisher is anonymous |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151002184908/http://www.newordermormon.org/essays/faithful-unbelievers.php |access-date = September 19, 2020|archive-date = October 2, 2015 }}.</ref> Cultural Mormons may or may not be actively involved with the LDS Church. In some cases, they may not be members of the LDS Church.