Editing Henotheism (section)

===The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints===
Some scholars have written that [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) can be characterized as henotheistic but others have rejected that stance. [[Eugene England]], a professor at [[Brigham Young University]], asserted that LDS Presidents [[Brigham Young]] and [[Joseph Fielding Smith]] along with the LDS scholar [[B. H. Roberts]] used the LDS interpretation of 1 Corinthians 8:5–6 as "a brief explanation of how it is possible to be both a Christian polytheist (technically a henotheist) and a monotheist".<ref>Englund, Eugene. "The Weeping God of Mormonism". ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', 35(1), Spring 2002, pp. 63–80.</ref> [[BYU]] Professor Roger R. Keller rejected descriptions of the LDS Church as polytheistic by countering, as summarized by a reviewer, "Mormons are fundamentally monotheistic because they deal with only one god out of the many which exist."<ref>Sillman, H. Jeffrey. "A One-Sided Dialogue", ''Sunstone'', June 1989, pp. 48–49 (review of Roger R. Keller's "Reformed Christians and Mormon Christians: Let's Talk", Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pryor Pettengill, 1986)</ref>

In their book, ''Mormon America: The Power and the Promise'', [[Richard and Joan Ostling]], wrote that some Mormons are comfortable describing themselves as henotheists.<ref>Osterling, Richard and Osterline, Joan (2007). ''Mormon America: the power and the promise''. HarperCollins. p. 310</ref> Kurt Widmer, professor at the [[University of Lethbridge]], described LDS beliefs as a "cosmic henotheism".<ref>Kurt Widmer. ''Mormonism and the Nature of God: A Theological Evolution, 1830–1915''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2000, p. 158</ref> A review of Widmer's book by Bruening and Paulsen in the ''FARMS Review of Books'' countered that Widmer's hypothesis was "strongly disconfirmed in light of the total evidence".<ref>Bruening, Ari D. and Paulsen, David L.. "The Development of the Mormon Understanding of God: Early Mormon Modalism and Early Myths". ''FARMS Review of Books'' 13/2 (2001), pp. 109–169.</ref> Van Hale wrote that "Mormonism teaches the existence of gods who are not the Father, Son, or Holy Ghost" and "the existence of more than one god [is] clearly a Mormon doctrine", but he also said that defining this belief system in theological terms was troublesome. According to Van Hale, henotheism might appear to be "promising" in describing LDS beliefs but is ultimately not accurate because henotheism was intended to describe the worship of a god that was restricted to a specific geographical area.<ref>Hale, Van. "Defining the Mormon Doctrine of Deity: What Can Theological Terminology Tell Us About Our Own Beliefs?" ''Sunstone 10'' (January 1985), pp. 23–27.</ref>