Person

Thomas F O'Dea

Sociologist of Mormonism; authority, cooperation, and sources of internal strain.

Why this matters

O'Dea offers foundational social-scientific grounding for Mormon cohesion and authority without apologetics or polemic.

Focus in observatory

Works

book

The Mormons

O'Dea, Thomas F. *The Mormons*. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957.

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