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I read Angela Aleiss’s piece on Twilight. I talked to the Mormon church representatives in Salt Lake City and she contacted them and they made sure she had the Mormon teachings correct (even the abortion issue). So she is accurate, although you may not agree with her interpretations, her facts are indeed correct.
Hey, thanks for replying. My personal experience with the abortion issue is different than what Angela Aleiss said, but the other things she mentions I do agree come from Mormon teachings, but that they are not limited to that church. Many of the things she mentions are indicative of other Christian faiths as well, or personal lifestyle choices. If SMeyer’s religion were unknown, very few people would make the Mormon connection. I also think it would be impossible for SMeyer to write a book where the main heroine is so blatantly based on herself and not have certain aspects of her own life show through.
Sorry for the late response…… While the teachings that Aleiss points out in her artice BY THEMSELVES don’t point to the Mormon church, TAKEN TOGETHER they are uniquely Mormon. What she is pointing out is a common thread as what is known in literature and the arts. Mormon author Jana Riess argues the same LDS imagery in Twilight.
Hey, I’m sorry it took me so long to respond as well, and I thank you for replying, but I still disagree. I honestly don’t think taken together they are uniquely Mormon. There are a lot of people who adhere to that lifestyle who aren’t Mormon. It’s also my opinion that it’s possible to read anything into anything. I said in Part 2 that if you get really into it, Edward is consistent with how Mormons view the devil, and that that’s completely ridiculous, because SMeyer wouldn’t want to say that about her perfect man. I did read what a lot of people said about Twilight and Mormonism before writing that article, and I did a lot of research on the faith. Even before posting it, I had Mormons read it over. And while many may agree that the books represent Mormon values, there are many who don’t.
Mormon religious scholars have supported her claim that Twilight’s themes are uniquely Mormon. You have to take her argument as a whole–Resurrected Beings, eternal marriages, Word of Wisdom, etc–which only reflect Mormonism. The confusion enters because many people don’t understand the basic differences between Mormon beliefs and traditional Judeo-Christian teachings in our society. Some of the most highly respected scholars in religion found Aleiss’ essay to be very insightful and RNS would not have printed the article if it were unsubstantiated.
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