
Mauss and describe the profound impact Armand has had on Mormon studies generally, and the social scientific study of Mormonism in particular. In the second essay, Gary Shepherd (Oakland University) and Gordon Shepherd (University of Central Arkansas) recount their four-decade association with Armand L. Kendall White’s biography and scholarship were intertwined, and chronicling Ken’s influence on the nascent sociological study of Mormonism. In the first essay,ĭaryl White (emeritus, Spelman College) pays tribute to his late brother, noting how O.

This tribute is a symposium comprised of three essays on the life and work of these scholars. Mauss and White were influential members of the MSSA and leaders in the social scientific study of Mormonism. Kendall White, both of whom passed away in 2020.

On October 24, 2020, the Mormon Social Science Association convened to pay tribute to Armand L.
