Danny Lynn Jorgensen (born 1951)[1] is an American professor at the Department of Religious Studies of the
University of South Florida,[2] for which he also served as
chair from 1999 to 2006.[3]
Ph.D., Sociology,
Ohio State University, 1979, Linguistics minor. Dissertation: "Tarot Divination in the Valley of the Sun: An Existential Sociology of the Esoteric and Occult."[citation needed]
M.A., Sociology,
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 1974, Thesis: "The Social Construction of Professional Knowledge: Illustrative Empirical Patterns in Social Work, 1956-1973."[citation needed]
Images of the New Jerusalem: Latter Day Saint Factions Interpretations of Independence, Missouri. By Craig S. Campbell. Knoxville: The
University of Tennessee Press, 2004.
Choice (2005).
Equal Rites: The Book of Mormon, Masonry, Gender, and American Culture. By Clyde R. Forsberg, Jr. New York: Columbia Press, 2004.
Choice (December 2005).
Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion. By Michael York. New York: New York University, 2003.
Choice 41 (October 2003): 357.
By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion. By Terryl L. Givens. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2002.
Choice 40 (February 2003): 999.
"Introduction to Emma Curtis Hopkins: Forgotten Founder of New Thought," Journal of the Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion 8 (2, Fall, 2002): 79-88
One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church. By
Richard Abanes. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002.
Choice 40 (November 2002): 484.
The New Believers: Sects,"Cults" and Alternative Religions. By David V. Barrett. London: Cassell, 2001.
Choice 39 (4, December 2001): 283.
Mormons and Mormonism: An Introduction to an American World Religion. By Eric A. Eliason (ed.). Urbana:
University of Illinois Press, 2001).
Choice 39 (2, October 2001): 294.
The Mormon Culture of Salvation: Force, Grace and Gory. By Douglas J. Davies, Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2000.
Choice 38 (10, June, 2001): 300.
Daughters of the Goddess: Studies of Healing, Identity, and Empowerment. By Wendy Griffin (ed.). Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira, 2000. Sociology of Religion.