Mormonism has been called an (if not the) American religion. To go further, I think that it could also be called an American middle-class religion, an American mountain-west religion, or an American white religion. All of these possible labels spotlight particular characteristics of Mormonism’s majority structure, culture, demographics, and history.
What often gets overlooked, however, is Mormonism’s international presence. I should note, I’m not trying to make a case that international Mormonism deserves to be its primary label more than any of the others listed above. Personally, I find it a bit disingenuous to try and represent Mormonism-entire as a haven for diversity for quite a number of reasons, though there are indications that this is changing (see the probable “I’m a Mormon” ad that pops up on the right of this screen, for example). However, this doesn’t mean that an international Mormonism doesn’t exist. In fact it does, in hundreds of unique cultural enclaves around the world.
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