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This handbook explores contemporary Mormonism from a global perspective. The authors provide a nuanced picture of a historically American religion in the throes of the same kinds of global change that many conservative faith traditions face today. While some attention is given to Mormon groups other than the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the primary focus of the volume is on how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has penetrated national and cultural boundaries in Latin America, Oceania, Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as in North America beyond the borders of Utah. They also address numerous concerns within a multinational, multicultural church: What does it mean to be a Latter-day Saint in different world regions? What is the faith’s appeal to converts in these places? What are the peculiar problems for members who must manage Mormon identities in conjunction with their different national, cultural, and ethnic identities? How are leaders dealing with such issues as the status of women in a patriarchal church, the treatment of LGBTQ members, increasing disaffiliation of young people, and decreasing growth rates in North and Latin America while sustaining increasing growth in parts of Asia and Africa?