Conversations about the religious and spiritual life on the other side of fundamentalism
 
Category: <span>Podcasts</span>

140: Charles Inouye: When Justice Isn’t Enough

“The idea that everybody gets what they deserve -good people get good things, and bad people get bad things – sounds like such a wonderful idea at first glance.  But when you think about it, …

139: Caroline Kline: Exploring Mormon Feminist Theology

Caroline Kline kicks off a series of podcasts for 2016 that will explore the topic of Mormon Feminist Theology.   Caroline Kline is a PhD candidate at Claremont Graduate University where she is writing her …

138: Mehrsa Baradaran: About the Other Half

Lawyer, academic and author Mehrsa Baradaran immigrated to the US with her family in 1986 from Iran- joining the LDS church shortly after.  She attended BYU, served a mission in Texas and went on to become a lawyer. …

136-137: Russ Osmond: Changing the Way We Think About Mormonism

Russ Osmond shares his unique perspective on the current cultural state of the church. Russ was adopted into the Mormon Church as a baby.  Though his behaviour  got him thrown  out of the church building as a …

135: Patrick Mason “Planted”: Tackling the Hard Questions

Patrick Mason’s new book “Planted:  Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt” brings both thoughtfulness and compassion to the  crisis of faith currently experienced by many in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day …

134: Katie Langston & Brian Dillman: Re-articulating Faith

In this discussion we take the idea of faith out of its box and give it a good work over.  With author Robin Meyer’s proposition ‘Faith IS Crisis’ in mind we wonder at both the …

133: Mormon LBGT Youth Speak Out: Annie Jones, Jordan Montgomery and Lottie Roberts

In this episode Annie Jones (16), Jordan Montgomery (17) and Lottie Roberts (17) discuss growing up in the LDS church; coming to terms with their sexuality; grappling with their place in Mormonism, and the impact …

132: Patrick Mason: Planted- Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt

  “The fact is that we already have a diversity of spiritual experiences (and nonexperience) within the church; we don’t very often identify it or use language to express and validate it.  With such a …

131: Greg Prince: Analyzing this Mormon Moment

“I don’t know the way forward yet.  I think that it’s going to be a combination of people at the top exercising their inspiration and the people at the bottom exercising their inspiration as well …

130: Jerilyn Hassell Pool: Plumbing the Depths

In this marriage of minds Jerilyn and I get down and dirty about growing up, growing down, being bad, being good, being married and messing things up, and loving and hating being a Mormon.  Its …