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541–543: A Celebration of Dan Wotherspoon and Mormon Matters

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540: Millennial Mormons—Beliefs, Practices, and Authority Structures

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539: Moving Beyond Toxic “Outrage”

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537–538: Being “Good and Mad” within Mormonism

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536: God, Evil, Faith

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534–535: “The Covenant Path”: Reflections and Extensions

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532–533: What Is the “Good News” Jesus Taught?

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531: Talking New Testament Translation and Its Ramifications with Thomas Wayment

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530: Impressions and Reflections on Changes to LDS Temple Ceremonies

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529: A Mystical Approach to the Christmas Story

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527–528: (Encore) A Christmas Primer: Exploring the Nativity in Scripture, Legend, History, and Hearts

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526: Reigniting My Christmas Fire

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525: “Table Manners”: In What Manner Ought We Engage with Others this Holiday Season?

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521–524: The Enneagram for Mormons

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519–520: (Encore) The Living Nature of Mormon Covenants

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518: Looking at Joseph Smith through Fresh Eyes

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516–517: Becoming Powerful: Dr. LaShawn Williams on Her Faith Journey and Path to Spiritual Confidence

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514 –515: Thoughts on the October 2018 General Conference

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512–513: Wrestling with the Obedience vs Conscience Dilemma

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510 – 511: Upcoming General Conference–Rumors, Hopes, Worries, and Preparing Ourselves for Whatever Unfolds

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508–509: The LDS Church’s New Official History Volume, Saints: The Standard of Truth

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506 –507: What Do Latter-day Saints Consider Authoritative?: Wrestling with Scripture, Prophetic Utterance, Personal Conscience, and an Expanding and Changing Canon

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505: The Heart and Depth of Father Tom Roberts: How the Things He Sees, Studies, and Shares Might Prove a Great Boon for Many Latter-day Saints

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503–504: Reflecting on Major Themes in 500-plus Mormon Matters Episodes

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502: The New Push to Use the Church’s Official Name: An “Impression” Becomes an “Official Statement”— But What about “Implementation”?

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501: Centering in God: Experiences and Insights from the Living School for Action and Contemplation

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500: Making It Safe Again for Open Proselytizing: Charles Randall Paul and His Very Practical Conflict Engagement Theories

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499: Faith Journeying with Matt Jones — Rambunctious Youth to LDS Bishop and Wise Soul

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498: Mormon Difference Makers

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496-497: (Encore) Mormonism As a “Religion”

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494–495: “What Do We Do with All This?”: Sunstone and Today’s Uncorrelated Mormon Discussions

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492–493: Women’s Ordination and Congregational Leadership: Exploring New Research

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491: Mormonism and Depression, Suicide, and Medication: A Larger Context

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488–490: Resurrecting Atonement

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487: Exclusivism

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485–486: An Open-Hearted Wrestle with Temples, Tithing, and Other Church and Personal Priorities

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484: Robert Kirby: Mormonism’s Lampoonist Extraordinaire

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483: The Prayer Wheel: “An Early Christian Handheld Device”

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481–482: Mental and Spiritual Gymnastics: Might Something Deeper Be Going On?

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479–480: (Encore) Mormon Views on Satan and the Origins of Evil

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477–478: Improving the Way Mormons Discuss Anger

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476: A Healer’s Healing Journey: An Interview with Dr. Julie de Azevedo Hanks

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475: “Revelation” and “The Will of the Lord”: Changing Rhetoric and Its Effects in Today’s Mormonism

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473–474: First Reactions to the April 2018 General Conference and Its Big Announcements

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471–472: Reflections on the Recently Revealed MTC Sexual Abuse Cases

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470: Mormon Matters Events and Holy Week Resources

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469: Human Development and Parenting

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467–468: The Work of Peace in Mormonism and the Religious World: An Interview with Charles Randall Paul

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465 –466: Deeper Readings of Misunderstood and Under-Appreciated Scriptures

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464: Protecting Ourselves and Loved Ones in Ecclesiastical Situations

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462–463: Lessons From the Historical Jesus

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449–461: (Encore Releases) The Old Testament—Teaching and Study Resources

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448: Shadow Practice

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446–447: What Does it Mean to “Sustain” Our Leaders and Fellow Church Members?

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444–445: A New LDS First Presidency

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443: Seeking a Good Death: Spiritual Practice and Framings to Help Us Prepare Now for Our Eventual Deaths

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441–442: Living in (and Growing through) Tension: An Interview with Bill Reel

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438–440: Prayers for the New Year

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436–437: New Temple Baptisms Announcements

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433–435: Revelation

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430–432: Mormons Encountering Death

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428–429: Restoring a Lost Jesus and Beautiful Vision of God’s Work and Glory

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427: (Encore) “Living” Stories

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424-426: Celebrating the Different Spiritualities in the Two Halves of Life

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421–423: Examining Mormon Apologetics, Neo-Apologetics, and Informational Obligations to Church Members and Investigators

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420: (Encore) The Abuse and Forgiveness Dilemma

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418–419: Exploring the Messages in and Responses to Elder Dallin H. Oaks’s Recent General Conference Talk

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416–417: Assessing the History and Value of Mormon Apologetics

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415: “That We May Be One”: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith and Family

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414: (Encore) Engaging Constructively with General Conference

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413: The New Plan for Relief Society and Adult Priesthood Meetings

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412: Announcing the October 2017 Mormon Matters Retreat

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410–411: (Encore) Theologies of Nature: Mormon Resources for Thinking about Natural Disasters

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407-409: The Wilderness of Faith

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403–406: Revelations of Joseph Smith and Others: A Naturalistic Hypothesis

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401–402: The Uncontrolling Love of God—Talking Theology and Community, and Meeting a Fellow Traveler in Thomas Jay Oord

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400: “Yep, We’re Fringe . . . and So Are You!”— Rejecting Toxic “Acceptability” Scripts Sunstone Style!

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398–399: Staying Actively Engaged in Mormonism

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396–397: Spiritual Journeys Outside of Mormonism

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395: Spiritual Mentors and Heroes

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393–394: Does “Certainty” Hinder Living Faith?

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390–392: Mormon Women Gaining Spiritual Confidence within a Patriarchal Church

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388–389: Our Brains and Faith

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387: LDS Church Changes to Its Scouting Program

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386: Announcing a July 2017 Mormon Matters Retreat!

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384–385: Gaining Spiritual Confidence

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382–383: The Living Nature of Mormon Covenants

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381: Why Ritual “Makes Sense”

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379–380: Effective Teaching in the Church

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378: Engaging Constructively with General Conference

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373–377: (Encore) An Easter Primer

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372: Jesus’ Abba: The God Who Has Not Failed

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371: New Perspectives on Joseph Smith and Translation

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369–370: Helping Children Plant Lasting Seeds of Faith

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367–368: Faith within a Mormonism that Points Beyond Itself

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366: Sin

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365: More on the Mormon God (with help from Process Theology)

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363–364: Mormonism’s Wonderful, Vulnerable God

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362: Taking Jesus Seriously

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361: Joy Amidst Sadness: Kim Puzey’s Journey to Peace

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360: Faith and Doubt: Balancing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty

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358–359: Improving Our Conversations about Important and Emotional Topics

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356–357: (Encore) A Christmas Primer: Exploring the Nativity in Scripture, Legend, History, and Hearts

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355: Personal and Spiritual Renewal Following a Difficult Election Season

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353–354: Championing the “Addiction” Paradigm with Regard to Pornography/Sex Addiction

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351-352: “The Policy”—One Year Later

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Announcing a New Survey about LDS LGBT Policies

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350: The LDS Church’s New Mormon and Gay Website

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349: The Leaked Videos: A Church That Is Also a Corporation

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347-348: Challenging the “Addiction” Paradigm with Regard to Pornography

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346: Intimacy in Mormon Marriages

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345: Dialogue at Fifty!–Part 2: Present and Future

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344: Dialogue at Fifty!—Part 1: History

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343: An Exciting Approach to Scripture

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342: Mormon Women’s Position and Organization Names and Titles

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341: Teachings about War in the Book of Mormon

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339-340: Mercy and the Atonement

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Announcing A Mormon Matters Retreat: Navigating a Healthy Mormon Journey

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338: Mormons and Humor

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337: The Next Mormons

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336: The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy

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335: Hope

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334: Growing and Living a Fully Engaged Mormon Life

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333: Mormonism and Future Generations

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332: Mercy

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331: Reflections on Two Recent Talks and the Online Reactions They Generated

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330: Mormonism’s Jesus

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329: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 4: Being an Addict and Mormon

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327–328: Explorations in Depth—The Two Lost Sons and Growing in God

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326: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 3: One Family’s Story of Overcoming Pornography Addiction and Its Negative Effects

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325: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 2: Effects on an Addict’s Family

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323–324: New/Old Wisdom from Mormonism and Other Traditions for Facing the End of the World

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322: How Does Apocalyptic Thinking Factor into the Recent LGBT Policy Change and Reactions to It?

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320–321: Addiction and Recovery—Part 1: Personal, Family, and Spiritual Dynamics

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319: Is There Good News for Faith in Today’s Mormon Crises?—Part 2

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318: Are There Fresh and Productive Ways to View the New LGBT Policy/Revelation?

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317: Is There Good News for Faith in Today’s Mormon Crises?—Part 1

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316: Reflections on the New Mormon Gender Survey

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314–315: Sex-positivity in Mormonism

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312–313: The Positive Spiritual Effects of Disenchantment and Demythologizing

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310–311: Making Sense of the Research on Homosexuality—Parts 3 & 4: Social and Psychological Factors

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308–309: Making Sense of the Research on Homosexuality—Parts 1 & 2: Biological Factors

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307: Church Handbook Change Regarding LGBT Men and Women and their Children. Part 3—“Yes, and . . .” Activism and Renewal in a Tragic World

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306: Church Handbook Change Regarding LGBT Men and Women and their Children. Part 2—Why? Why Now? Analyses and Possibilities

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305: Church Handbook Change Regarding LGBT Men and Women and their Children. Part 1—Thoughts on How to Move Forward with Faith and Hope

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304: Mormon History and Lying

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Matters of Perspective 4: “What the Church Means to People Like Me”

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Matters of Perspective 3: “Why the Church Is As True As the Gospel”

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303: Why Is This All So Hard?

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301–302: Doubt and Faith as Discussed in the October 2015 General Conference

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299–300: Being Wrong (in a Church and Culture that Emphasizes Being Right)

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297–298: The State of Public History in Today’s Mormonism

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295–296: John Dehlin Interviewed by Dan Wotherspoon about His Beliefs, Spiritual Path, and Upcoming Projects

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293–294: Dan Wotherspoon Interview by John Dehlin about Helping People Find Rich Spirituality within Mormonism

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292: The Landscape of Mormon Theology: Terryl Givens at the Rockwell Museum

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290–291: Past, Present, and Possible Futures of Mormon Studies

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289: The Gift of the Holy Ghost     

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287–288: Joseph Smith’s Use of a Seer Stone in Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon

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286: Sunstone 2015

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284–285: Worthiness

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283: Being an Ally

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282: Baptism

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281: LDS Film: Present, Future, Roles, Tensions

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279–280: Mutual Respect: Creating Healthy Relationships When Loved Ones Choose a Different Faith Path

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278: Encountering Other Traditions, Part 2: Roman Catholicism

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277: Does Powerful Faith Require Scriptural Literalism?

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276: Being Heard in Today’s Church

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274–275: Beyond Belief and Unbelief

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273: The Passion (Final Week of Jesus’s Life)

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272: Paul’s Theology of Grace

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271: Speaking with Loved Ones about Faith Differences

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270: “Yes, and . . .”: Activism and Renewal in a Tragic World

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269: The Effects of Excommunication on All of Us: Healing Perspectives

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267–268: The Gospels

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265–266: Mormonism as a “Religion”

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263–264: Ordinances

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262: Gospel Burn-Out

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261: Faith and Repentance

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260: Introversion and the Mormon Experience

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259: A Reason for the Hope That Is In Me

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258: Question 7

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257: Negotiating Adult Faith within a Developing Institution

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256: The Church’s New Articles on Plural Marriage

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255: New Church Video on LDS Temple Clothing and Garments

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254: Meet the Mormons–Is It Signaling a Shift in Mormon Identity?

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253: Supporting Missionary Work During or After a Faith Transition

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251-252: Mormonism’s Apostasy Narrative

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249–250: Being Authentic within Mormonism

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248: Approaching Scriptural Texts with Fresh Eyes

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247: The “Best Thing” About Mormonism—2

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244–246: Genesis, Part 6—Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and the Transformation of Jacob

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239–243: Jesus Christ within Mormonism

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237–238: Hope and Healing in the Face of LDS Current Events

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236: Encountering Other Traditions, Part 1: Freemasonry

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235: Perspectives on News of Possible Excommunications of LDS Activists, Part 5

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234: Perspectives on News of Possible Excommunications of LDS Activists, Part 4

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233: Perspectives on News of Possible Excommunications of LDS Activists, Part 3

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232: Perspectives on News of Possible Excommunications of LDS Activists, Part 2

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231: Perspectives on News of Possible Excommunications of LDS Activists, Part 1

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230: The Mormon God

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228–229: Mapping LDS Faith Transitions (with help from James Fowler)

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227: “Living” Stories

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226: The “Best Thing” About Mormonism

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225: Wrestling with Prophets and Scripture

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224: Genesis, Part 5—Entertaining Angels; Sodom and Gomorrah

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222–223: Becoming Like God

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217–221: (Encore) An Easter Primer

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216: Preserving and Strengthening Relationships During Faith Transitions

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215: Mormonism’s Modesty and Sexuality Discourse

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213–214: The Book of Abraham as Scripture

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212: A Fresh Look at Mitt Romney

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211: Genesis, Part 4—Abraham

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210: Genesis, Part 3–Cursing of Canaan and the Tower of Babel

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209: New LDS Statement on Book of Mormon Translation

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208: Who Was/Is Jesus?

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207: Teaching the Old Testament to Latter-day Saints

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206: At Peace with Human Prophets–Personal Journeys

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204–205: The New Statement on Race and the Priesthood

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202–203: Genesis, Part 2—The Flood

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201: Good Shepherds

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200: Let’s Collaborate!

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199: Untangling Faith, Belief, and the Expectation to “Know”

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198: Engaging Mormonism from Outside the Fold

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194–197: Genesis, Part 1—Creation, Garden, Expulsion, Cursing

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193: Ordain Women and Renewed Conversations about Priesthood

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192: The Hero’s Journey

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190–191: The Institutional Church and the Individual

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188–189: Hugh Nibley—Part 3: Prophet of Zion

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186–187: Hugh Nibley—Part 2: Scholar and Defender of the Faith

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184–185: Hugh Nibley—Part 1: A Fascinating Life

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182–183: Is Mormonism’s God Worthy of Worship?

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181: Grieving (and Can We Do it Better?)

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180: Mormon Missions Take to Facebook!

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178–179: Tolerance

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176–177: The Adam-God Doctrine: What? When? Still?

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174–175: The Chaplains on . . . Suffering

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172–173: Proactive LDS Parenting

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170–171: Toward Expanding and Improving LDS Discourse about Sexuality

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166–169: The Couplet (and Teachings about Theosis) in Today’s Mormonism

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165: Mormon Women Sharing Their Lives

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164: New Version of the LDS Scriptures

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159–163: An Easter Primer

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157–158: C.S. Lewis and Mormonism

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155–156: LDS Military Chaplains

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153–154: Integrity with Self and Family: Parents on Sharing Their Faith Transitions with Their Children

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151–152: Short Takes—Adventures in Spirit

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149–150: Near-Death Experiences

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147–148: LDS and Pacific Islander Layers of the Manti Te’o Saga

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146: Relationships First: Mormon Parents Face Their Child’s Faith Transition

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144–145: The Kingdom of God is Within You—Believing It, Trusting It, Accessing It

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