271: Meditations for Advent Week Two: England and Beh
Advent marks the beginning of the Church year. Jody England Hansen and Melissa Beh join me to discuss the Way of Love as part of our Advent Study series. This week we found ourselves discussing …
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270: Serving Up Children to Paedophiles: The Church and the West Virginia Michael Jensen Sex Abuse Case: Tom and Juliette
Lawyer Tim Kosnoff recently remarked that he thought that churches were largely harmless. That was until he uncovered a system of cover-ups, and he witnessed first hand the lengths that the Church of Jesus Christ …
269: What are they doing with tithing in the UK? Chris Mace
In the United Kingdom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a registered Charity overseen by the Charity Commission. This means it is must provide a public benefit and it needs to be …
268: What Do Your Temple Garments Mean to You?: Nancy Ross and Jessica Finnigan
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there’s often a very large gap in the theological or doctrinal understanding of the garment, and the lived experience with wearing one. Predictably, Mormons will …
267: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Affinity Fraud: Mark Pugsley
Mark Pugsley is a lawyer in Salt Lake City Utah who specialises in recovering money lost by investors due to bad advice or misconduct. He has represented victims of investment fraud and unsuitable investment recommendations …
266a: Fowlers Stages of Faith: Developing a Healthy Individuative-Reflective Faith: Sara Hughes-Zabawa
Sara Hughes-Zabawa returns to discuss one of the most emotionally and spiritually challenging stages in Fowler’s Stages of Faith; the development of an Individuative-Reflective Faith. In high demand or fundamentalist faith traditions Stage Four is poorly understood and often …
265: Let’s Talk About Religious Abuse: Kathleen Shannon
As my interview with spiritual trauma therapy specialist Kathleen Shannon will indicate, a definition for religious abuse is difficult to nail it down. But according to Caswell and Swindle (2018) religious abuse occurs within three …
264: I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar: Jan Tyler
Jan Tyler has been an active campaigner for women’s rights since the early 1970’s. Her first job was at Weber State University as the Women’s Dean. It was there that she met the incoming President, …
263: The Spiritual Journey that Led to an Excommunication: Sam Young
Sam Young was recently excommunicated from the LDS Church. His sin was ‘advocating’ for a change of policy to prevent Church Leaders from asking children sexually explicit questions. He had collected the testimonies of hundreds of abuse …
262: Let Us Worship How We May: Bradley Burgess
LDS sacrament meetings are a mostly low church but without the possibility of variation or innovation – anywhere in the world. And it’s been that way for decades. Bradley Burgess a convert to the LDS …