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Accepting the Shadow and Light of the Church

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381: The Reconstruction Series: Encountering Fear at the Threshold of Leaving

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380: Letting the Church Go With Graciousness

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379: The Beginning of the End: Gina Colvin

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378: When the Church isn't Enough: Tali Aitofi

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377: Bright Spark: The Reconciliation of Artist Trevor Southey: A Conversation with Director Nathan Florence

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376: Doing Our Inner Work: Jana Spangler

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375: Let's Cancel Christmas! Nicola Petty

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374: Trauma & Moral Injury in Mormonism: Dr. Sean Aaron

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373: The LDS Church's Response to Sexual Abuse: Neville Rochow QC

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372: The Spiritual Formation of Children: Amanda Suarez and Drew Hansen

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371: The LDS Church & Its Business: Neville Rochow QC Part 2

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370: The Church and its Legal Machinations Part One: Neville Rochow

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368: The Illegitimacy of Jesus: Mark Crego

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367: The Law of Chastity or Sexual Ethics?: Linkhart, Ross & Mangelson

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366: Breaking Up Well: Dr. Nicola Petty

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365: Sealed: A Memoir by Katie Langston

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364: Death By a Thousand Cuts: Ordinary Mormon Trauma: Lindsay Hansen Park

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Why the RLDS Reformed but the LDS Didn't: Prof. David Howlett

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362: 'That Was Not of God': Natasha's Witnesses Speak Up

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361: American Excommunication: Spencer Wells & Isaac Barnes May

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360: Perfoming Art with Bread: Andi Pticher Davis

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359: When a Woman's Professional Expertise Becomes a Question of LDS Apostasy: Natasha Helfer

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358: The Spiritual Advice Line With Katie Langston: March 2021

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357: An Ordinary Unordinary Life as a Polygamist's Daughter: Mary Jayne Blackmore

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356: The Spiritual Advice Line: February 2021

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355: Eco-spirituality, Eco-justice and Eco-Feminism: The New Christianity: Emily Rose

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354: The Spiritual Practice of Earth Care: Prof. George Handley

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The Spiritual Advice Line with Katie Langston: December 2020

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352: Part Two: Rigid Mormon Parents and Their Disaffiliated Children: Liz Brown-MacDonald

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352: Part One: Rigid Mormon Parents and Their Disaffiliated Children: Liz Brown MacDonald

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351: An Advent Reflection on the Suffering of Mothers: ReNee McDonald & Kristin Jensen

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349: Spiritual Autonomy When Gay, Mormon & Samoan: Doron Semu

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350: The Spiritual Advice Line: Episode One

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348: Unravelling the Mystery of Utah Politics: Dr Roger Hendrix

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347: The Surprise of Section 132: Michael Mathews II

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346: Laie, Hawaii: What the Haole Did There: Maoputasi Young

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345: Sex, Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism: Prof. Taylor Petrey

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344: Mormon Divorce: Les Butterfield

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343: Radical Christian Youth Development: Cat McFedries

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342: Polynesian Musings on White Supremacy: Maoputasi Young

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341: A Community of Christ View of the Book of Mormon: Elray Henriksen

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340: Out from Under the Sacred Canopy: Prof. Rick Phillips

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339: Mormon Women Claiming Power: Franzoni Thorley, Ross, Olsen Hemming

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338: Finding Freedom For the Mind: Luna Lindsey Corbden

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337: Mourning America's Brokenness: The Rev. Dr Fatimah Salleh

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336: Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier: Ben Park

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335: Mormonism and White Supremacy

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334: Women, Pandemic and an Uncertain Future: Prof. Annick Masselot

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333: Then I stopped listening to Rush Limbaugh: Steve Otteson

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332: History is not Theology: Lachlan MacKay

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331: A Church Without Borders: John Hamer

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330: Covid-19 On the Navajo Nation: The Fatal Effects of Health Injustice: Jo Overton

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329: Utah In Pandemic: Ross and Mangleson

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328: What of Easter if Jesus Didn't Rise?

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327: Science and Social Morality in a Time of Pandemic: Dr Joanne LaFleur

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326: Community, Italy and Online Church in the Time of Covid-19: Michael Wright

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325: Reading The Book of Mormon for Social Justice: Salleh & Olsen Hemming

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324: Reconstruction, Deconstruction and Spiritual Formation: Gina Colvin

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323: Making Money for Jesus: The LDS Church's Untaxed Wealth: Mark Barnes

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322: 'It's not a sin if it's secret': Brigham, Joseph, Wives, Sex and Priesthood: Joe Geisner

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321: Mary Christmastide: Re-reading the Christmas Story: Maxine Hanks

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320: Gen Y's and Gen Zeds: Faith on their Own Terms: Frank Brouwer

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319: The LDS Church and its Billions: Prof. Sam Brunson

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318: An Atheist's Enthusiasm for The Mormons: David Fitzgerald

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317: Managing the Hardness of Church and the Tenderness of Spiritual Growth: Jana Johnson Spangler

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316: What Gave Brigham the Right to the Presidency?: Joe Geisner

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315: Between Mormon Thought and Mormon Authoritarianism: Brittney Hartley

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314: Factioning Over Questions of Authority: Cristina Rosetti

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313: Murderous Times: The Mormon Reformation: Lindsay Hansen Park

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312: Spiritually Full, Religiously Included: Michael Wright

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311: The General Conference Fall-Out: Sara Hughes-Zabawa and Carrie Salisbury

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310: Brigham Young, 'I don't care about my character on Earth!': Dr David Vaughn Mason

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309: 'OWL' Rethinking Sex and Sexuality Education: Dr Melanie Davis

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308: Singing of Zion to a Kingdom People: Andrew Bolton

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307: Nick Literski: Spiritually Fulfilled (and Gay)

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306: What About the Straight Wife?: Understanding the Women's Experience in Mixed-Orientation Marriage: Debra Brown Gordy

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305: Ministering to the Dying: An Introductory Guide for the Layperson: Sue Bergin

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304: A Faithful Response to the Sins of Church and State: Christian Anarchism: Alexandre Christoyannopoulos

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303: Why Theological Training?: Dr. Matt Frizzell

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302: FLDS, Section 132 & The Handmaid's Tale: Brenda Nicholson

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301: Ministering to those who Question: David Ostler

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300: For New Beginnings: Gina Colvin

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299e: Reconstructing Death Series: Dr Kathleen Moncrieff: Family Medicine

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299d: Reconstructing Death Series: Dr Julia Durrant: Neurocritical Care

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299c: Reconstructing Death Series: Anni Lehti-Nieminen: Oncology Nurse: Finland

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299b: Reconstructing Death Series: Dr Ryan Williams

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299a: Reconstructing Death Series: Ana Nelson Shaw: Spiritual Care Co-ordinator

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298: How to Read the Bible Properly (and Other Heresies): Dr Taylor Petrey

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297: Women's Abuse, Oppression and Trauma Under the Patriarchy: Understanding and Healing the System: Lesley Butterfield

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296: A Woman's Story of Spiritual Formation: Community of Christ Apostle Janné Grover

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295: The Beginning and End of Church College of New Zealand: Witehira & Puriri

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294: Māori and LDS: A Complex History of the LDS Church in New Zealand: Prof. Peter Lineham

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293: Preventing Child Abuse in Utah: Gwen Knight

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292: Deconstruction Done Graciously: Anthony Miller

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291: "Your Children Are Not Safe!": Alice Koivu & Kelly Plante

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290: Reflecting on Childhood Sexual Abuse: Lucy Cammock

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289: Section 132: Read In Plain English by Gina Colvin

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288: Boy Scouts, the LDS Church and Sexual Predators: Tim Kosnoff

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287: Māori, Mormon, Anglican and Muslim: The Faith Journey of Rev. Rob McKay