Mormon Expression
Summary: Mormon Expression is weekly discussion of topics dealing with Mormon faith, culture, doctrine and history. We try to straddle the position between defense and criticism of the faith, and look at it from all points of view. We believe that Mormonism is interesting by itself, and we are going to talk about it! We tend to focus on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but will consider all flavors of the restoration who draw their roots the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith.
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Podcasts:
In this episode John Larsen interviews regular panelist George.
In this episode hosted by Tom, regular panelists Nyal and George stage a debate to discuss if the Church discourages discussion of its history and doctrine.
In this episode we interview Aaron Shafovaloff, Evangelical man on the street with a camera. Aaron's ministry is focused on converting Mormons to Evangelical Christianity. The panel and Aaron discuss the difference between Christian and Mormon beliefs, why Mormons need to be saved, methods of evangelizing, critical thinking, supernatural thought and whether or not Mormonism is a cult. Aaron's ministry: http://www.mrm.org/ Aaron's theopedia project:http://www.theopedia.com/Main_Page Aaron's pet project: http://www.mrm.org/god-never-sinned Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry: http://www.carm.org/ Aaron's YouTube channel:http://www.youtube.com/user/aaronshaf2006
In this podcast the panel takes some time to answer voice mail and to answer some FAQs.
In this episode we chat with Mike Reed about his thesis work concerning Mormons and the cross, its history and current attitudes today. Deseret New article Mormon Times article Salt Lake Tribune article Mike's Blog: http://culturalmormoncafeteria.blogspot.com/
In the episode hosted by George, he and Tom interview Melanny Cowley about the History of Women and the Church and issues of Feminism and Women's role today. Melanny's short story: http://www.thepaperbagwriter.org/articles/fiction/broken-shoulders/
This episode is a review of the 2 Sunday sessions of the 179th Semiannual General Conference of the Church which aired on October 4th, 2009. John Larsen and a group of special guests to help us out in our review of each session. Special thanks to Dennis, George, Kate, Mike, Jon B, Mark, Ashley and Wes.
This episode is a review of the 3 Saturday sessions of the 179th Semiannual General Conference of the Church which aired on October 3rd, 2009. John Larsen and a group of special guests to help us out in our review of each session. Special thanks to Devin, Nyal, Nate, Leanna, Tom, Zilpha and Alf.
In this episode, we speak with Dennis and Karen, the producers of the In the Shadow of the Temple documentary. This film, which will be released at the ex-Mormon conference on Oct 10th 2009, explores the emotional experience of several individuals who leave the Church and the journey they follow. The non-Mormon producers bring a unique eye to this tragic phenomena. Their Blog: http://shadowofthetemple.blogspot.com/ Their Website: http://www.intheshadowofthetemple.com/
In this episode, we interview the founder and visionary behind the Postmormon movement and website. Jeff's community forum website can be found at http://www.postmormon.org.
In this podcast guests Seth and Lorin join John Larsen in a discussion concerning the role of science in the loss of testimony. Seth and Lorin share their own journeys out of the Church and how scientific thought effected their outlook on Mormonism.
In this episode, John Larsen interviews regular panelist Jim to get to the bottom of this guy.
The panel is joined by Seth Payne to discuss his work on the phenomena of Ex-Mormon exit narratives. Topics discussed include the sociological research on such narratives, exit narrative's formulas and structures, the communities playing into the narratives and narrative purpose and intent. Seth’s paper on exit stories can be had here: http://www.sethpayne.com/?p=691
In this episode, John Larsen interviews regular panelist Tom to find out what makes him tick.
In this Episode John Larsen is joined by regular panelists Tom, James and Nyal to discuss the statistical findings of the Pew Forum Portrait of Mormons in the US released on July 24th, 2009. The Pew paper can be found at http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=427.
