Faith Transitions Ep. 023 — Ryan Bowcutt & Brad Levin




Faith Transitions show

Summary: In the wake of much turmoil at BYU (see <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/brigham-young-students-universitys-honor-code-made-afraid/story?id=39158286" target="_blank">example 1</a> and/or <a href="http://religionandpolitics.org/2016/05/24/byu-brigham-young-campus-sexual-assault-debates/" target="_blank">example 2</a>), relating to issues surrounding the “honor code” we are pleased to bring you the Faith Transition stories of Ryan Bowcutt and Brad Levin. Ryan is the co-founder of Free BYU (<a href="http://www.freebyu.org/" target="_blank">website link</a>) and Brad serves as a managing admin for Free BYU (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FreeAtBYU/" target="_blank">Facebook link</a>).<br> They both talk to us about how their faith was central to their lives during their youth, proselytizing service missions for the Mormon church, and then experiencing a challenge to their faith while attending BYU – Provo. Experiencing a Faith Transition with attending BYU can mean expulsion: <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/31/lose-your-faith-get-expelled-at-byu.html" target="_blank">LINK</a>. Living through this stress is what motivated Ryan to found Free BYU, but before we get to that point in the story, we cover all of the rest.<br>