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Latter Day Struggles

215: Musket Fire, Academic Freedom, & Concerns about Scientific Progress at BYU

Latter Day Struggles

Valerie Hamaker

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Religion

4.4721 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Some Complexities of the BYU Experience in 2024 [Part I of II] In this episode Valerie welcomes special guest Brian Dille, a BYU alumnus and member of a professional organization responsible for accrediting institutions of higher learning in the USA. This series tackles the complex and pressing issue of academic freedom at Brigham Young University, especially in light of recent curriculum changes where the “musket” talk was made required reading for a...

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0:00.0

Hi, Latter Day struggles, friends and fans.

0:03.1

We know that navigating a faith crisis can feel overwhelming, especially when it impacts our closest relationships, our parents, our partners, and our kids.

0:13.2

That's why Valerie has created two online self-paced classes to help.

0:17.3

The first is a couple's guide to faith crisis and expansion.

0:20.7

This class is here for a partner

0:21.9

or couple who want to navigate faith shifts with mutual respect and deeper connection. Next is

0:26.8

a family's guide to mixed faith parenting. This class offers tools to help parents develop

0:30.7

greater harmony and understanding when belief differences arise within our families. Both classes are

0:35.7

packed with helpful tools and perspectives that can

0:37.9

give you hope and a way forward. So if you're looking for a little guidance on this,

0:41.6

visit laddarday struggles.com to learn moreerday Struggles. This is your host, Valerie. I am so excited to have a friend and a colleague here with me today. Hello, and welcome Brian Dilley. How are you?

1:08.2

Hi, Valerie. I'm great, and I'm just so glad to have this opportunity to talk to you.

1:14.2

I've listened to your podcast many times and I'm really honored at the invitation.

1:19.4

So I want to give you all a little bit of a backstory on who Brian is and why I am so excited to have him here.

1:26.1

First of all, Brian comes to us. I know him because

1:29.7

he and his beautiful wife finished, graduated from one of my latter day struggles, growth in

1:36.1

processing groups. And you probably don't know this, Brian, but I will tell you, as I'm telling

1:41.4

everybody else, Brian is one of those individuals who is so kind and so

1:47.2

smart that every once in a while we would be talking in the group, I would literally actually ask

1:51.8

him to say that one more time because I would want to take notes on what he said.

1:56.1

Brian comes to us as an expert in something that I think is going to be really interesting and really

2:03.0

profound for us to talk about. And what I want to do, Brian, as we kick this off, is tell us why I

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