261: 2011 SLC Conference Pt. 3 Panel: Navigating an Open Approach to Mormonism

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 July 2011

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

On June 11, 2011, members of the Mormon Stories community held their 2nd regional conference in Salt Lake City. In this panel presentation entitled Navigating an Open Approach to Mormonism, professors Margaret Toscano and Joanna Brooks, along with Carol Lynn Pearson, Jared Anderson and John Dehlin discuss inclusivity, openness, and an expended approach to Mormon identity, while also fielding practical questions from the audience.

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0:00.0	The 2011 Salt Lake City Mormon Stories Conference was brought to you by the Salt Lake City Mormon
0:24.8	Stories Support Community found on Facebook and also by the Open Stories Foundation and by the
0:30.7	generous support of you or listeners. To join or start a Mormon Stories Support Community in your
0:36.4	area, please go to MormonStories.org and click on the Support Communities tab. To host a regional
0:43.4	conference in your city like this one, please email us at MormonStories at Gmail.com for more
0:49.2	information on how to host a conference. Finally, to keep this podcast in all of these
0:54.7	communities and projects alive, please donate today at MormonStories.org. Oh, and please enjoy the
1:01.2	conference.
1:25.4	As they come, born and raised in Franklin Idaho, she's a Benson and a Parkinson, and when I just
1:34.4	started having my crisis of faith on us at BYU, Mom became a dialogue and a Sunstone subscriber.
1:40.7	And she's been attending Sunstone faithfully and reading dialogue for, I don't know, 20 plus years.
1:47.7	And I can't tell you how meaningful and affirming it's been to have a parent who understands,
1:57.8	and actually I have two parents, three if you count her husband, but to have parents who understand
2:03.2	your journey and don't judge you and support you all along the way, I probably could never have
2:08.5	done the podcast if I had parents that ridiculed and judged me and made me feel terrible. I wouldn't
2:15.0	have felt comfortable even starting. So, Mom, thank you. I want to spend a little time recognizing
2:30.1	the planners. Jared and Katrina, you guys have already been introduced. This is Jared Anderson.
2:35.3	This is Katrina and Ann Pepher. They're the ones who got this all going. You guys stand up and
2:41.3	let us give you a round of applause. They're people here from as far away as North Carolina,
2:57.9	Chicago, and even as far as the United Kingdom. Someone came from the United Kingdom, particularly for
3:05.8	this conference. It's very humbly. But thank you all for coming, even if you live a block away.
3:14.9	I want to recognize just a few other people. There are a few people here that are currently serving
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