295: On LDS "Loyalists", "Leavers" & Everyone In Between! with Jana Riess

Latter Day Struggles

Valerie Hamaker

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

4.4 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Cutting Edge Research on the LDS Faith Journey Experience [Part I of II] You're in for a wonderful two episodes here as Valerie welcomes researcher and author Jana Reiss for a conversation brimming with details about Jana's current project (a forthcoming book!) centered around the diverse personal experiences of hundreds of people on the LDS faith spectrum. In order to not give too many spoilers for the next two episodes, you'll need to tune in t...

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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 ladderday struggles.com to learn more. And now let's start the show.
1:02.4	Hi. Hello, everyone. Welcome to Latter Day Struggles. This is your host, Valerie. I am so excited today to have a good friend. We're kind of new friends, but we're good friends. We just met recently,
1:07.4	but yeah, I feel that way. Yeah, so Jana Reese is here with me and I feel like it's safe to say
1:14.5	just an immediate connection. Like this is, this is one of my people. This is a soul sister. And I
1:19.4	am just tickled and excited to have you here today, Jana, because you, you were one of my,
1:25.7	I'd say maybe one of my more significant introductions into the world of
1:31.2	faith crisis, faith development, progressive Mormonism. Your book, The Next Mormons, was one of
1:37.4	the more significant bites of the apple that the metaphorical Eve took in my life. Like, when I read it,
1:46.6	it was like, oh my goodness, there's a whole world out there connected to who I am as a Latter-day Saint that I was not aware of. And I kind of
1:52.4	had this sense that like I was stepping into something incredibly important to my spiritual
1:57.7	development. And I really do attribute your next Mormon's book as very significant
2:02.3	in the very beginnings of my faith journey. So before we start, Jana, thank you for being that
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