610: Mormon Stories Europe Launches with Claudia Fox Reppen Pt. 2

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 January 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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From Canada to Norway: A multicultural journey through Mormonism, Islam, and the European perspective, with Claudia Fox Reppen

In this first installment of Mormon Stories Europe, Henning Müller of Mormon Stories Germany interviews Canadian-born Claudia Fox Reppen about her multi-ethnic heritage, emigration to Norway, and Mormon faith transition.

Claudia and Henning examine the following topics in this three-part series:

– The interesting story about Claudia’s upbringing and how Claudia’s family became members of the LDS Church

– Growing up in the Church as a young tomboy, how she was affected by Mormonism’s teachings on gender roles, and how it contributed to her struggles with anxiety and depression Claudia2

– Opening “Pandora’s Box” of uncorrelated Mormon History, the question of homosexuality, and American Mormon politics

– Claudia’s positive and negative experiences working with asylum seekers in Norway

– The cultural similarities between Muslims and Mormons and the stark similarities in rhetoric employed by conservative LDS leaders and radical Islamists with regards to the role of women

– Why the European Mormon perspective is unique and important, our hopes for attracting more European voices and establishing a bridge of discourse between a European and North American audience.

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0:00.0	Hello and very welcome to Mormon Stories Germany. The podcasts of Mormon Stories Germany
0:16.0	are directed particularly at European or German listeners, who self-identifies more
0:20.6	than regard as a church affiliation or membership. Any participation or support of Mormon
0:26.4	Stories Germany is aimed at building friendships and communities of support or healing and
0:31.9	to create places where sincere questions and honest inquiries are welcome. If you wish
0:37.1	to support the building of communities in Central Europe or the creation of podcasts or
0:42.3	even the website, then get in contact with me or become a subscriber at MormonStoryS Germany.org.
0:56.4	Thank you so much for giving this newship and a run through through your vita. Now in the
1:04.6	second part would be fantastic if we could go into what happened in your mind and what happened
1:09.2	in your testimony and you indicated in your biography that you sent on and something that you call
1:15.2	Pandora's Box being opened. That was sort of the catalyst in your faith journey happened by you
1:21.5	reading restaurant rolling, treatment of homosexuals, gender roles and these kinds of things and
1:26.8	it would be fantastic to see how you dug into that entering Fowler Stage 4 if you will. When was
1:33.1	that exactly? So what happened? Yeah, this would have started I think already by around probably 2005, 2006.
1:44.1	I was just having questions about things. I do remember the question of homosexuality, of homosexuals.
1:57.1	Feeling a bit troubled by that, I did at the time have the typical Mormon view that
2:04.8	gay marriage was just something I couldn't support. But I felt really conflicted by the notion that
2:16.0	homosexuality was something that there was a choice and that people could simply choose to
2:25.1	either be straight or celibate and live a happy, healthy life. And I think must have been around
2:32.9	probably 2008. Somehow I came across a story of Peter and Mary Danzig who I don't know some of
2:42.7	our listeners may remember them. They actually did an interview on Mormon stories with John
2:49.6	Delin. But I remember reading about their story. It was probably in the Salt Lake Tribune online.
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