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Mormon Stories Podcast

611: Mormon Stories Europe Launches with Claudia Fox Reppen Pt. 3

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

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 depressionClaudia2
– 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.

0:14.2

The podcasts of Mormon Stories Germany are directed particularly at European or German

0:18.5

listeners, who self-identify his Mormons regardless of church affiliation or membership.

0:24.4

Any participation or support of Mormon Stories Germany is aimed at building friendships

0:28.9

and communities of support or healing and to create places where sincere questions and

0:34.5

honest inquiries are welcome.

0:36.6

If you wish to support the building of communities in Central Europe or the creation of podcasts

0:42.0

or even the website, then get in contact with me or become a subscriber at MormonStorySJ.org.

0:57.8

Alright Claudia, so we were just discussing parolettes that you found were in the more conservative

1:03.6

views between Islam and Mormonism.

1:06.0

Can you tell me a little bit about what in your opinion is a strong similarity between

1:11.2

Islam and Mormonism and in the way it shaped your own viewpoint?

1:15.8

Yeah.

1:16.8

As I talked before about what the culture and how I felt really at home, you know, with these

1:23.2

Muslims in terms of their lifestyle, I honestly felt a lot of time that Mormonism or Mormon

1:33.0

culture seems to have a lot more in common with Muslim culture than with other Christian

1:39.2

culture in a lot of ways because it's really conservative.

1:43.9

You have very set gender roles.

1:47.7

There's a real focus on the family, on clean living, you know, the dietary laws and alcohol

1:58.4

and sex and that's also that when you when you when you dissent or if you leave either

2:08.7

Mormonism or Islam, the consequences can be devastating and perhaps even much more so

2:16.0

for Muslims, for some Muslims who risk their lives by doing so.

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