886: Bert Fuller - An Insider's View of the Maxwell Institute and Critique of Mormon Neo-Apologetics Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2018
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In these Mormon Stories episodes, we interview Bert Fuller – PhD student and former researcher for the Maxwell Institute of Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University.
In Part 1, Bert shares his background as a Mormon and provides an insider’s view of the Maxwell Institute. Part 2 includes his critique of Mormon Neo-Apologetics and compares its approach to the more traditional form of Mormon apologetics. Finally in Part 3, Bert shares what his life is like now in terms of spirituality.
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| 0:57.0 | It is March 13, 2018 and we have a two for for today. |
| 1:03.0 | We just got done interviewing Dr. Tara Westover about her amazing book, Educated Phenomenal Interview, |
| 1:10.0 | a reminder that we'll be having a Tara Westover in Salt Lake City March 29th for a book signing in a Q&A. |
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| 1:29.0 | We are doing a two for though. We're interviewing someone else as well today. |
| 1:35.0 | This is my friend, Bert Fuller. |
| 1:39.0 | It turns out I went to BYU as a freshman with Bert's, I think it's my dad's cousin. |
| 1:48.0 | Bert's dad's cousin, Ron Fuller. |
| 1:51.0 | Ron was raised in a home where he wasn't raised as an active devout Mormon by sort of post Mormon or ex-mormon parents. |
| 1:59.0 | And Ron was one of the first people to ever introduce me to doubts and questions about the church. |
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