Briefly Alma 1–29, with Kylie Nielson Turley [MIPodcast #110]

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Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 May 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Alma is an idolatrous man in the Book of Mormon, a wicked man according to the text—until an angel’s rebuke leads to his repentance and then two decades of righteous service in realms both political and religious. But even then, Alma’s past haunts him.

Kylie Nielson Turley talks about her brief theological introduction to the book of Alma, chapters 1 through 29, in this episode. For more about the brief theological introductions series, go to mi.byu.edu/brief.

About the Guest

Kylie Nielson Turley has taught writing, rhetoric, and literature classes since 1997 at Brigham Young University, where she emphasizes a literary approach to the Book of Mormon in her Literature of the LDS People course. She has published articles on Alma, LDS “home literature” fiction and poetry, and Utah and LDS women’s history. She is also the author of numerous personal essays.

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0:00.0	It's the Maxwell Institute podcast.
0:03.3	I'm Blair Hodges, bringing you another interview in our series on the Maxwell Institute's brief theological introductions to the book of Mormon.
0:10.1	Kylie Nilsson Turley joins us to talk about her volume on Alma chapters 1 through 29.
0:15.0	The series editors broke Alma in half because of its length.
0:17.7	Turley teaches in the English department at Brigham Young University.
0:20.7	And for more information about the brief theological introduction series, go to
0:23.9	MI.bbyu.edu.edu slash brief on the worldwide web. You can check out all the information
0:28.9	about the series there. Questions and comments about this and other episodes of the Maxwell Institute
0:33.7	podcast can be sent to me at MI Podcast at biu.edu. Let's dig into the first part of Alma
0:39.5	with Kylie Nilsson Turley. Kylie Nilsen Turley, welcome to the Maxwell Institute podcast. Thank you.
0:47.8	Welcome to my backyard. It's beautiful. We're here in Salt Lake City and we're staying distant
0:53.9	from each other and we're just
0:56.1	enjoying the wonderful weather. You might hear some birds chirping. You might hear a little bit of
1:01.0	traffic going by. But it's better to be outside. Better to be outside. It feels good. So thank you for
1:06.9	coming up and yeah. We're talking about the book that you just finished the manuscript for.
1:11.9	This hasn't even been typeset yet.
1:14.2	It's a brief theological introduction to Alma chapters 1 through 29.
1:19.3	Yes.
1:19.8	So how did you wind up with that particular section?
1:22.7	You know, they called and, well, they called and said, do you want to be part of the project?
1:29.6	And I'm assuming they knew that I would want to choose Alma and that's why they asked so how do you think they knew you'd want
1:34.6	alma because I have a small obsession with Alma tell us about that that's interesting writing and studying
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