Dean Hughes: Digging Into Polygamy and Other "Muddy" Issues
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4.8 • 6.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
When Dean Hughes began writing his latest book, he didn't plan on writing about polygamy but the topic became impossible to ignore. At times, there are things (both past and present) that may affect our beliefs and be impossible to ignore. Dean describes these things as "muddy," but explains that there are faithful ways to approach seemingly messy aspects of our faith or our Church's history.
"There's never a time when the questions end but if you've had certain experiences in your life that verify your faith, then you rely on those."
Show Notes:
3:47-Polygamy—Not an isolated challenge
5:57-Getting historical figures right
10:26- Balancing obedience and agency
11:33-Facing opposition
17:14-Looking at history through a 2019 lens
23:29- Honoring uncomfortable aspects of our heritage
24:21- Putting historical characters on a pedestal
30:20-An international Church
34:54- Approaching muddy topics today
38:12- What does it mean to be all in the gospel of Jesus Christ?
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| 0:35.1 | In the October 1864 General Conference, |
| 0:39.3 | Brigham Young called 183 families to settle a wasteland. |
| 0:44.7 | It is remembered as the muddy mission. |
| 0:47.4 | But in Dean Hughes' new book, Muddy, |
| 0:49.7 | he explains that the valley was not the only muddy aspect of life |
| 0:54.0 | for those early saints. |
| 0:55.7 | Specifically, Hughes takes a look at polygamy |
| 0:59.4 | through the eyes of those who experienced it. |
| 1:02.4 | Do we sometimes feel like the history of the church is muddy? |
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