Episode 722: Margaret Olsen Hemming & Fatimah Salleh: Book of Mormon for the Least of These, Vol. 3

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Richard Ostler

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4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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My friends Margaret Olsen Hemming and Rev. Dr. Fatimah Salleh (who was on Episode 710) join us to talk about their latest (and final) volume of “The Book of Mormon for the Least of These, Volume 3: Helaman-Moroni.” Margaret and Fatimah share some of the behind-the-scenes story of working together to write these books, their personal journeys with the Book of Mormon, and what they hope to accomplish with their books. Their work helps us read the book from a social justice perspective that speaks to issues of racism, sexism, immigrations, refugees, and socioeconomic inequality—and then consider what we can do in our circle of influence to be better disciples of Christ. I was so moved listening to these inspiring scholars, authors, theologians, and disciples. I will be using their books as I study the Book of Mormon in 2024 and look for things I need to change in my world view to better love, see, and support those walking a harder road. Thank you, Margaret and Fatimah, for your wonderful work. Honored to have you on the podcast! Links: Book of Mormon for the Least of These (published by my friends at BCC Press): Volume 1: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948218232 Volume 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948218585 Volume 3: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948218992

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.7	I'm really grateful to have two authors joining me via Zoom that have jointly written a book called
0:19.1	The Book of Mormon for the Least of These, Volume 3.
0:22.8	And that's Margaret Olson, Hemming, and Reverend Dr. Fatima Saleh.
0:28.5	Welcome to the podcast.
0:30.5	Thank you so much for having us.
0:33.4	Thank you.
0:34.8	These are a couple of women I really admire.
0:37.0	I want to introduce them to you, and then we will get them talking.
0:42.4	Dr. Reverend Fatima Saleh was born in Brooklyn to a Puerto Rican and Malaysian mother and an African-American father.
0:49.8	Dr. Saleh received her Ph.D. in mass communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree from Syracuse University in Public Communications, as well as a master's in Divinity from Duke University.
1:05.2	She launched a certain work in 2018 in an effort to provide racial equality consultant consultation and training for organizations and churches.
1:18.6	In 2021, Salehya Ministries Incorporated, a religious nonprofit was focused on clergy, wellness wellness and well-being.
1:28.4	And Dr. Saleh was on episode 710.
1:32.9	If you want to hear more of her story, I was deeply moved listening to her story.
1:38.9	You could check out episode 710 that we did earlier this year.
1:43.2	Margaret Olson Hemming is a board member of the Center for
1:47.7	Latter-day St. Art and former editor-in-chief of Exponent 2. She earned a master's degree in
1:54.3	international peace and conflict resolution from American University. She lives in Chapel Hill
2:00.5	with their spouse, three children, and a large
2:03.8	vegetable garden. So these two women both are joining me via Zoom from North Carolina, Chapel Hill for
2:10.7	Margaret and Durham for Fatima. And, you know, we as a church are studying the Book of Mormon this next year,
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