Feeding the Flock, with Terryl L. Givens [MIPodcast #74]

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Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 8 December 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Latter-day Saint scholar Terryl L. Givens is back with us again. Dr. Givens spent the summer here at the Institute as a Neal A. Maxwell fellow. It was a real treat to have Terryl here in the building, and he sat down with MIPodcast host Blair Hodges to talk about the second and final book in his “Foundations of Mormon Thought” series from Oxford University Press. The book is called Feeding the Flock, focusing on Church and Praxis. The first volume covered LDS theology, while this volume zeroes in on LDS church sacraments and structure.

About the Guest

Terryl L. Givens holds the Jabez A. Bostwick Chair of English at the University of Richmond. He was a 2017 Neal A. Maxwell Fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship where he co-directed the Summer Seminar on Mormon Culture. Terryl is one of the most prolific authors of books on Mormonism, including People of Paradox, By the Hand of Mormon, Wrestling the Angel, and Feeding the Flock: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Church and Praxis. Together with his wife Fiona he’s also written a number of books for LDS audiences including The God Who Weeps, The Crucible of Doubt, and their latest, The Christ Who Heals. He’s currently working on a biography of Mormon intellectual Eugene England.

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0:00.0	It's the Maxwell Institute podcast.
0:14.7	I'm Blair Hodges.
0:16.7	Mormon scholar Terrell El Given is back with us again.
0:20.0	Dr. Given spent the summer as a Neil A. Maxwell fellow here at the Institute, where he and Phil Barlow directed the summer seminar on Mormon culture. It was a real treat to have Terrell here in the building, and he sat down with me to talk about the second and final book in his Foundations of Mormon Thought series from Oxford University Press. The book is called Feeding the Flock, Church
0:38.7	and Praxis. The first volume focused on LDS theology, while this volume zeroes in on LDS church
0:44.5	structure and sacraments. So we recorded this interview a few months back, but I thought it would
0:49.2	be fitting to deliver it to you in the weeks leading up to Christmas as the Church of Jesus
0:53.3	Christ of Latter-day Saints reignites its Light the World event.
0:57.3	Light the World is a worldwide effort to share the light of Jesus Christ through serving,
1:01.2	lifting, and helping others.
1:03.1	Every day in December leading up to Christmas you can focus on a specific teaching of Jesus
1:06.8	and try out a variety of related service ideas.
1:10.1	The LDS Church invites you to join in making the Christmas season shine even brighter.
1:14.6	To discover ways you can participate in light the world and get service ideas, please visit Mormon.org.
1:19.6	And now it's Terrell Givens on his new book, Feeding the Flock.
1:23.6	Questions and comments about this and other episodes of the Maxwell Institute podcast can be sent to me at
1:28.8	MI Podcast at BYU.edu. And don't forget to take a moment to rate and review the show in iTunes.
1:35.5	Terrell L. Givens joins us today. He's a 2017 Neil A. Maxwell Fellow here at the Maxwell Institute,
1:41.0	and he also teaches courses on 19th century studies and the Bible's influence
1:44.7	on Western literature at the University of Richmond. And today we're talking about his latest book,
1:49.9	Feeding the Flock, The Foundations of Mormon Thought, Church, and Practice. Thanks for being with me
1:54.6	today, Terrell. Good to be here, Blake. It's been great to have you here at the Maxwell
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