Fiona and Terryl Givens: The Restoration of All Things

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

For the last decade, Fiona and Terryl Givens have brought to light wonderful and expansive doctrines in the restored gospel of Jesus Christ by drawing upon literature and other faith traditions. Their work helps Latter-day Saints appreciate the beauty of what we believe. On this week’s episode, we talk with these scholars about many of their books, how those books are influenced by their life experiences, and how their studies have brought us greater appreciation for our faith tradition and the faith traditions of others.

“If something harrows the mind and constricts the heart, that I don’t think is of God—that is not of the Spirit. But if something—an idea, a thought, a song, a book—enlarges your mind and awakens your heart to joy then we can know that that is true.”

Show Notes

1:52- Fiona’s Story
8:47- Terryl’s Story
11:21- The Influence of Life Experiences
14:58- What the Restoration Brings to the Table
21:10- Doubt as a Catalyst
26:23- “The Greatest Act of Self-Revelation”
30:10- The Atonement is Not a Back-up Plan
38:17- Approach to Questions
41:40- “An All-Embracing Gospel”
47:41- Remorse Vs. Guilt
51:48- Desires in Doctrine and Covenants
54:42- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ

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0:00.0	In the God who weeps Tarleon Fiona Givens explored what the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ teaches us about the nature of God.
0:09.0	A Christ who heals, explored how what Christ taught is reflected in our understanding of the Savior as members of the Church.
0:17.0	And in all things new, they explore how the restoration affects our perception of a variety of gospel topics from heaven to guilt and obedience.
0:27.0	As I prepared for this interview, my gratitude for the restoration of the gospel increased, and it is my hope that this interview will do the same for you.
0:36.0	Fiona Givens graduated from the University of Richmond with degrees in French and German, then earned a master's degree in European history while co-raising the last of her six children.
0:48.0	She has worked in education, translation services as a lobbyist and as communications director of a nonprofit organization.
0:56.0	Tarle Givens received a PhD in comparative literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1:02.0	He is currently a Neale Maxxwell senior fellow at Brigham Young University, but was previously a professor at the University of Richmond.
1:14.0	This is All-N, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be All-N, the gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:22.0	I'm Morgan Jones, and I am so honored to have Tarle and Fiona Givens on the line with me today, Tarle and Fiona, welcome.
1:30.0	Thank you, Morgan. Good to be here.
1:32.0	Yeah, we did like to be here with you.
1:34.0	Well, I have been so looking forward to this, and I have tried to prep.
1:39.0	You can imagine that prepping for a number of different books can be a little bit daunting, but we're going to try today to cover as much ground as we possibly can.
1:51.0	And I just want to start, you both come from very unique, cultural and religious backgrounds.
1:59.0	And I just wondered if you could tell our listeners a little bit about your individual kind of journeys of faith and also just a little bit about where you come from.
2:09.0	Yeah, absolutely. I was born in Nairobi and spent the first 12 years of my life there.
2:15.0	So Africa is my home, and I have a very strong connection, particularly with Kenya.
2:23.0	I went to boarding schools in England with my brothers.
2:27.0	They were Catholic. All of the schools I attended actually were Catholic.
2:31.0	And I love Catholicism. It's a very rich tradition.
2:36.0	I love the litigy, the symbolism. I love mass.
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