Instagram Firestorm Over LDS Women's Devotional | Ep. 1879

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Join us today for a panel discussion on this week's firestorm over J. Anette Dennis's sermon broadcast to women of the church, which was uploaded to the LDS Church's official Instagram account. Panelists include: Julia Sanders, Celeste Davis, Samantha Shelley, and Alyssa Witbeck.

This riveting interview takes a deep dive into the church's recent Women's Devotional - an event intended to empower female members but one that generated significant controversy. Hear candid analysis unpacking the mixed messaging around their supposed "power and authority", and the perceived dissonance between leader's rhetoric and the reality of women's restricted roles. No topic is off-limits in this thought-provoking look at how the devotional aimed to honor women's divine roles while still upholding traditional male leadership.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone welcome to another episode of Mormon stories my name is Julia Sanders and I am presiding today so that's why I'm in the hot seat today
0:07.8	So today we have an amazing panel of women
0:09.8	Can we go ahead and show everybody? Hi, so we have Alyssa, we have Celeste Davis, and we have Samantha Shelley.
0:16.0	You'll recognize some of them from being on Mormon stories before or from being on their various platforms.
0:21.0	And so actually in fact, I think we're just going to do
0:24.2	introductions right now before we jump into the content.
0:28.2	Alyssa, do you want to introduce yourself?
0:30.5	Yeah, sure.
0:31.0	Hello, I am Alyssa Wittbeck. This is my second time on Mormon stories I was on in 2020, so it's been a while.
0:38.0	You can find me on Tik-Tock, that's where I've talked about a lot of this stuff.
0:42.0	Atlas likes words, and I also have
0:45.3	some essays published where I talk about some of these things as well and those are linked
0:48.5	on my social media too.
0:51.4	Thank you.
0:52.4	Celeste, do you want to introduce yourself?
0:55.0	Sure, hi, I'm Celeste Davis.
0:57.0	This is my second time on Mormon stories as well.
1:00.0	I was on this past summer and I talk about all things Mormonism, feminism on Instagram at
1:09.5	Celeste M Davis and on my sub stack which is also Celeste M Davis on Substack.
1:17.0	Yeah I know with Celeste you had several of your articles published on the church's
1:21.7	website right?
1:23.1	I did back in the day when I was still in.
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