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Ep 168 — Terryl and Fiona Givens | The God Who Weeps 0

Jan 22, 2025

It’s time to start a new year and new book for our long-form deep dive reviews of terrible Mormon books. And this one is… not terrible? The Givens present a form of Mormon theology which tries to “make sense of life” and we’re here for any Mormon theology that doesn’t include discrimination, sexism, and anything holding it over from its past. We dive into the introduction and first chapter of the book. But, what would a book review be without some due diligence about the authors? We spend the first portion talking about Terryl and Fiona Givens, their histories, publishing careers, and try to get a sense for what we can expect throughout this book.

Terryl and Fiona Givens:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Givens

https://www.fionagivens.com/about

https://www.patheos.com/topics/2014-religious-trends/mormon/joseph-smith-on-mormon-women-and-the-priesthood-fiona-givens-071014?p=2

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/the-perfect-union-of-man-and-womanreclamation-and-collaboration-in-joseph-smiths-theology-making/

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/missing-and-restoring-meaning/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terryl_Givens

https://www.terrylgivens.com/about

https://web.archive.org/web/20110827023337/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705385222/Daniel-Peterson-Terryl-Givens-making-his-mark-in-Mormon-writing.html

https://www.google.com/books/edition/By_the_Hand_of_Mormon/cC_RCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover

https://www.deseret.com/2012/11/15/20509757/scholars-terryl-and-fiona-givens-discuss-life-love-and-their-new-book-the-god-who-weeps/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA7kdkzW09c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yecCget_CNM

Sword of Laman:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer

https://www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-go-to-hell.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwNYSQo

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Ep 167 — Callis, Kimball, Skousen, Gilbert–Utah & BYU Police State | Minority Report 0

Jan 8, 2025

BYU and SLC anti-vice. We discuss the history of Charles A. Callis, his career in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and politics, and his final assignment before death, creating a sexual purity surveillance and counseling/therapy program for Mormons in the 40s. After his death, Spencer W. Kimball took the reins and vastly expanded the reach and purposes of the program, resulting in The Miracle of Forgiveness. Cleon Skousen was running raids on gay clubs and anybody else seen as commie enemies of god’s country. The systems they created have adapted, evolved, and conformed to the times, but never gone away, as evidenced by the recent SL Tribue piece about BYU’s retrenchment and culture of fear. Then we chat about Minority report, a Tom Cruise sci-fi flick with surprisingly profound concepts. We wrap with happy news about the first openly transgender congressperson in American history.

Show Notes:

https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/

https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/05-the-miracle-of-forgiveness/

https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/16-the-cure-2-0/

https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/07-salt-lake-city-gay-scene/

https://archive.org/details/spencerwkimballt00kimb/page/271/mode/2up?view=theater

https://ourphoenixfoundation.org/includes/about.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_International

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/gay/individuals?lang=eng

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/transgender/understanding?lang=eng

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2025/01/05/byu-blue-why-these-are-dark-days/

https://fairnessforall.org/the-utah-compromise/