Mormon Matters - (Dan Wotherspoon ARCHIVE)

257: Negotiating Adult Faith within a Developing Institution


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Just as many theorists understand individual human maturation through developmental stages, a great deal of literature suggests that institutions (churches, corporations, governments) as well as other all other groups, cultures, and societies, also undergo similar processes. In this episode, the panel discusses ideas about socio-cultural evolution at large, but grounding it always in lived Mormon experience. As Mormonism has developed, so have expectations for church members, but there is always a "lag" of sorts between the changes called for by societal and cultural forces and the pace of change an institution is able to bear. This lag often leads to great impatience in many who have begun to shift ahead of the main body. How can we who may find ourselves in this situation negotiate the tensions created when our pace doesn’t match that of the larger church and most of its members? Guest hosted by Katie Langston, and featuring panelists Dan Wotherspoon, Marybeth Raynes, and Brad Kramer, this episode explores this wonderfully interesting but also personally challenging place to be.
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