Mormon Stories Germany

029: Eric T. Hansen, Losing my Religion, die Mormonen und ich, Teil 2

Eric T. Hansen ist ein in Deutschland bekannter Autor. Mit seinem neuen- und wohl privatesten Buch „Losing my Religion, die Mormonen und ich“ erzählt er erstmals von seiner Glaubensreise. Er schreibt: „Als ich meinem Glauben den Rücken kehrte, kam ein endlos tiefes Gefühl von Verlust über mich, und alles, was am Leben schön war – dass Gott über uns wachte, sein Versprechen, dass wir zu ihm zurückkehren könnten, die Nähe zu ihm – all das war plötzlich weg. Und ich musste einen anderen Sinn im Leben finden.“

Eric erzählt im Podcast-Interview mit Mormon Stories Deutschland detalliert, warum er die Kirche der Mormonen noch heute liebt und bewundert, und doch den Glauben daran verlor – und was er stattdessen gewonnen hat.

Vita: In Washington geboren, wuchs Hansen ab dem sechsten Lebensjahr in Kailua, Hawaii, auf. Als Mormone erzogen, missionierte er ab 1981 in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, wo er auch seine zukünftige Frau kennenlernte. 1983 kehrte er nach Hawaii zurück, um sein Linguistik-Studium an der Brigham Young University und der University of Hawaii fortzusetzen. Noch im selben Jahr kehrte er Hawaii endgültig den Rücken, um zu heiraten.

Zunächst studierte er in Düsseldorf, später an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Literatur des deutschen Mittelalters und erwarb 1989 seinen Magister. Danach arbeitete er als freiberuflicher Journalist im Bereich Kultur und Medien. Seine Artikel erschienen unter anderem in The European, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Washington Post, Cicero und Süddeutsche Zeitung. 1989 trat er aus der Kirche der Mormonen aus.

Seit 2000 schreibt Hansen hauptsächlich Bücher, betreibt mehrere Blogs und verfasst Artikel für deutsche und amerikanische Zeitungen.

028: Eric T. Hansen, Losing my Religion, die Mormonen und ich, Teil 1

Eric T. Hansen ist ein in Deutschland bekannter Autor. Mit seinem neuen- und wohl privatesten Buch „Losing my Religion, die Mormonen und ich“ erzählt er erstmals von seiner Glaubensreise. Er schreibt: „Als ich meinem Glauben den Rücken kehrte, kam ein endlos tiefes Gefühl von Verlust über mich, und alles, was am Leben schön war – dass Gott über uns wachte, sein Versprechen, dass wir zu ihm zurückkehren könnten, die Nähe zu ihm – all das war plötzlich weg. Und ich musste einen anderen Sinn im Leben finden.“

Eric erzählt im Podcast-Interview mit Mormon Stories Deutschland detalliert, warum er die Kirche der Mormonen noch heute liebt und bewundert, und doch den Glauben daran verlor – und was er stattdessen gewonnen hat.

Vita: In Washington geboren, wuchs Hansen ab dem sechsten Lebensjahr in Kailua, Hawaii, auf. Als Mormone erzogen, missionierte er ab 1981 in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, wo er auch seine zukünftige Frau kennenlernte. 1983 kehrte er nach Hawaii zurück, um sein Linguistik-Studium an der Brigham Young University und der University of Hawaii fortzusetzen. Noch im selben Jahr kehrte er Hawaii endgültig den Rücken, um zu heiraten.

Zunächst studierte er in Düsseldorf, später an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Literatur des deutschen Mittelalters und erwarb 1989 seinen Magister. Danach arbeitete er als freiberuflicher Journalist im Bereich Kultur und Medien. Seine Artikel erschienen unter anderem in The European, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Washington Post, Cicero und Süddeutsche Zeitung. 1989 trat er aus der Kirche der Mormonen aus.

Seit 2000 schreibt Hansen hauptsächlich Bücher, betreibt mehrere Blogs und verfasst Artikel für deutsche und amerikanische Zeitungen.

027: Lynn Kenneth Packer, Part 3

In Feb of 1991 The Arizona Republic published an article authored by Lynn Packer, nephew of the late President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, Boyd Kenneth Packer, which ultimately led to a public apology and later emeritus status of the LDS church Seventy member Paul Harold Dunn.

In this co-production between Mormon Stories Europe and A Thoughtful Faith Podcast Henning Müller and Gina Colvin interview book author and investigative journalist Lynn Kenneth Packer.

In the first two episodes Henning interviews Lynn about his life, work with broadcasting in

Book “Lying for the Lord – The Paul H. Dunn Stories” as well as the AFCO Fraud scandal where Paul Dunn had acted as co-president. We also discuss Lynn’s thoughts on the LDS Church’s stance on contemporary issues.

In the third episode Gina interviews Lynn about the book and the life of Paul H. Dunn, his baseball and war stories, the financial fraud scandals and his efforts to protect himself from legal and ecclesiastical consequence which opens a different dimension to the life of Paul Dunn. Lynn speaks more candidly about the church’s influence on investigative journalism and the problem of white-collar fraud in Mormon culture in general.

Powerpoint presentation site on evidence and documentation on the life of Paul H Dunn.

http://lyingforthelord.com/uploads/Website_Slideshow_Backup_II_Jan_16.pptx.pdf

Sunstone Magazine wrote in September of 1991:

“The story was printed in newspapers across the nation and was widely discussed by the Utah Saints. Some were angry at Elder Dunn; others defended him. Interestingly, some of the strongest hostility was directed toward Lynn Packer, the reporter who uncovered the story and sold his research to the ‘Republic’ and to a Salt Lake television station.

“There was also a lot of finger pointing among the press as to why the Utah media sat on the story and waited for the ‘Republic’ to break it.

“In a statement issued at the time of the ‘Republic story,’ the LDS church stated that it could not confirm the allegations in the ‘Republic.’ It did affirm that Dunn was made an emeritus general authority for health reasons. Reporters contacted Dunn, who expressed sorrow over the pain the revelations had caused the Church and said his stories were created simply to illustrate moral points, as did Jesus’ parables. . . .”

026: Lynn Kenneth Packer, Part 2 – Paul H. Dunn and Boyd K. Packer

In Feb of 1991 The Arizona Republic published an article authored by Lynn Packer, nephew of the late President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, Boyd Kenneth Packer, which ultimately led to a public apology and later emeritus status of the LDS church Seventy member Paul Harold Dunn.

In this co-production between Mormon Stories Europe and A Thoughtful Faith Podcast Henning Müller and Gina Colvin interview book author and investigative journalist Lynn Kenneth Packer.

In the first two episodes Henning interviews Lynn about his life, work with broadcasting in

In the third episode Gina interviews Lynn about the book and the life of Paul H. Dunn, his baseball and war stories, the financial fraud scandals and his efforts to protect himself from legal and ecclesiastical consequence which opens a different dimension to the life of Paul Dunn. Lynn speaks more candidly about the church’s influence on investigative journalism and the problem of white-collar fraud in Mormon culture in general.

Powerpoint presentation site on evidence and documentation on the life of Paul H Dunn.

http://lyingforthelord.com/uploads/Website_Slideshow_Backup_II_Jan_16.pptx.pdf

Sunstone Magazine wrote in September of 1991:

“The story was printed in newspapers across the nation and was widely discussed by the Utah Saints. Some were angry at Elder Dunn; others defended him. Interestingly, some of the strongest hostility was directed toward Lynn Packer, the reporter who uncovered the story and sold his research to the ‘Republic’ and to a Salt Lake television station.

“There was also a lot of finger pointing among the press as to why the Utah media sat on the story and waited for the ‘Republic’ to break it.

“In a statement issued at the time of the ‘Republic story,’ the LDS church stated that it could not confirm the allegations in the ‘Republic.’ It did affirm that Dunn was made an emeritus general authority for health reasons. Reporters contacted Dunn, who expressed sorrow over the pain the revelations had caused the Church and said his stories were created simply to illustrate moral points, as did Jesus’ parables. . . .”

025: Lynn Kenneth Packer, Part 1 – Growing up, Vietnam and the AFCO fraud

In Feb of 1991 The Arizona Republic published an article authored by Lynn Packer, nephew of the late President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, Boyd Kenneth Packer, which ultimately led to a public apology and later emeritus status of the LDS church Seventy member Paul Harold Dunn.

In this co-production between Mormon Stories Europe and A Thoughtful Faith Podcast Henning Müller and Gina Colvin interview book author and investigative journalist Lynn Kenneth Packer.

In the first two episodes Henning interviews Lynn about his life, work with broadcasting in

In the third episode Gina interviews Lynn about the book and the life of Paul H. Dunn, his baseball and war stories, the financial fraud scandals and his efforts to protect himself from legal and ecclesiastical consequence which opens a different dimension to the life of Paul Dunn. Lynn speaks more candidly about the church’s influence on investigative journalism and the problem of white-collar fraud in Mormon culture in general.

Powerpoint presentation site on evidence and documentation on the life of Paul H Dunn.

http://lyingforthelord.com/uploads/Website_Slideshow_Backup_II_Jan_16.pptx.pdf

Sunstone Magazine wrote in September of 1991:

“The story was printed in newspapers across the nation and was widely discussed by the Utah Saints. Some were angry at Elder Dunn; others defended him. Interestingly, some of the strongest hostility was directed toward Lynn Packer, the reporter who uncovered the story and sold his research to the ‘Republic’ and to a Salt Lake television station.

“There was also a lot of finger pointing among the press as to why the Utah media sat on the story and waited for the ‘Republic’ to break it.

“In a statement issued at the time of the ‘Republic story,’ the LDS church stated that it could not confirm the allegations in the ‘Republic.’ It did affirm that Dunn was made an emeritus general authority for health reasons. Reporters contacted Dunn, who expressed sorrow over the pain the revelations had caused the Church and said his stories were created simply to illustrate moral points, as did Jesus’ parables. . . .”

John Dehlin’s keynote presentation, given at the 2016 Sunstone Europe Symposium in Birmingham, England on February 27th,. The keynote was hosted by Lindsay Hansen Park, Assistant Director of the Sunstone Education Foundation.

In this presentation John discusses his upbringing in the church and his love for the Mormon tradition. Seeing the church in Europe as a canary in the coal mine he paints a concerned picture for the global church. But John also sends a message of hope to his audience.

This session has been recorded by Guido from openfaith.de and is being published by friendly permission from John and Lindsay.

Please consider visiting Sunstone at Sunstonemagazine.com.

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John Parkinson Dehlins Präsentation, die er beim diesjährigen ersten Sunstone Symposium Europe in Birmingham gehalten hat. Die Präsentation wurde von Lindsay Hansen Park, Assistant Director der Sunstone Education Foundation, geleitet.

In dieser Präsentation beschreibt John seine Kindheit und Jugend in der Kirche und seine Liebe für die mormonische Tradition. Er zeichnet ein besorgendes Bild von der Kirche in Europa, die er, ähnlich einem Kanarienvogel im Bergwerk, als Warnsignal für die globale Kirche versteht.

Diese Präsentation wurde von Guido von openfaith.de aufgenommen und wird mit der freundlichen Zustimmung von Lindsay und John veröffentlicht.

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