Gospel Tangents Podcast
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2 Hour Church Helps or Hurts? What about Pageants? (Scott Vance 2 of 5)
A few years ago, the LDS Church switched from 3 hour church to 2 hour church. Is that helpful or hurtful to retention of members? Scott Vance weighs in, and we'll also discuss the loss of Church pagea
Tracking Funding of LDS Adjacent Groups
How are LDS adjacent groups funded? Scott Vance recently presented a paper at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) in Salt Lake City on how LDS adjacent groups are funded directly a
Baptist Pastor in Nauvoo Pageant! (Bryan Ready 4 of 4)
Bryan Ready has visited the Nauvoo Pageant for years, and now he's part of the cast! He'll describe his experiences in the pageant, and how Casey Griffiths asked him to write about Church history site
Why Rich Countries Lose Religion (Ryan Cragun 5 of 5)
Why do industrialized countries lose religion? Dr Ryan Cragun has a very interesting theory. We'll also talk about other projects he is working on. Check out our conversation by subscribing to our fre
Will Women Get LDS Priesthood Before 2nd Coming? (Ryan Cragun 4 of 5)
What role does politics play in religious affiliation? Dr Ryan Cragun gives us a few hints and discusses his upcoming book on the topic. We'll also discuss his recent papers asking when women get LDS
Why Conservative Churches Grow (Ryan Cragun 3 of 5)
We've talked about why people don't identify as religious, but is it true that Conservative Churches grow at a faster rate? Is it true churches in the Global South are growing? Why is that? Dr Ryan Cr
Tracking Church Members & Rise of Nones? (Ryan Cragun 2 of 5)
LDS are legendary for tracking membership statistics. How do other religions track membership, or do they? We'll talk about the rise of Nones, the 2nd fastest growing religious group with Sociologist
Why is Utah No Longer Majority Mormon? (Ryan Cragun 1 of 5)
Dr Ryan Cragun made news this week when he said that Utah is no longer a majority Mormon state. How did he come to that conclusion? We'll talk about it in our next conversation. Check it out! - https:
Gospels of Abinadi & Samuel the Lamanite (Rosalynde Welch 3 of 4)
We're discussing 2 of the 7 gospels in the Book of Mormon: Gospel of Abinadi and Gospel of Samuel the Lamanite. Check out our conversation.... - https://youtu.be/KZlWJZPlVxQ - Dont miss our other con
Atonement Theology in Gospels of Mary, Mosiah, Abinadi (Rosalynde Welch 2 of 4)
Dr Rosalynde Welch discusses atonement theology & 2 of the gospels in the Book of Mormon: Gospel of Mary & Gospel of Mosiah. We'll get into atonement theology and discuss whether Joseph Smith's world