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An Evening Celebrating Greg Prince Pt. 2 | Ep. 893

3,492 views · Published 29 March 2018 · 51:21 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: Mormon Stories Podcast · 2018 · Education

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These Mormon Stories episodes include our interactive Q&A with Dr. Greg Prince held at the Salt Lake City Community of Christ on March 17, 2018.

Gregory A. Prince earned his graduate degrees in dentistry (DDS) and pathology (PhD) at UCLA. He then pursued a four-decade career in pediatric infectious disease research. His love of history led him to write three books, including the award-winning David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism. Most recently, he has published Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History.  Greg also has a new book that he is working on called “Intended Actions, Unintended Consequences: The Mormon Church’s responses to Homosexuality.”

We hope you enjoy these episodes as we celebrate Greg’s contributions to Mormon history!


00:00 Introduction
03:14 Q01 - The temple recommend questions as a hindrance to being allowed to own the religion
04:10 Q02 - How to communicate that LGBT needs to be part of the community?
09:44 Q03 - Why isn't a liberal theology more resonant in the LDS church?
14:52 Q04 - How to connect more with mainline Christians as opposed to evangelical groups?
18:04 Q05 - Could you argue that churches that embrace biblical scholarship are dying?
19:54 Q06 - Are orthodox religions thriving while more liberal are dying?
20:42 Q07 - What made the McKay era so magical? How could we replicate it?
23:21 Q08  - Current leadership focuses on what we're against, while McKay was about what we aspire to
26:59 Q09 - Is religion supposed to fail?
32:29 Q10 - Are reasons youth leave the church societal reasons (lgbt, women's rights)?
38:52 Q11 - Difficult to talk about this in church. How do we solve that?
40:17 A lightning round of questions
40:40 Q12 - How do get an exchange going in Mormonism?
42:08 Q13 - Church lessons actually boring. Is that the problem?
43:22 Q14 - What feedback did Greg get about a lecture he gave? How go forward from Hollands talk?
45:11 Q15 - Someone reading D&C (of the CoC) about blacks in the priesthood. Why hang on to the church of BY?
48:27 Q16 - What would the big announcement would be for the next GC?
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Part 1: Greg and John discuss contemporary Mormonism, including suggested improvements
https://youtu.be/Mb4sDOt9UpY

Part 2: Greg fields questions from our live audience
https://youtu.be/T0qm0T0UOCA

Part 3: To end the evening, John asks Greg some final questions about truth claims of the Mormon Church
https://youtu.be/kBqY5rmeM40

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