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In a wonderful new book,\\xa0Future Mormon: Essays in Mormon Theology, Adam Miller sets his spirit and intellect loose on the important task of helping clear away debris and suggesting some possible new framings for Mormonism that might appeal to coming generations. As he writes in the Introduction, \\u201cEvery generation must live its own lives and think its own thoughts and receive its own revelations. And, if Mormonism continues to matter, it will because they, rather than leaving, were willing to be Mormon all over again. Like our grandparents, like our parents, and like us, they will have to rethink the whole tradition, from top to bottom, right from the beginning, and make it their own in order to embody Christ anew in this passing world. To the degree that we can help, our job is to model that work in love and then offer them the tools, the raw materials, and the room to do it themselves.\\u201d

In this episode,\\xa0Adam Miller,\\xa0Rosalynde Welch, and\\xa0Jim McLachlan\\xa0join\\xa0Mormon Matters host\\xa0Dan Wotherspoon\\xa0for a discussion of\\xa0Future Mormon\\xa0and various themes in Adam\\u2019s thinking. What question that we hear quite often in Mormonism seems too thin to lead us to \\u201cload-bearing\\u201d answers that can serve us in the midst of \\u201cwhite knuckle\\u201d prayers? Is \\u201ctruth\\u201d static, sitting in God\\u2019s mind or heart like a vault waiting to be opened and shared, or is the ideal approach to truth something more dynamic, something that calls on us each, in our lives, to \\u201cmake\\u201d true, to see how far a truth can carry us? Are there more powerful ways to think of \\u201cgrace\\u201d beyond its role in the Atonement and questions of our salvation? Have we in Mormonism skipped over some elements that the apostle Paul might claim are essential, Christianity 101 kind of things\\u2014and how can these animate our lives in fresh and powerful ways? The discussion moves fast, and at times perhaps might seem a bit too \\u201cinsider baseball-ish\\u201d (as the four panelists talk about things in a book most listeners will not have read), but those moments pass and\\xa0this is an immensely\\xa0enjoyable conversation.

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