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Why I Stay 2: The Challenges of Discipleship for Contemporary Latter-day Saints by [Robert A. Rees]

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One’s religious affiliation may be determined, at least, initially, by family and culture, but the ultimate choice to stay is, in the end, personal. This second volume of Why I Stay touches on the weighty decisions and complex issues people ponder in a faith journey and which fork in the road to take once they face them.

Twenty-one women and men discuss what it is about Mormonism that keeps them part of the fold. Their deep, unique experiences make their individual travels even more compelling. Kimberly Applewhite Teitter, growing up in the South as a Black Latter-day Saint, often encountered well-meaning Latter-day Saints whose words messaged the idea that she was at some level an outsider or perhaps not as authentically Mormon as others in her congregation. Thus, she writes, “At the end of the day I’m still Black—still have felt the weight of proving that I represent the church I’ve fought so hard for my entire life.” Yet the very episodes that could have driven her from the church became lessons on the meaning of discipleship.

For Carol Lynn Pearson, staying boiled down to two reasons: “I find a great deal of love in this church,” and “where I do not find love, I have an opportunity to help create love.” The stories she shares illuminate that mantra. Mitch Mayne, an openly gay man, has faced many challenges by his decision to stay. “Most days, it seems I can’t be Mormon enough for my LDS community, and I can’t be gay enough for my LGBT fellows.” In his essay, he answers the question many have asked: “Why don’t you just leave the church?”

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Robert A. (Bob) Rees is Director of Mormon Studies and Visiting Professor at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Previously he taught at UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Berkeley, and was a Fulbright Professor of American Studies in the Baltics. He is the editor or co-editor of Fifteen American Writers Before 1900 (1971), Proving Contraries: A Collection of Writings in Honor of Eugene England (2005), A Reader’s Book of Mormon (2008), and Why I Stay: The Challenge of Discipleship for Contemporary Mormons (2011). He is the author of a collection of poetry, Waiting for Morning (2017), A New Witness to the World: Reading and Re-reading the Book of Mormon (2020), and The Cost of Discipleship: The Dimensions of a Mature Mormon Faith (2021).

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B091J8Q515
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Signature Books; 1st edition (April 13, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 13, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1058 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 202 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1560852917
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

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Michael Critchfield

Explore the ideas of why others stay…

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021

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With so many people coming and going in every part of life, Why I Stay 2, like its predecessor Why I Stay, gives beautiful reasons that others have found to stay anchored in the harbor of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. Almost to an easy the writes acknowledge that for many staying is no the right path but for each of them they have found ways to stay and lift. Well worth the read to see that leaving isn’t the only option for some.

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Catchacat

The path of discipleship is personal and diverse

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2021

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Thank you for this beautiful book! I appreciate the bravery and candor of each contributor. As a Latter Day Saint with my own reasons for staying, I feel inspired and encouraged to embrace my own experiences and keep my mind and heart open to others too.

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Carol Lynn Pearson

Very moving stories!

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2021

I'm proud to have an essay in this book. It is a fabulous collection of diverse stories of faith and doubt and transformation and commitment--so very much needed in this world where spiritual community is not easy to come by. The other night at 4 a.m. I couldn't go back to sleep, so I reached for Why I Stay and read the story by Eric Samuelsen, Latter-day Saint playwright. His struggles and deep faith warmed and comforted me and gave me good fuel for another day in this awesome and sometimes awful world. I'm sharing the book with many other, who I know will appreciate it.

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Russell M. Frandsen

Faith, struggles, joy and sadness

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2021

I have admired many of the authors from afar for years. I have hosted several of them in my home. I have been touched and uplifted by each of their essays. The essays provide encouragement for young adults who are now encountering the intellectual, moral, social and practical vicissitudes of life and they provide comfort for those who have continued in "the way" for many years. I am grateful to Bob Rees for including a modest essay from me that gives some reasons "why I stay". I give this collection of essays the highest rating.

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Mary Fox

The fact is that it is👌

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2022

I don't want it because I don't like the front page😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

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