Faith Matters
Faith Matters offers an expansive view of the Restored Gospel, thoughtful exploration of big and sometimes thorny questions, and a platform that encourages deeper engagement with our faith and our world. We focus on the Latter-day Saint (Mormon) tradition, but believe we have much to learn from other traditions and fully embrace those of other beliefs.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 290
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
207. Feeling Separated? So did Jesus. — A Conversation with Kerry Muhlestein
As Holy Week and Easter Sunday approach, we thought it would be helpful to visit with someone who could help us reflect on these sacred events in a new way. Our guest today, Dr. Kerry Muhlestein, rec…
206. Tragedy in the Holy Land: What Can We Do? — A Conversation with Chad Ford
Ever since October 7th, we’ve been wanting to better understand the conflict in Israel and Gaza and how we as Latter-day Saints can be good neighbors and friends to everyone impacted by it. We know t…
205. Tough Love from the Book of Mormon — A Conversation with Grant Hardy
Book of Mormon scholar Grant Hardy knows that there are lots of different views about what The Book of Mormon is—how it came to be, how credible its origin story and originator are, and what its valu…
204. Advice from "The World's Worst Mom" — A Conversation with Lenore Skenazy
When Lenore Skenazy’s son was nine, he asked her repeatedly if she would let him have a solo adventure in their hometown of New York City. Her son had a specific plan for this adventure: he wanted he…
Proclaim Peace: A New Podcast by Faith Matters and Mormon Women for Ethical Government
Today we’re sharing with you an episode from a brand new podcast that Faith Matters is co-sponsoring in collaboration with Mormon Women for Ethical Government, called Proclaim Peace. This podcast is …
203. Love is a Law, not a Reward — Adam Miller at Restore
We’re back sharing a favorite session from last year’s Restore Conference. In this session, Adam Miller retells the parable of the prodigal son and a highlight from the Children’s book series, 'Frog …
202. The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God — A Conversation with Justin Brierley
A little less than two decades ago, you might walk past a bookstore and see The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins featured among the bestsellers. The mid to late 2000’s were the heyday for the New Athe…
201. The Counter-Culture of Commitment — A Conversation with Pete Davis
In 2018, Pete Davis was graduating from Harvard Law School and was chosen to give a commencement address that ended up going unexpectedly viral, having now been viewed over 30 million times.
The thesi…
200. The Awakened Brain — Lisa Miller at Restore
Today we’re sharing another fantastic session from our Restore Conference last October, this time from Lisa Miller. Lisa is a clinical psychologist and professor at Columbia University who specialize…
199. Integrity and Institutions — A Conversation with George Handley on Lowell Bennion
We’re excited to share with you this interview with George Handley, a professor of humanities at BYU. George recently published a fascinating and moving intellectual biography of Lowell Bennion. As w…
198. Seven Gospels — A Conversation with Adam Miller and Rosalynde Welch
To kick off the new year, we recently had the privilege to speak to academic duo and long-time friends, Adam Miller and Rosalynde Welch about the new book they co-authored together, titled Seven Gosp…
197. The Divinity and Humanity of the Book of Mormon — A Conversation with Jared Halverson
Today we’re sharing a conversation that we had a lot of fun with, along with an exciting announcement about the work we’re doing at Faith Matters.
Our guest was our friend Jared Halverson. Few people …
196. Peaceable Things: Three Names of Christ — Terryl Givens at Restore
This week, we’re sharing another session from our Restore conference, this time featuring a scholar most of you will be familiar with: our long time friend and advisor Terryl Givens.
Terryl’s heartfel…
195. Who is the Church for? — A Conversation with Patrick Mason
Nearly everything we do in the Church — from missionary work and ministering efforts to baptisms and temple work — hinges on an underlying question: who is the Church for? Is the project of the Resto…
194. Sacred Struggle — A Conversation with Melissa Inouye
Buy Melissa’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Struggle-Seeking-Christ-Resistance/dp/1639931872/
As we’ve gotten to know her over the past few years, we’ve noticed that Melissa Inouye, in any …
193. How to Celebrate Advent — A Conversation with Eric Huntsman
Professor Eric Huntsman has an infectious enthusiasm when he talks about Christmas. He’s up for the fun, the decorating, the shopping, the lights, and the gift-giving. He also has a deep intellectual…
192. How Church? — Tom Christofferson at Restore
A few weeks ago, Faith Matters released a video we called “Why Church?” It features several of our favorite people, who gave really thoughtful answers to that question that is present for so many.
To…
191. At-One-Ment — A Conversation with Thomas McConkie
Our guest today is a long-time friend and collaborator, and an incredibly unique voice in the Latter-day Saint tradition: Thomas McConkie. Thomas is an author, developmental researcher and meditation…
190. Romney: A Reckoning — A Conversation with McKay Coppins
We’re very excited about this week's episode. In early 2021, in the wake of January 6th, McKay Coppins contacted Mitt Romney with a bold request: he wanted to write a biography about him. But McKay h…
189. The Future of Spirituality — A Conversation with Casper ter Kuile
Organized religious communities have seen steep declines in participation in recent decades and the rise of the “nones,” those who have no particular religious affiliation, is a well-rehearsed story.…