Lesley Butterfield's guest appearances

Lesley Butterfield

A Thoughtful Faith - Mormon / LDS

Naked Mormonism Podcast

Mormon Happy Hour Podcast

Benjamin Knoll

Ryan McKnight

Sam Young

Christopher C. Smith

Kate Kelly

Joseph Smith

John Hamer

Cristina Rosetti

Jana Riess

Blaire Ostler

Gina Colvin

Andrew Torrez

Emily Jensen

Nathan McCluskey

Emily Quinn

OwlTail

Lesley Butterfield is a registered nurse and survivor advocate who works with victims of abuse.    She’s passionate about increasing literacy about abuse and trauma in particular for women survivors of spiritual and ecclesiastical abuse in the Church.    Lesley has certifications and training in Trauma-Informed Care, Community Advocacy, Faith and Spiritual Development, Familial Mental Health, Domestic Abuse, and Resiliency.   We discuss the role that women play in the revictimization of female trauma victims in the Church and the lack of protection and safety for women who find themselves in abusive situations.

Lesley Butterfield is a registered nurse and survivor advocate who works with victims of abuse.  She’s passionate about increasing literacy about abuse and trauma in particular for women survivors of spiritual and ecclesiastical abuse in the Church.  Lesley has certifications and training in Trauma-Informed Care, Community Advocacy, Faith and Spiritual Development, Familial Mental Health, Domestic Abuse, and Resiliency. We discuss the role that women play in the revictimization of female trauma victims in the Church and the lack of protection and safety for women who find themselves in abusive situations.

297:  Women's Abuse, Oppression and Trauma Under the Patriarchy: Understanding and Healing the System: Lesley Butterfield

Colleen and Lesley take a chronological approach through the past 2 weeks of sexual abuse hot topics in Mormonism. We vent our way through Sam Young of the Protect LDS Children movement called to a disciplinary court and the results of that court still undetermined. Don’t miss McKenna Denson calling out her alleged rapist, former Missionary Training Center President Joseph Bishop in front of his local congregation.  Next, beloved Progressive Mormon Columnist for the SLTrib, Robert Kirby, responds to Denson’s call-out and social media erupts. MormonLeaks is sued by Brigham Young University, and also this past Tuesday, drops a leaked memo from Kirton McConkie, the LDS Church’s law firm. The memo addresses 6 cases of sexual misconduct and how the church [MIS] handles them. And we wrap up the vent fest with two brave women who are speaking out about the unsafe conditions of LDS missionaries, including their own harrowing experiences of sexual assault. Full video of the episode is available on Patreon.Links mentioned in this episode: McKenna Denson: Video of Woman calls out her rapist in front of his church congregation Robert Kirby Column: Denson’s latest ‘assault’ claims against Mormon men don’t hold up SLTrib: Letter: Assault is not a subject for Kirby’s Mockery Blog: Calling out Robert Kirby Tribune Columnist Robert Kirby suspended after investigation into inappropriate behavior Sam Young’s blog about his Excommunication Notice Newsweek: Mormon Bishop Sam Young Facing Excommunication for Wanting to Stop Sexually Explicit Interviews of Children SLTrib: BYU says it doesn’t have to release police interview with MTC leader accused of assault, files three lawsuits over records requests A Thoughtful Faith Podcast: Taking Mormons to Court Defending Sexual Abuse Victims Against the LDS Church by Tim Kosnoff Wheats and Tares: Exclusion Policy Removed from Seminary Curriculum…Again SLTrib: The LDS Church says it wasn’t ‘responding well’ to sexual assaults in the mission field SLTrib: The LDS Church is trying to combat the idea that missionaries have special protection MormonLeak Internal Memo from Kirton McConkie regarding sexual misconduct

Colleen and Lesley take a chronological approach through the past 2 weeks of sexual abuse hot topics in Mormonism. We vent our way through Sam Young of the Protect LDS Children movement called to a disciplinary court and the results of that court still undetermined. Don’t miss McKenna Denson calling out her alleged rapist, former Missionary Training Center President Joseph Bishop in front of his local congregation.  Next, beloved Progressive Mormon Columnist for the SLTrib, Robert Kirby, responds to Denson’s call-out and social media erupts. MormonLeaks is sued by Brigham Young University, and also this past Tuesday, drops a leaked memo from Kirton McConkie, the LDS Church’s law firm. The memo addresses 6 cases of sexual misconduct and how the church [MIS] handles them. And we wrap up the vent fest with two brave women who are speaking out about the unsafe conditions of LDS missionaries, including their own harrowing experiences of sexual assault. Full video of the episode is available on Patreon. Links mentioned in this episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/gOIxoEB0jBs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McKenna Denson: Video of Woman calls out her rapist in front of his church congregation</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/kirby/2018/09/09/kirby-densons-latest/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Kirby Column: Denson’s latest ‘assault’ claims against Mormon men don’t hold up</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2018/09/12/letter-assault-is-not/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SLTrib: Letter: Assault is not a subject for Kirby’s Mockery</a></li> <li><a href="https://anticult.blog/2018/09/14/callingoutrobertkirby/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blog: Calling out Robert Kirby</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/09/15/tribune-columnist-robert/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tribune Columnist Robert Kirby suspended after investigation into inappropriate behavior</a></li> <li><a href="https://invisiblescubit.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/excommunication-notice/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Young’s blog about his Excommunication Notice</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mormon-bishop-sam-young-excommunication-sexually-explicit-children-interviews-1096856" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsweek: Mormon Bishop Sam Young Facing Excommunication for Wanting to Stop Sexually Explicit Interviews of Children</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/08/22/byu-says-it-doesnt-have/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SLTrib: BYU says it doesn’t have to release police interview with MTC leader accused of assault, files three lawsuits over records requests</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.athoughtfulfaith.org/258-taking-the-mormons-to-court-defending-sexual-abuse-victims-agains-the-lds-church-tim-kosnoff/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Thoughtful Faith Podcast: Taking Mormons to Court Defending Sexual Abuse Victims Against the LDS Church by Tim Kosnoff</a></li> <li><a href="https://wheatandtares.org/2018/09/08/exclusion-policy-removed-from-seminary-curriculum-again/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wheats and Tares: Exclusion Policy Removed from Seminary Curriculum…Again</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2018/08/30/lds-church-says-it-wasnt/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SLTrib: The LDS Church says it wasn’t ‘responding well’ to sexual assaults in the mission field</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2018/08/30/new-guidelines-mormon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SLTrib: The LDS Church is trying to combat the idea that missionaries have special protection</a></li> <li><a href="https://mormonleaks.io/newsroom/2018/09/11/mormonleaks-publishes-internal-kirton-mcconkie-document-summarizing-investigation-of-abuse-within-the-mormon-church/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MormonLeak Internal Memo from Kirton McConkie regarding sexual misconduct</a></li></ul>

MHH35: Mormon Sexual Trauma Dumpster Fire with Lesley Butterfield

On this episode, we dive into the actual content of the Book of Abraham in our continued examination of the history of the book. We read extracts of each chapter with a bit of study guide along the way. We cover Abraham’s story arc in the book, the deeper doctrines and teachings which come from the Book, and we examine some of the cultural milieu from whence the Book of Abraham arose. We cover Joseph’s rewriting of the Genesis creation narrative, racism within the books of Mormon canon, and the Hebrew root of ‘Kolob’. What would it take to get rid of some of these pieces of doctrine, canon, and theology in the modern Church? After that we’re joined by Lesley Butterfield of Unrighteous Dominion to discuss abuse in its many manifestations within the culture of the LDS Church. Links: Book of Abraham Study Guide  https://www.lds.org/manual/the-pearl-of-great-price-student-manual/the-book-of-abraham?lang=eng Book of Abraham and Facsimiles  http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-abraham-and-facsimiles-1-march-16-may-1842/11 Egyptian Human Sacrifice http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/humansac.htm Dynastic timeline of Egypt http://www.touregypt.net/hdyn1.htm Mark of Cain  https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/366381-what-is-the-mark-of-cain-in-the-book-of-mormon Book of Moses  http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/old-testament-revision-1/2#full-transcript Bible Chronology of Abraham http://biblehub.com/timeline/ Kolob as Sirius https://bycommonconsent.com/2006/11/18/kolob-as-sirius/ Improvement Era 1913 Kolob as Sirius  https://archive.org/stream/improvementera1605unse/improvementera1605unse_djvu.txt ‘Kolob’ as ‘Man-whore’ “Ain’t Nothing but a Hound Dog”  http://www.academia.edu/1167730/Aint_Nothing_But_a_Hound_Dog_The_meaning_of_the_noun_klb_in_Northwest_Semitic_Languages_in_light_of_BT_Rosh_Hashannah_4a The Vanity of Arts and Sciences by Agrippa https://archive.org/details/vanityartsandsc00unkngoog Astronomy and the Book of Abraham http://www.ldsgospeldoctrine.net/ddd/ddd-ot02.pdf First and Second Estate doctrine http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Second_Estate Lesley Butterfield and Unrighteous Dominion https://www.unrighteousdominion.org/ Show Links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com  Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311  Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism  Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/  Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/

On this episode, we dive into the actual content of the Book of Abraham in our continued examination of the history of the book. We read extracts of each chapter with a bit of study guide along the way. We cover Abraham’s story arc in the book, the deeper doctrines and teachings which come from the Book, and we examine some of the cultural milieu from whence the Book of Abraham arose. We cover Joseph’s rewriting of the Genesis creation narrative, racism within the books of Mormon canon, and the Hebrew root of ‘Kolob’. What would it take to get rid of some of these pieces of doctrine, canon, and theology in the modern Church? After that we’re joined by Lesley Butterfield of Unrighteous Dominion to discuss abuse in its many manifestations within the culture of the LDS Church. Links: Book of Abraham Study Guide <a href="https://www.lds.org/manual/the-pearl-of-great-price-student-manual/the-book-of-abraham?lang=eng" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.lds.org/manual/the-pearl-of-great-price-student-manual/the-book-of-abraham?lang=eng</a> Book of Abraham and Facsimiles <a href="http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-abraham-and-facsimiles-1-march-16-may-1842/11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-abraham-and-facsimiles-1-march-16-may-1842/11</a> Egyptian Human Sacrifice <a href="http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/humansac.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/humansac.htm</a> Dynastic timeline of Egypt <a href="http://www.touregypt.net/hdyn1.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.touregypt.net/hdyn1.htm</a> Mark of Cain <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/366381-what-is-the-mark-of-cain-in-the-book-of-mormon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/366381-what-is-the-mark-of-cain-in-the-book-of-mormon</a> Book of Moses <a href="http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/old-testament-revision-1/2#full-transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/old-testament-revision-1/2#full-transcript</a> Bible Chronology of Abraham <a href="http://biblehub.com/timeline/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://biblehub.com/timeline/</a> Kolob as Sirius <a href="https://bycommonconsent.com/2006/11/18/kolob-as-sirius/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bycommonconsent.com/2006/11/18/kolob-as-sirius/</a> Improvement Era 1913 Kolob as Sirius <a href="https://archive.org/stream/improvementera1605unse/improvementera1605unse_djvu.txt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://archive.org/stream/improvementera1605unse/improvementera1605unse_djvu.txt</a> ‘Kolob’ as ‘Man-whore’ “Ain’t Nothing but a Hound Dog” <a href="http://www.academia.edu/1167730/Aint_Nothing_But_a_Hound_Dog_The_meaning_of_the_noun_klb_in_Northwest_Semitic_Languages_in_light_of_BT_Rosh_Hashannah_4a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.academia.edu/1167730/Aint_Nothing_But_a_Hound_Dog_The_meaning_of_the_noun_klb_in_Northwest_Semitic_Languages_in_light_of_BT_Rosh_Hashannah_4a</a> The Vanity of Arts and Sciences by Agrippa <a href="https://archive.org/details/vanityartsandsc00unkngoog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/vanityartsandsc00unkngoog</a> Astronomy and the Book of Abraham <a href="http://www.ldsgospeldoctrine.net/ddd/ddd-ot02.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ldsgospeldoctrine.net/ddd/ddd-ot02.pdf</a> First and Second Estate doctrine <a href="http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Second_Estate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Second_Estate</a> Lesley Butterfield and Unrighteous Dominion <a href="https://www.unrighteousdominion.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.unrighteousdominion.org/</a> Show Links: Website <a href="http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com</a> Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/NakedMormonism" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@NakedMormonism</a> Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311</a> Patreon <a href="http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism</a> Music by Jason Comeau <a href="http://aloststateofmind.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://aloststateofmind.com/</a> Show Artwork <a href="http://weirdmormonshit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://weirdmormonshit.com/</a> Legal Counsel <a href="http://patorrez.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://patorrez.com/</a>

Ep 104 – Book of Abraham Spiritual plus Lesley Butterfield