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Meet the Early-day Saints Episode 7: Human Nature, with Gaye Strathearn
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Meet the Early-day Saints Episode 7: Human Nature, with Gaye Strathearn

“What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them…”

Early Christians were fascinated by the nature of God and God’s relationship to humans. They had stories from the scriptures, but they didn’t have a clear or unified explanation about humanity, human nature, and their exact relationship to God. Dr. Gaye Strathearn takes us through the history of Christian thought in response to the question, what makes humans human? We’re looking at her chapter in the book Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints, called “Human Nature: Creation and the Fall.”

About the Guest

Gaye Strathearn is professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University and associate dean in Religious Education. She earned her PhD in Religion, with an emphasis in New Testament and Christian Origins, from Claremont Graduate University.

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About the Guest

Gaye Strathearn is professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University and associate dean in Religious Education. She earned her PhD in Religion, with an emphasis in New Testament and Christian Origins, from Claremont Graduate University.

About the Host

Blair Hodges earned a bachelor’s degree in communications (journalism) at the University of Utah and a master’s degree in religious studies at Georgetown University. He hosts Fireside with Blair Hodges and previously hosted the Maxwell Institute Podcast at Brigham Young University.

Cover art by Charlotte Condie

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Meet the Early-Day Saints: A Wayfare Limited Series
Welcome to Meet the Early-Day Saints, a limited series produced and hosted by Blair Hodges.
In Meet the Early-day Saints, Blair will take you on a journey through time to meet the earliest disciples of Jesus. You’ll learn from a wide range of esteemed Latter-day Saint scholars who reveal the similarities and differences between ancient Christian faith and ours today. Throughout the series, some of your common assumptions may be challenged and in the process you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Each guest is a contributor to the new book Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints, from the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.
In our first episode, we ask what if the “Great Apostasy” wasn’t so great after all? Latter-day Saint scholar Jason R. Combs invites us to revisit our assumptions about the Christians who came before us. We discuss his chapter “Understanding Ancient Christians, Apostasy, and Restoration,” from the book Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints.