361: American Excommunication: Spencer Wells & Isaac Barnes May

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361: American Excommunication: Spencer Wells & Isaac Barnes May

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67 minutes

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Apr 30, 2021

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Spencer Wells and Isaac Barnes May seek to put the recent ex-communication/name removal of Natasha Helfer from the LDS Church into the broader context of church boundary maintenance in America.

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Apr 30, 2021

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361: American Excommunication: Spencer Wells & Isaac Barnes May

361: American Excommunication: Spencer Wells & Isaac Barnes May

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