Jonquilyn Hill

What makes Mormonism uniquely tied to the American story compared to other religious traditions?

This is the story of a way of life and of a people.

A people very much like your next door neighbors.

A people who number in the media.

Are there any fears inside the church that, you know, assimilation may be too much in the current American culture?

I mean, I'm a Christian, and one of the things I was raised with was, like, you're not supposed to be of the world or in the world.

You of this peculiar people

You cannot with impunity follow practices out of harmony with values you have been taught.

I challenge you to rise above the sordid elements of the world about you.

So there's this question of how religion and pop culture shape one another.

And it's one we've been asking ourselves for a while now.

That's coming up.

I'm JQ and we're back with Explain It To Me.

Mormonism is far from the only version of religious life we've seen on TV.

You wanted the truth, I'm giving it to you.

I'm an angel.

I'm one of the best, but I try.

Are the shows that we're seeing explicitly religious or shows that just happen to have religious characters or subplot or themes?

God loves the world in this way.

that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.