Speaker: James W. Ure

January 1, 2002

”Then I Became Me”: A Qualitative Analysis of Written Accounts of Leaving the LDS Church

This paper reports on my examination of 127 personal narratives of people who, for varied and complex reasons, have disassociated themselves from the Church. Of those under study, seventy-one percent had been lifetime members; sixty-two percent of males are returned missionaries; and of those married, over fifty percent are temple marriages. As I report my …

January 1, 1999

Leaving The Fold: Candid Conversations With Inactive Mormons

Leaving The Fold: Candid Conversations With Inactive Mormons James W. Ure

January 1, 1999

LEAVING THE FOLD: CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH INACTIVE MORMONS

LEAVING THE FOLD: CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH INACTIVE MORMONS James W. Ure describes the difficulties and the rewards of conducting probing interviews with 42 prominent men and women, all inactive Mormons, and explores why they became inactive. From his forthcoming book to be published by Signature Books. James W. Ure, Paul Rolly