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"I consider myself a spiritual person. I do not consider myself a religious person. I think that adherence to form and structure doesn't allow for one's own sense of connection or growth." —Shauna Adix, former director, University Women's Resource Center
"There are an awful lot of Mormons for whom guilt is a problem." —Levi Peterson, author and university professor
About the author
James W. Ure is the author of two non-fiction books, Hawks and Roses and Bait for Trout, Being the Confessions of an Unorthodox Angler. He has written for the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, as well as for national magazines. He is the recipient of several writing awards; for this book he received grants from the Utah Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts. A University of Utah graduate, he lives in Salt Lake City and works in advertising and marketing.
title page
Leaving the Fold
Candid Conversations with Inactive Mormons
James W. Ure
Signature Books • Salt Lake City
copyright page
Cover design by Ron Stucki
© James W. Ure 1999. All rights reserved.
Preparation of this work was funded in part by a grant from the
Utah Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Published by Signature Books. Signature Books is a registered
trademark of Signature Books, Inc.
Leaving the Fold: Candid Conversations with Inactive Mormons
was printed on acid-free paper and was manufactured in the
United States of America.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Leaving the fold : candid conversations with inactive
Mormons / by James W. Ure.
1. Mormons—United States—Religious life. 2. Ex-church
members—Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Interviews. I. Title.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-56085-134-1 (pbk.)
BGX8656.U74 1999
289.3’092’2—dc21 99-36057
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