Faith Under Constraint: Sneaking to Church in Saudi Arabia: A Conversation with Stephanie Kilpatrick

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Stephanie Kilpatrick joins us to discuss her personal essay “Sneaking to Church in Saudi,” featured in the Winter 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. In conversation with Personal Voices editor Charlotte Hansen Terry, Kilpatrick reflects on faith, risk, and belonging as she recounts her experience navigating religious practice in a place where worship carried real social and legal stakes.

Their discussion explores the emotional texture of clandestine faith, the meaning of community under constraint, and the ways spiritual identity adapts in unfamiliar and sometimes restrictive environments. Together, they consider what it means to seek connection, reverence, and courage when the ordinary structures of religious life are absent.