Dialogue: a journal of Mormon thought

Dialogue Gospel Study with Joe Plicka on October 12 - Dialogue Journal Joe Plicka has taught at BYU-Hawaii since 2012. His work can be found in the anthology, Fire in the Pasture: twenty-first century mormon poets and, more recently, in Christianity Today’s literary offs...

Join us for the Dialogue Gospel Study discussion with Joe Plicka on Sunday at noon. He plans to explore D&C 111-120 as a "believer trying to think about what this time of turmoil and apostasy can tell us now."

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In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud Charlotte Hansen Terry speaks with Bryant Skeen Thompson, author of “No Hard Feelings." Thompson shares the story of his brother’s struggle with ALS and the lessons it offered about grief, gratitude, and divine love.

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“Today’s adaptives, he concludes in the study, are, in many instances, yesterday’s devout traditionalists who have “readily adapted” their social beliefs to match the “modern era.”

One likely driver he highlighted was growing acceptance of homosexuality both in and out of the church…”

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We're excited for Joe Plicka's remarks coming Sunday, but we are also delighted to announce that poet Sharlee Mullins Glenn will be presenting our Gospel Study on October 26. Plan to be online at noon MT. Learn more at the link.

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As a Fall 2025 audio teaser, Dialogue presents "Secret Societies and the Political Context of Joseph Smith’s Rewritten Scripture" by Colby Townsend. This automated voice rendering is provided in order to enable greater accessibility to our content.

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Dialogue Gospel Study with Joe Plicka on October 12 - Dialogue Journal Joe Plicka has taught at BYU-Hawaii since 2012. His work can be found in the anthology, Fire in the Pasture: twenty-first century mormon poets and, more recently, in Christianity Today’s literary offs...

We are excited to feature one of our fiction editors for our upcoming Dialogue Gospel Study: Joe Plicka on October 12th. Joe Plicka has taught at BYU-Hawaii since 2012. His work can be found in Brevity, Booth, Psaltery and Lyre, and others.

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‘The man for the moment’: LDS scholars, influencers and members pay homage to Russell Nelson’s life, legacy Latter-day Saint scholars, influencers and rank and file react to news of church President Russell Nelson's death.

Latter-day Saint scholars, influencers and rank and file react to news of church President Russell Nelson's death.

We welcome you to our recorded Gospel Study this week. In preparation for General Conference next week, we are proud to present Reflections on the April General Conference talks with various friends of Dialogue, who offer varied and thoughtful responses.

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Statement on Violence at a Chapel in Grand Blanc, Michigan A tragic act of violence occurred today at a chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

Statement on Violence at a Chapel in Grand Blanc, Michigan http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/statement-violence-chapel-grand-blanc-michigan

Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and shooter is down, police say Police say multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down. Local police said in a social media post that the shooting occurred at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, about 50 miles north of Detroit.

BREAKING: Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police say.

With Russell Nelson’s death, here is an interactive look at his 101 years of service to medicine, family and faith Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of the LDS Church, has died at 101. This timeline offers a look at a life full of milestones.

Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of the LDS Church, has died at 101. This timeline offers a look at a life full of milestones.

Russell M. Nelson, oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died at the age of 101.

BREAKING: Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died at the age of 101, church officials announced late Saturday night. He was 101.

We are excited to present Reflections on the April General Conference talks with various friends of Dialogue as well as speakers from our Gospel Study presentations. Coming Sunday, September 28th. Here's a sneak peek of Patrick Mason!

In this episode of Dialogue Unbound, Caroline Kline speaks with scholar and ethnographer Brittany Romanello about her 2020 Dialogue article, “Multiculturalism as Resistance: Latina Migrants Navigate U.S. Mormon Spaces.”

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Separate but Equal?: Black Brothers, Genesis Groups, or Integrated Wards? - Dialogue Journal Dialogue 23.1 (Spring 1990): 11–36A history of Black LDS social groups and organizations. The Genesis Group gave African Americans a better chance to connect with fellow African Americans through freq...

In lieu of the passing of one of The Genesis Group founders Eugene Orr today, here is Jesse Embry's "Separate but Equal?: Black Brothers, Genesis Groups, or Integrated Wards?" detailing some of that history. We wish all the best to his family at this time.

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We are excited to present Reflections on the April General Conference talks with various speakers from previous Dialogue Gospel Study sessions. Coming Sunday, September 28th! Here's a sneak peek.

Dialogue will be set up at the Restore Conference next Friday, September 26th. Come say hi!

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Emma Tueller Stone teaches on generational curses and blessings and so much more in the newest Gospel Study lesson.

Emma Tueller Stone is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at the University of Cambridge.

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Join us an hour early for Dialogue Gospel Study at 11 a.m. on September 14 with Emma Tueller Stone. Emma is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at the University of Cambridge.

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In the inaugural episode of Dialogue Unbound, co-editors Caroline Kline and Margaret Olsen Hemming sit down with scholar Patrick Mason to explore what Mormon theology has to say about peace and peacemaking in our turbulent world.

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Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought presents the automated article "The Possibilities of Mormon Peacebuilding" by Patrick Mason in conjunction with the upcoming Unbound interview.

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"What happens when six decades of Mormon Thought meet the headlines of today?” We are delighted to announce a new podcast from Editors Margaret Olsen Hemming and Caroline Kline: Dialogue Unbound.

First episode coming next week!

Dialogue Gospel Study with Emma Tueller Stone on September 14 - Dialogue Journal Emma Tueller Stone is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at the University of Cambridge focusing on fantasy, Queer theory, pop culture, age studies, and religion. Her ...

Dialogue Gospel Study with Emma Tueller Stone on September 14.
Recently, Emma’s essay “Handcart Apostasy” was published in the 2025 Spring Issue of Dialogue.

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I have a piece in the Salt Lake Tribune at the end of this month telling a significant story using an important "missing" (never published) letter from Brigham Young to a great Ute chief. If Native American history, and the history of slavery, are important to you, you'll want to read it.

Cover of Dialogue, Volume 58, Issue 2, Summer 2025 On the covers: Julie Yuen Yim, The Plan of Salvation II, 2019, Chinese paper cutting, 21” x 21”

Cover of "Joseph White Musser: A Mormon Fundamentalist" by Cristina M. Rosetti

In @dialoguejournal.bsky.social 58.2, Cyrus D. Simper reviews Cristina Rosetti's JOSEPH WHITE MUSSER: A MORMON FUNDAMENTALIST.

💬 "comprehensive and analytically rich"

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Dialogue is still looking for thoughtful pieces for our 60th anniversary issue. Let us know if you are thinking of sending something good in!

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We're getting excited for our Fall 2025 Issue of Dialogue and thought we'd drop a sneak peek at the cover! Subscribe here to not miss it!

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For the first time ever, we are offering a full issue of Dialogue in audio format.

The Summer 2025 issue features standout scholarship, poetry, fiction, essays and more.

This audio offering allows you to experience the issue in a whole new way.

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Words of Wisdom: Gospel Study with Taylor Petrey

Taylor Petrey takes us on a journey through the interpretations of the Word of Wisdom and what it means for today’s church. Listen here.

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Dialogue Gospel Study with Taylor Petrey on August 24 - Dialogue Journal Taylor Petrey is the previous editor of Dialogue: a journal of Mormon thought. Petrey holds a BA in philosophy and religion from Pace University, and both an MTSE and a Th.D. degree from Harvard Divin...

Join us for Dialogue Gospel Study with Taylor Petrey tomorrow!

Taylor Petrey is the previous editor of Dialogue: a journal of Mormon thought. His essay Toward a Post-Heterosexual Mormon Theology received Dialogue’s Best Article award in 2011.
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