To honor this legendary Mormon publication, I’ve collected from various Exponent bloggers some thoughts about Dialogue‘s role in their lives and about Dialogue articles that have particularly impacted them. MayDialogue continue on for another 50 years… and many, many more after that.
Dialogue: a Journal of Mormon Thought turns 50 this year. So do I, and the similarities don’t end there.
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought turns 50 this year. This is important for a lot of reasons, most of which have nothing to do with Mormon literature.
Dialogue has been hugely important in my life. In fact, I’m not sure I would have ever converted to Mormonism without it.” – Jana Riess
But I remember once arriving at someone’s house, being welcomed into their living room, seeing an entire run of Dialogue issues displayed prominently on their shelves, and immediately feeling at home.
Who is speaking at our “Spirit of Dialogue” conference on September 30th at UVU? Speakers will include Dialogue luminaries Armand Mauss, Darius Gray, Alice Faulkner Burch, Ignacio Garcia, Gabrielle Blair, Patrick Mason, Meg Conly, Greg Prince, Michael Austin, Ben Park, Courtney Clark Kendrick, Paul Reeve, and Eric Samuelsen and more discussing LDS art, the issues surrounding Mormon groupthink, the place of Dialogue within Mormon studies and more. Find biographies of the presenters here.
“Hair-Raising Tales from the Department of the Interior: A Report from the Front Lines of the Battle Against Boredom”
I have been deeply comforted that Dialogue exists, that it’s there as a strong voice for things that need to be said.” – Carol Lynn Pearson
Over at the Maxwell Institute, Board President Patrick Mason discusses his definitions of faith and doubt. Here’s a snippet:
“How do I understand faith?
The BYU Honor Code has come under fire recently, and I don’t want to detract from that discussion, but it has caused me to reflect back on my own run-in with the Honor Code back in March 1984.