“Masturbation is not sinful behavior in of itself nor is it a transgression. God has created us as emotional, spiritual, intellectual and sexual beings. He has created these capacities in the context of both relational purpose and self-sufficiency.”
Dialogue is pleased to present Gregory Prince’s beautiful interview with Sister Chieko Okazaki from the Spring 2012 issue in noting the one-year anniversary of her passing this week.
This week a controversial article (with an even more controversial cover) on “How Mormons Make Money” broke at Businessweek. Two Mormon media voices provided measured responses, spotlighting the tension between Mormon scriptural injunctions and Mormon business practices, but showcasing important subtler nuances.
Editor Kristine Haglund joins fellow panelists Jordan Kimball and Katie Davis Henderson in a new Mormon Matters podcast on “Growing Up Mormon–and Fearless.”
Announced in the just-released Summer 2012 issue, Dialogue’s Best of 2011 Awards.
For Best Article: Taylor Petrey,“Toward a Post-Heterosexual Mormon Theology”–Winter
For Fiction: David G. Pace, “American Trinity”–Summer
A section from the epic theological poem “My Turn on Earth” featured at By Common Consent and “found” by guest editor Steven Peck:
Mormon scholars representing a myriad of subjects congregate at the new blog Peculiar People, with consistently impressive results. Recent offerings include Dialogue contributor Taylor Petrey asking “Is Mormonism Ridiculous?”
Dubbed a “Mother’s Day sermon you will actually like” by Editor Kristine Haglund, this piece titled “A Community of Abundance” by Lant Pritchett was spoken over the pulpit last Mother’s Day and flippantly begins “I have never spoken on Mother’s Day in church before, nor have I wanted to.
This week marked the ignition of the new online journal Religion & Politics with some familiar Dialogue faces participating.
On March 29-30, Utah Valley University hosted a “Mormonism and the Internet” Conference and it is now online via YouTube with sessions by Rosemary Avance , Buddy Blankenfeld, Joanna Brooks, Gideon Burton, David Charles, Alan Cooperman, John Dehlin, Greg Droubay, James Faulconer, Scott Gordon , Patrick Mason, Ardis E. Parshall, Jana Riess, David W. Scott, and our own Editor Kristine Haglund, who eloquently discusses the communities found within Bloggernacle, with brilliant insights on how women are forming online identities.