Fall 1967
Dialogue presents a special issue on "The Mormon Family in a Changing World. Lowell Bennion serves as Guest Editor of the section assisted by Diane Monson The collection of articles, by a group of varied and talented writers, brings forth a new dimension of dialogue among members of the Church on the importance and style of family life and marital relationships. At the same time it attempts to provide a clearer image of the L.D.S. family for the non-Mormon reader by presenting articles on Mormon attitudes toward divorce (Gayle Norton), Mormon views on sex (Carlfred Broderick), and Mormon reactions to death in a family (Carole Hansen). The lead interview with Governor George Romney begins a new feature - Dialogue Profiles - which will appear often in issues to come. Romney typifies the illustrious public figure who is constantly before the press but who in many ways remains an enigma.
On August 23, 1967, Dialogue editors Eugene England, Joseph Jeppson, and Paul Salisbury taped the following interview with Michigan’s Governor George Romney in Salt Lake City, Utah; since he was the only Democrat in the…
Not only is the family the primary social institution in Mormonism, it is also much too large a theme for a special section in one issue of Dialogue. Hopefully, the Journal will be able to…
Technological change is adequately recognized as a pervading influence in American and, to a lesser degree, Western European life. Technological progress is measured by the ability of technology to increase the output of a unit…
President David O. McKay described the two major purposes of the Church during the General Priesthood Meeting of the October, 1966, General Conference. The first is that of taking the message of the restoration to…
The scriptures[1] and the teachings of the Church leaders about free agency indicate that man should pursue life according to free choice and on the assumption that he can and should use his intelligence, capabilities,…
Mormons have a deep spiritual belief in the validity of joy. While sorrow and frustration are accepted features of all lives, we believe that in partnership with God’s spirit and plan we can minimize sorrow…
Question: Why do Latter-day Saint girls marry non-Mormons? Answers: “L.D.S. boys are away on missions or at school, and those not away date non-L.D.S. girls.” “L.D.S. boys don’t date much, but L.D.S. girls want to…
Two marriages, two divorces, and years of living alone had helped make my aunt an independent, matter-of-fact sort of person. But she seemed almost too casual that night in 1956 when she told me my…
There was not even a 48-hour warning between the first x-rays of Kelden’s knee and the surgery which amputated his leg. When his physician-father took him for x-rays Sunday afternoon instead of waiting until Monday,…
The question of human sexuality and how it shall be interpreted and incorporated into life is one that every comprehensive philosophy of life must cope with. My strong conviction of this grows partly out of…
Carl Broderick’s essay treats many aspects of sex in an objective, discreet, and interesting way which should be helpful to Latter-day Saints, both in personal and family living and also in their responsibilities in the…
The cat was curled against her legs. She didn’t move them, she lay very still, feeling his little warm breathing body through the electric blanket. She stretched her arms out of the sheets and reached…
Dear Sirs: After Udall’s letter, what now? Despite the possible political implications of Stewart Udall’s letter, I hailed it as a welcome voice on a subject generally veiled in public silence. And yet after the…
Shortly before the turn of this century, a young criminal lawyer practicing in Salt Lake City, published on the back of one of his own pamphlets the following advertisement: “I want all books on the…
A logical error is committed by so many Church members who believe they are defending the faith that the time has come to point it out. It is assumed in such Dialogue letters as those…
We asked if there were ever any hard feelings or jealousy between the wives or families. He said that, to the best of his knowledge, there were never any serious problems of this sort. One…
Playing with my three-year-old son the other evening, I heard the broadcast announcing new record American deaths and casualties in Viet Nam. For the first time I realized with a chill that should the world…
I will not hesitate to say that before I entered Stanford University, I heard the Stanford Student Ward described as dangerous and heretical, and I was told to protect myself. I think that my superiors…
Look at me, man, look at me! Get your veined nose off the grindstone;remove your ground sun glasses;see the sun, feel it. It is there; I remember it from my childhood(Was it yesterday or forever ago?)prickling upon…
Orphan, Prince, Prophet! Was His voice like thunder roaring? Was it like music? Was it like a great windtorn from the center of night?Or was it a father’s controlled whisper? He gave you Aaron, with fluidity of voice like water over…
Let him, who hangs between two poles (approval-disapproval), who fits or does not fit the occasion according to conscience, alone. His will is not his own. He is the child of cant. His ubiquitous parent peers preponderantand always over the rims of thin…
“I am the captain of my soul.” W.E.H. Well sir, I have with trickery and wicked suretyset irremediable courses, have by long habit fixed as my sole owner myself, have practically eradicated from consideration all suggestions offered freely by…
Carl Broderick’s essay treats many aspects of sex in an objective, discreet, and interesting way which should be helpful to Latter-day Saints, both in personal and family living and also in their responsibilities in the…
Joseph Smith prophesied that the time would come when the United States Constitution would hang by a thread; and he indicated that if it were preserved it would be by the Latter-day Saints. The Mormon…
Mr. Newquist attempts in this book to present a particular view of the relationship between the doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and current political, economic, and social philosophy. The method…
In January, 1863, when Union fortunes were low in the Civil War, the governor of the self-proclaimed State of Deseret (Utah) sent these words to the legislature of that quasi-government: This body of men will…
Howard R. Lamar, professor of history at Yale University and author of Dakota Territory, 1861-1899: A Study of Frontier Politics (1956), has extended his investigations to the Far Southwest and produced a scholarly, highly readable,…
This volume by Dr. Madsen, Professor of Philosophy at the Brigham Young University, consists of seven essays. The first, “Whence Cometh Man?” raises philosophical problems which become the subjects of the six essays which follow.…
Dr. Landau, a specialist in child development at the University of Utah, has compiled a warm and sensitive book of advice for parents. The book consists of short discussions on special topics, many edited from…
Mormons know Governor Romney, Billy Casper, Gene Fullmer, and Grant Johannesen. Most have heard of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms. Fewer know of Gershwin, Bernstein, Copland, Bloch. But who can name the Church’s only living composer of…
