Volume 44, No. 1
Spring 2011
The Spring 2011 issue begins with Samuel Brown looking at the concept of a "Great Chain of Being" and relates that to Mormon theology, morphing the concept into a "Great Chain of Meaning." This is followed by Alan Michael Williams and "Mormon and Queer at the Crossroads," which explores the future of Mormon and LGBT+ relations, as well as how to reconcile membership to both groups. Finally David Scott writes of a virtual world called Second Life, and explains how virtual reality and religion could become intertwined in the future, while looking at the future of both industries and new and exciting ways to worship as the century progresses. This issue also features a great deal of poetry and reviews, as well as a sermon from W. Paul Reeve.
Contents
Articles/Essays
Mormon and Queer at the Crossroads
Alan Michael WilliamsDialogue 44.1 (Spring 2011): 53–84
This essay explores conflicting messages within LDS teaching on LGBT rights, when it both opposed same-sex marriage and in the wake of Prop 8 also came out in support of other LGBT rights that display both wrath and mercy. It explores a theory of LDS teachings on homosexuality along these lines, as well as the context of shifting norms around sexual identity.
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Fiction
The Dream
Levi S. PetersonNiles awoke from a strange dream to find that his snoring had once again driven his wife from their bed. On his way to the bathroom, he peered into the darkened living room and, as…
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Richard Golightly: A Novel
Ryan ShoemakerConception “They’re up there now,” Bishop Gray croons from the pulpit. His eyes move to the chapel ceiling. “Billions and billions of spirits waiting to inhabit mortal bodies, warriors saved for these last days, ready…
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