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Volume 39, No. 2

Summer 2006

The Summer 2006 issue begins with "Eternal Progression in a Multiverse: An Explorative Mormon Cosmology" which provides a fascinating connection between the Mormon doctrine of eternal progression and the multiverse theory, providing a look at how the doctrine would be implemented should the multiverse theory be true. This is followed by "Without Purse or Scrip in Scotland" by Polly Aird which takes a look at Scottish missionaries serving in Scotland in the nineteenth century. Finally, we have an exploration of patriarchy and gender equality in the Bible, specifically referencing Paul's writings to the Ephesians. Also included in this issue are several beautiful works of art, a pair of fictional works, and a reflection on forty years of Dialogue.

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  • Dialogue, law, history, retrospective

Contents

Articles/Essays

The Possibilities of Dialogue



In a remarkable essay entitled “Beyond Politics” in a recent issue of BYU Studies, Hugh Nibley makes an exciting observation: God not only desires a free discussion with [his children], he encourages it. Further, it is an essential part of his modus operandi for our return to his presence. In his own translation of John 1:1, Nibley illustrates how indispensable this concept was to the very order of things: “In the beginning was the Logos [counsel, discussion], and the Logos was in the presence of God, and all things were done according to it. . .”



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Famous Last Words, or Through the Correspondence Files



For the past six years, I have been engaged in various dialogues best under stood by a quick trip through the editorial correspondence files, a sort of diary (or dia-log) of my term as editor. In that fragmentary record I grope for a synthesis that eludes me. Whenever someone politely asks me what kind of journal DIALOGUE is, I usually fall back on words like quarterly, intellectual, and scholarly. 



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A Lament



Eight times the Lord lamented that it grieved him to lose the branches of His vineyard (Jac. 5). Surely it grieves him to lose the women who have left the Church or quietly disengaged from active Church involvement. It grieves me. I miss them terribly. 



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Fiction

The Walker



Our firsts and lasts were leaves burned the hour we left.  Ted Hughes You could say that my life and The Walker’s life—well, it’s all been a question of firsts. And to be honest, I thought…



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Interview

Letters to the Editor

Notes

An Open Letter to Nathan Oman



Dear Nathan:

I appreciate your “An Open Letter to the Dialogue Board” (38, no. 4 [Winter 2005]: 227-29). I consider it a sincere and thoughtful expression of an ideal I share: a more balanced, diverse, and inclusive dialogue about Mormon religion and culture. As a former editor of Dialogue (1971-76), I am pleased that, as you say, “you care a great deal about the health and public reputation of Mormon intellectual fora” (227).



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