Brandon Plewe brings his cartographic expertise to discuss his latest work: Mapping Mormonism: An Atlas of Latter-day Saint History in the 14th Dialogue podcast, recorded live at the Miller Eccles study group in March.
Dr. Philip Barlow exclaims “The Joseph Smith in our heads is too small!” in the 13th podcast recorded at the Miller-Eccles Group in February. As explained at the website: that is an astounding claim, given the international derision and devotion he has inspired among millions. Yet the scope, nature, and radicalism of his prophetic project is more vast and more radical than his followers or critics generally grasp. He was correct in more ways than he may have intended when he said, “No man knows my history.”
[…] Kirby has managed to help us see our quirks and foibles in a humorous light. Who can forget his ’13 Particles of Faith?’ Or his fascinating commentary on Elder Holland’s conference talk, ‘Lord, I […]
[…] taken from a lecture presented to the Miller-Eccles group. Laurie Maffly-Kipp is newly appointed to the Dan forth Center on Religion and Politics in St. Louis, Missouri. A brilliant scholar, she has published a […]
[…] there. Mormons have a long history of interaction with the Holy Land, beginning with Orson Hyde’s dedication for the gathering of the Jews in 1841, and continuing through numerous re-dedications by a variety of […]
[…] with the rest of the world. This ongoing adjustment phenomenon had not been recognized by sociologists be fore Mauss discovered it in Mormonism. Now it has become a significant corollary to the theory of […]
[…] folk hero. His legacy continues in the stories and jokes we still tell about this tall, gaunt former cowboy. Drawing from his book, The J. Golden Kimball Stories—the first scholarly analysis of J. Golden […]
The writing, production, and responses associated with The God Who Weeps reveal something of the multiplicity of “Mormonisms.” In this podcast, Terryl and Fiona discuss some of the ways in which we construct our faith identity, and how we might rethink the interconnections of Mormonism as an institution, a community, a belief structure, and a devotional template.
In a departure from our usual format, this podcast is a recording of a recent presentation given by Dr. Gordon to the Orange County, […]
In this third Dialogue podcast, Morris Thurston, Dialogue’s board president-elect, interviews Dr. Robert Rees, former Dialogue Editor, and Dr. Caitlin Ryan. This podcast seeks to further continuing dialogue between LDS families and Church leaders on issues relating to sexual orientation and same-gender identity and attraction.