<i>Dialogue 56. 3 (Fall 2023): 109–123</i><br> As an adult, I learned that 1993 represented a kind of death for members of the Mormon studies community. Since the 1970s, Latter-day Saint women had been challenging […]
[…] as the launching pad for the crisis. America, just like her homegrown religion, was engulfed in division over culture wars that were birthed in the 1970s, heightened in the 1980s, and then meted out […]
[…] that Latter-day Saints who can assent to a small core set of beliefs can (theoretically) differ wildly over other points of doctrine or about contemporary issues in broader society and still enjoy the fellowship […]
[…] would undermine an otherwise strong application to teach at BYU. I learned firsthand on two different occasions over the next few years that she was right. Fortunately, BYU wasn’t my only professional option, as […]
[…] reactions of Church authorities: for example, ERA activist Sonia Johnson was excommunicated in December 1979, and just over two months later, Elder Ezra Taft Benson gave his infamous talk “Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the […]
[…] Merrill Allred in 1995, and Margaret Merrill Toscano in 2000. Gileadi and Hanks returned to the Church over time. Anderson’s request to rejoin was denied by the First Presidency in 2019. The publications and […]
Listen in to the 90th Episode of the Dialogue Gospel Study featuring Ryan Davis. Ryan Davis writes about ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion. He’s interested especially in how the autonomy of persons is […]
[…] Declaration, racism persists. Join us for an open and honest conversation as we explore why it took over 160 years for the Church to acknowledge past errors and denounce white supremacy. Together, we’ll discuss […]
[…] has served as Assistant Dean of of the School of Fine Arts UCLA and Director of Studies for the UCLA-Cambridge Program and the UCLA Royal College of Art and Royal College of Music Programs […]
[…] and murder of Bruce Cluff (former dentist, pothunter, and local good old boy), Scissors comes into focus over the course of the novel as a rare type of monster in the style of No […]