Summer 2025 Issue Overview

Get an inside look at the Summer 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought in this episode of Dialogue Out Loud. Co-editor in chief Margaret Olsen Hemming sits down with Dialogue’s section editors to walk through the contents of the issue and offer behind-the-scenes insights.

This season’s issue features standout scholarship including:

“Thaddeus of Warsaw and the Book of Mormon: A Symposium” by John Durham Peters
“Joseph Smith’s Spiritual Language: The Presence of Early Modern English in the Book of Mormon” by William L. Davis
“Enos Encoded: Narrative Structure in the Small Plates” by Ryan A. Davis
You’ll also find stunning new poetry, poignant personal essays, and fresh fiction that captures the richness of lived experience. The issue closes with a stirring sermon, “Environmental Stewardship and Confronting the Biodiversity Crisis,” that challenges readers to think deeply about care for the earth as a spiritual mandate.

Whether you’re a longtime subscriber or new to Dialogue, this episode offers the perfect way to dive into the Summer 2025 issue.

Produced and edited by Daniel Foster Smith.