[…] of political tyrants.” Joseph Sr. belonged to no church but, according to Lucy, “contended for the ancient order” as established by Christ and his apostles. While contemplating “the confusion and discord that reigned in […]
<i>Dialogue 40.1 (Spring 2007): 83–136</i><br>Watson explains how the secret marriage of Louis J. Barlow to a 15-year-old girl caused a major rift among fundamentalists. Today’s fundamentalist members are still experiencing the effects of that marriage.
<i>Dialogue 57:4 (Winter 2024) 33-66 </i><br> Over the past decade, a growing and exciting body of scholarship in Mormon studies has applied critical theory to Mormon history, specifically queer and race critical theory.
[…] rostrum. For example, the Salt Lake Fourteenth Ward chapel featured portraits of Brigham Young and local authorities over the rostrum, so that ward members could easily see their priesthood leadership (see fig. 1). Framed […]
<i>Dialogue 48.2 (Summer 2015): 1–57</i><br>Although race and gender are connected in 2 Nephi 26:33, the historical origins of the gender ban have not yet been addressed with the same degree of attention in Church discourse.
[…] the church established by Joseph Smith on April 6, 1830. One of these schismatic groups, the Aaronic Order, emerged in response to various tensions within the social structure and ideology of twentieth century Mormonism. […]
<i>Dialogue 18.1 (Spring 1985): 9–105</i><br> Quinn shares that even with the Manifesto that officially ended plural marriage, plural marriages were still happening in the church between the First and Second Manifestos. Despite church leaders […]
<i>Dialogue 31.2 (Summer 1998): 1–68</i><br>Quinn shares what Mormon Fundamentalists believe. some stereotypes about them, and identfies the different groups.
[…] as a master plan which outlined the boundaries and limits of change while giving direction and embodying order.” While Webster’s sentiment concerning a divinely inspired Constitution appears accurately represented, the NCCS booklet does not […]
Two decades have passed since Dialogue last published an issue entirely devoted to Mormon literature. In the meantime literary writing about Latter-day Saints has been burgeoning both in LDS and national markets—so much so […]