Introducing Religion & Politics
May 3, 2012This week marked the ignition of the new online journal Religion & Politics with some familiar Dialogue faces participating.
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UVU: Mormonism and the Internet Conference
May 2, 2012On March 29-30, Utah Valley University hosted a “Mormonism and the Internet” Conference and it is now online via YouTube with sessions by Rosemary Avance , Buddy Blankenfeld, Joanna Brooks, Gideon Burton, David Charles, Alan Cooperman, John Dehlin, Greg Droubay, James Faulconer, Scott Gordon , Patrick Mason, Ardis E. Parshall, Jana Riess, David W. Scott, and our own Editor Kristine Haglund, who eloquently discusses the communities found within Bloggernacle, with brilliant insights on how women are forming online identities.
Laurie Maffly-Kipp on "The Long Approach to the Mormon Moment"
April 18, 2012Watch Laurie Maffly-Kipp, a professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, present a lecture entitled, “The Long Approach to the Mormon Moment: The Building of an American Church” in St. Louis. Click in to view.
Editor Kristine Haglund on Mormon motherhood
April 17, 2012Editor Kristine Haglund was tapped for quotes on Mormon motherhood in light of the remarks on Ann Romney’s motherhood in both Buzzfeed and Slate:
“The strong prescription that women should not work seemed more jarring in a social context in which women’s right to participate more fully in the economy was starting to seem well-established,” said Kristine Haglund, a feminist and editor at liberal Mormon journal Dialogue.
From “FAIR Conversations,”: Matthew Bowman on his new book, “The Mormon People”
March 7, 2012Review Editor Blair Hodges interviews Associate Editor Matthew Bowman over at “Fair Conversations“;
Mormon and Protestant Conference Videos
March 5, 2012At the Crossroads, Again: Mormon and Protestant Encounters in the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Century was a conference held February 24 and 25. If you missed it live, you can still enjoy video presentations from Christopher Jones, David Campbell, David McAllister-Wilson, Eileen Guenther, Terryl Givens, Kathleen Flake, Elaine Heath, Robert Bennett, and Warner Woodworth, and more. Plus watch Dialogue Editor Kristine Haglund accompany the conference in some Mormon hymns.
Spring 2012 Issue online for subscribers…
February 21, 2012Spring 2012 Issue opens with a feisty stack of letters to Dialogue before delving into Shawn Tucker’s exploration of Mormonism’s contribution to the “Virtues and Vices” tradition in various religious and philosophical schools of thought.
Coming to MHA: the International Mormon Studies Book Drive Summer Fundraiser
January 30, 2012Lucky souls attending the Mormon History Association meeting in Layton, Utah on June 7th and June 8th can stop by the IMS 2013 Summer Fundraiser (graciously hosted by Dialogue) for free Asian treats.
Video: Samuel Brown on his book "In Heaven as It is on Earth"
January 17, 2012Held January 10 at Benchmark Books in Salt Lake City. Note that the last few minutes of the Q&A are cut off.
Mental Illness and George Albert Smith
January 5, 2012I think that the Curriculum Committee of the church missed a tremendous opportunity with the production of the manual for study this year. Most of us know someone who has struggled with mental illness.