The October 2011 issue of Harper’s Magazine features as its cover article a lengthy, provocative, at times insightful, but mostly wholly tendentious anti-Mormon screed by Chris Lehmann, entitled “Pennies from Heaven.”
Celebrate “Eugene England’s Life and Legacy” with this series of 4 podcasts recently released by Mormon Stories.
In the recently released 11th episode of “FAIR Conversations” host Blair Hodges interviews historian Claudia Bushman. Of special note to Dialogue readers, Claudia discusses her involvement with the “Pink Issue” and her feelings on feminism and women’s issues in the church.
President Monson broke new virtual ground with this commemorative essay on 9/11, officially becoming the first president of the LDS Church to blog.
Patrick Mason, newly-appointed Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University, will address the Miller-Eccles study group on September 16th and 17th.
But it is gratifying nonetheless to hear so many interesting people reflect on what I have written. My intention is to enjoy it for a few minutes and then forget everything that has been said.
Associate Editor Matthew Bowman, recently appointed Assistant Professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College, is working on an introduction to Mormonism for a general audience, titled American Revelation: The Making of the Mormons to be published by Random House in time for the Iowa caucuses. The book is making news even in advance of its publication.
Earlier this year, Dialogue Board member Greg Prince interviewed Shaun Casey, a professor of Christian Ethics at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. Casey’s recent book, The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy vs. Nixon 1960 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) formed the background of this interview. Below is an excerpt from the conversation.
One could talk or write about environment and human effects on it at several scales from, for example, just cleaning up the place to mass conversion of landscapes and acidification of lakes. It seem to me that no discussion about life on earth as we know it is complete without at least a reference to the environment.
The Association for Mormon Letters held its annual conference March 25-26, 2011. Recordings of some of the excellent sessions are available here.