President Monson blogs at Washington Post
September 9, 2011President Monson broke new virtual ground with this commemorative essay on 9/11, officially becoming the first president of the LDS Church to blog.
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Patrick Mason at Miller-Eccles
September 9, 2011Patrick Mason, newly-appointed Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University, will address the Miller-Eccles study group on September 16th and 17th.
Bushman on Friendship
September 5, 2011But 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.
New History of Mormonism from Random House
September 3, 2011Associate 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.
Nixon Was Wrong: Religion and the Presidency, 1960, 2008, and 2012— An Interview with Shaun A. Casey
September 3, 2011Earlier 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.
Thoughts on the Interface between Mormonism, the Environment, and Evolution: Connection and Dilemma
June 13, 2011One 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.
Audio of AML Conference Sessions
June 7, 2011The Association for Mormon Letters held its annual conference March 25-26, 2011. Recordings of some of the excellent sessions are available here.
Happy Birthday, Richard Bushman!
June 6, 2011Bushman Symposium Program Flyer
Dialogue on the White House blog
June 6, 2011Kristine Haglund was asked to write a short piece on a White House Roundtable involving Mormon Youth.
Finding the Presence in Mormon History: An Interview with Susanna Morrill, Richard Lyman Bushman, and Robert Orsi
June 4, 2011Recently, Dialogue asked Susanna Morrill, associate professor of religious studies at Lewis and Clark College, to moderate a discussion between Robert Orsi and Richard Lyman Bushman, then chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University.