Volume 49, No. 3

Fall 2016

The Fall 2016 Issue features an article by John Turner discussing Jesus Christ, Marriage, and comparisons between Mormonism and other Christian sects. This is followed by an explanation of Celestial Law by Carol Pearson and a thought provoking article on Joseph Smith, Polygamy, and the biblical problem of the Levirate Widow. Jennifer Basquiat shares how critical ethnography changed her mind about polygamy and Stephen Carter how Joseph Smith's polygamy can save us. Also included in the issue are several works of poetry, book reviews, sermons, and a memorial for Stephen Webb by Matthew Schmalz

Articles/Essays

Jesus Christ, Marriage, and Mormon Christianities: 2016 Smith-Pettit Lecture, Sunstone Symposium

John G. Turner

The Celestial Law

Carol Lynn Pearson

Joseph Smith, Polygamy, and the Levirate Widow

Samuel M. Brown

A View from the Inside: How Critical Ethnography Changed My Mind about Polygamy

Jennifer Huss Basquiat

Scared Sacred: How the Horrifying Story of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy Can Help Save Us

Stephen Carter

2016: Stephen Carter, “Scared Sacred: How the Horrifying Story of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy can help save us” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 49 No. 3 (2016): 75–88. Carter correlates the story of Abraham and Isaac with the story of Joseph Smith and polygamy.

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Gerontocracy and the Future of Mormonism

Gregory A. Prince, Lester E. Bush Jr. and Brent N. Rushforth

The Source of God’s Authority: One Argument for an Unambiguous Doctrine of Preexistence

Roger Terry

Stephen Webb: In Memoriam

Matthew N. Schmalz

The River Rerun

Karen Rosenbaum

The Missing Mrs.

Marianne Hales Harding

Eight Visions of the First

Bonnie Shiffler-Olsen

2016: Bonnie Shiffler-Olsen, “Eight Visions of the First” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol 49 No. 3 (2016): 151–155. Shiffler-Olsen turns Joseph Smtih’s first-person First Vision accounts into poetry.

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