Contents

Articles/Essays

Translating Mormon Thought



Most of our distinctly Mormon heritage, scriptural and otherwise, has been first spoken, recorded, or translated in the English language. In declaring that this heritage has worth for people of cultures and languages different from…



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Fiction

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor – Udall



Dialogue 2.2 (Summer 1967): 5–7
In this important historical letter, Stewart Udall reflects on the need for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  to reconsider its historical stance on race, particularly its practice of denying full fellowship to Black individuals. Udall argues that this practice, rooted in the belief in a divine curse on Black people, contradicts the principles of equality and brotherhood that the Church should embody. He concludes asserting that the time has come for the Church to abandon its racial restrictions and embrace full fellowship with Black individuals. He argues that recognizing the worth of all people, irrespective of race, is essential for the Church to fulfill its spiritual and moral ideals and to contribute positively to society’s progress toward greater human brotherhood.



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Notes

The Blasphemy of Indifference



In December of 1945, when the nuclear age was hardly launched, an L.D.S. Servicemen’s Group in Europe met regularly to take comfort in the Sunday rituals of the Church and to congratulate each other on…



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Reviews

Roundtable

Toward a Positive Censorship



The argument over censorship and pornography is necessarily a muddled one. The factors involved are matters of taste and principle which do not lend themselves to simple logical treatment. The matters of taste concern aesthetic…



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