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“Kristine Haglund, the editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, said that while she found the church’s new transparency ‘really hopeful,’ she and other women she had talked with were disturbed that the essays do not address the painful teaching about polygamy in eternity.
“These are real issues for Mormon women,” Ms. Haglund said. “And because the church has never said definitively that polygamy won’t be practiced in heaven, even very devout and quite conservative women are really troubled by it.”

Peggy Fletcher Stack interviews Mormon biblical scholars Philip Barlow, Patrick Mason, Julie Smith, Eric Huntsman, about how “And it came to pass, one day the Book of Mormon overtook the Bible — in LDS eyes” specifically the role President Ezra Taft Benson played.

“‘Mormons have developed a kind of amnesia towards the Bible since 1980,’ says Philip Barlow, a Utah State University historian. ‘It really has changed the consciousness of Mormons. They don’t bear testimony of the truthfulness of the Bible much these days, but really specify the Book of Mormon.’

And when Latter-day Saints talk about their scriptural heroes, he says, they are not talking about Noah, Gideon or David, but rather Nephi, Alma, and Moroni— figures from the faith’s unique text.”

And Julie Smith weighed in:

“The Book of Mormon gives just one record of Jesus’ sojourn in the Americas, unlike the four New Testament Gospels, says Julie M. Smith, an LDS New Testament scholar in Austin, Texas. ‘Christ doesn’t interact with individuals to the same extent or with women. There are no exorcisms. It’s generally a really different portrait than in the Bible.'”

Peggy Fletcher Stack wrote about the upcoming editor changeover in the Salt Lake Tribune. In “Longtime scholarly Mormon publication names a new editor” she quotes Editor Kristine Haglund as saying “I’m absolutely delighted that Boyd will be taking the reins. He is so smart — a fine scholar, a wonderful writer, and a skillful diplomat, all skills that will serve him well. But most of all, he brings a gloriously huge heart; his warmth and generosity and openness to ideas and to people embody all of the best things Dialogue is and hopes to be.”

She also quoted Morris Thurston, who said. “While there were many outstanding applicants for the position of editor, we are absolutely thrilled that the process has produced a scholar of Boyd Petersen’s caliber.”

The board believes Petersen is the right editor, Thurston said, “to lead Dialogue into its second 50 years.”

“What is it about Mormon theology that justifies beating up on infants?” Greg Prince was asked this by a non-Mormon friend about the new policy and he could only answer “There is nothing in Mormon theology that justifies (the policy), this is just out of the box.”
This new podcast over at A Thoughtful Faith is a must-listen for Dialogue friends as Greg Prince analyzes the Mormon moment right now with Gina Colvin. As she explains “Author and commentator Greg Prince and I talk history, theology, technology, culture, communication, relationships, disaffection, and policy in Mormonism, and we wonder together about the church’s present and future.”
Enjoy.

Board member Patrick Mason discusses the role of Dialogue within Mormons Studies in this new podcast at LDS Perspectives. He explains “There are also really important institutions like the Mormon History Association, which is 50 years old, and Dialogue: A Dialogue of Mormon Thought also 50 years old. These institutions and periodicals where this scholarship is done. A lot of this is just people supporting with blood, sweat, and tears. These are the institutions that have built us to where we are now. And I think where we go from here is further insitutionalization.”

Find the LDS Perspectives podcast here.