[…] its anti-intellectualism and its dogmatic moralism. He leaves the Church and attends the University of Utah in order to become a writer. Fisher’s most significant statement of his adult connection to Mormonism, I believe, […]
[…] personal identity as psychology’s “most puzzling puzzle.”The oracle of Delphi’s most famous charge—Know Yourself—affirms that human puzzlement over the nature of identity goes back to the early days of civilization, since the oracle would […]
[…] the women of her faith observe once a month, seven days after their menstrual cycle ends, in order to be “purified from [their] uncleanness,” to use the words from 2 Samuel, chapter 11. While […]
Most mainstream American Christian congregations sing hymns in unison. But The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has long favored congregational part-singing. Nevertheless, a small but vigorous LDS constituency in the past thirty […]
[…] winning historian of the American West, who was recently president of the Mormon History Association. THE TOPIC: Over the decades, Richard Turley and William MacKinnon have researched and written extensively about Utah’s long, contentious […]
In this Dialogue podcast Michael Quinn discusses findings from his new book The Mormon Hierarchy: Wealth and Corporate Power. From the Miller Eccles website: “The first two volumes of Dr. Quinn’s best-selling Mormon Hierarchy series were titled Origins […]
[…] occasionally on gender and ideology, from insiders. These challenges have motivated many national, local, and personal activities over the years addressing gender fairness, particularly in the law and the courts. Most recently, she has […]
[…] of Bryce Cook’s “What Do We Know of God’s Will for His LGBT Children? An Examination of the LDS Church’s Position on Homosexuality.” Note that this is a recording of his version found on […]
[…] Summer 2017 article “What Do We Know of God’s Will for His LGBT Children? An Examination of the LDS Church’s Position on Homosexuality” we bring you a recording of his article for Dialogue podcasts […]
In the newest Dialogue podcast Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and Harvard University professor, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, discusses her new book A House Full of Females – Plural Marriage and Women’s Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835 -1870. From […]