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Farina KingPodcast version of this Personal Essay. “They say that they are like firemen. They know what they signed up for. They must fulfill their call for duty.” This is what my mother told me when…
Mormonism and the Natural World Karin Anderson and Danielle Beazer Dubrasky, eds., Blossom as the Cliffrose: Mormon Legacies and the Beckoning Wild
Gary EttariMoroni, Moses, and President Nelson: Vital Correlations with the COVID-19 Vaccine
Robin Litster JohnsonI listen to the Book of Mormon almost every day and often find what I consider to be interesting correlations with other goings-on in life. Most recently, I am struck by the similarities between the…
World Without Masks
Tyler JohnsonToday, June 20, 2021, is the first day since March 15, 2020 that we in the Stanford First Ward have been allowed to attend service in our own building without masks and social distancing. As…
Diné Doctor: A Latter-day Saint Story of Healing
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From the Pulpit: My Mother’s Eclipse
Steven L. PeckNew Voices: Ecology of Absence
Brooke LarsonLeveling the Earth, Expanding the Circle
Eunice McMurrayThe Faith of a Psychologist: A Personal Document
Victor B. ClineThe Structure of Genesis, Chapter 1
Benjamin UrrutiaGeological Specimen Rejuvenates an Old Controversy
William Lee StokesThe Book of Abraham and Pythagorean Astronomy
William E. Dibble Dialogue 8.3 (Winter 1973): 11 – 72
The subject of Pythagoreanism is so controversial and loaded with uncertainties that what follows should be considered as speculation and suggestion for future research.
Dialogues on Science and Religion
Clyde A. ParkerDialogue 8.3/4 (1973): 109–126
To answer that question we needed to create some instruments with which we could gather the data. We are currently engaged in that instrument-building phase. As one step in that process, we interviewed several well-established LDS academicians located at various institutions of higher education in the United States.
A Dialogue with Henry Eyring
Edward L. KimballDialogue 8.3/4 (1973): 99–108
Over the years Henry Eyring’s status in the first rank of scientists has become secure. He has produced a staggering volume of research publications in the fields of his interests: application of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, radioactivity, theory of reaction rates, theory of liquids, rheology, molecular biology, optical rotation, and theory of flame.
Treasures In the Heavens: Some Early Christian Insights into the Organizing of Worlds
Hugh NibleyReligion and Science: A Symbiosis
Richard F. Haglund Jr.Introduction
James FarmerScience, Religion and Man
Robert A. ReesDialogue 8.3/4 (1973): 4–6
The divergence of science and religion is essentially a modern phenomenon. Until the 18th century, theology was considered the queen of the sciences and scientists considered that their discoveries allowed them “to think God’s thoughts after Him.”
Herbal Remedies: God’s Medicine?
N. Lee SmithThe Imperfect Science: Brigham Young on Medical Doctors
Linda P. WilcoxMedicine and the Mormons: A Historical Perspective
Robert T. DivettHis Chastening Rod: Cholera Epidemics and the Mormons
Robert T. DivettAn Official Position
William Lee StokesDialogue 12.4 (Winter 1979): 90–92
In postscript let me say that I have been accused of forging this letter and of taking unfair advantage of President Smith. Let the readers judge. I am personally grateful that the Church has not been caught in the position of taking a stand that might very well prove to be wrong in the future
On Mormonism, Moral Epidemics, Homeopathy and Death from Natural Causes
Lester E. Bush Jr.Quackery and Mormons: A Latter-day Dilemma
L. Kay GillespieThe New Biology and Mormon Theology
William S. BradshawScience: “Forever Tentative”?
Erich Robert PaulJohn Willard Young, Brigham Young, and the Development of Presidential Succession in the LDS Church
Todd M. ComptonSpreading Zion Southward, Part I: Improving Efficiency and Equity in the Allocation of Church Welfare Resources
Bradley WalkerTwo Studies of Health and Religion in Utah
Hala N. MadanatThe Human Genome Project, Modern Biology, and Mormonism: A Viable Marriage?
Devyn M. SmithDialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 61–71
THE WORLD IS RAPIDLY CHANGING as new technologies change the way we think, act, and live. This is particularly true with the many changes biology has wrought in our lives over the last few years.
Mormonism and the New Creationism
David H. BaileyDialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 39–59
This paper will deal with a more specific form of creationism, which is often termed “creation science” or “scientific creationism” (these terms
will be used synonymously).
The Mormon Myth of Evil Evolution
Michael R. AshDialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 19–38
In the years since this event, I’ve found that there are a number of members who believe that evolution is a doctrine of the devil.
Thoughts on Mormonism, Evolution, and Brigham Young University
Keith E. NormanDialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 1–18
Well, I was raised in a rather unscientific environment , a little farming community.
Endowing the Olympic Masses: Light of the World
David G. PaceSpinning Gold: Mormonism and the Olympic Games
Jan ShippsScience and Religion: A Dialogue: Response
David O. TolmanScience and Religion: A Dialogue: What the Universe Means to People Like Me
David D. AllredShort Creek: A Refuge for the Saints
Marianne T. WatsonDialogue 36.3 (Spring 2003): 71–87
Watson shares why early fundamentalists broke off from the main church and decided to leave Utah and settle Short Creek.
Crawling Out of the Primordial Soup: A Step toward the Emergence of an LDS Theology Compatible with Organic Evolution
Steven L. PeckDialogue 43.1 (Spring 2010): 1–36
And in fact, what might it mean that God “used” evolution tocreate life’s diversity? Was this a choice for God among other al-ternatives? Do Wildman’s pessimistic conclusions hold for Mor-monism? Does evolution imply a noninterventionist Deity? Arethere more optimistic views possible, some of which may actuallysuggest that evolution enhances and expands our view of God?
Creationism and Intelligent Design: Scientific and Theological Difficulties
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Mary Toscano“The Blood of Every Beast”: Mormonism and the Question of the Animal
Bart H. WellingWhither Mormon Environmental Theology
Jason M. BrownFlexibility in the Ecology of Ideas: Revelatory Religion and the Environment
Bryan V. WallisEnoch’s Vision and Gaia: An LDS Perspective on Environmental Stewardship
Craig D. GalliFaith and the Ethics of Climate Change
George B. HandleyWhy Nature Matters: A Special Issue of Dialogue on Mormonism and the Environment
Steven L. PeckAbsent Sound
Clifton Holt JolleyDialogue Topic Pages #9: Evolution
(author)Mormonism and the Natural World Karin Anderson and Danielle Beazer Dubrasky, eds., Blossom as the Cliffrose: Mormon Legacies and the Beckoning Wild
Gary EttariMoroni, Moses, and President Nelson: Vital Correlations with the COVID-19 Vaccine
Robin Litster JohnsonI listen to the Book of Mormon almost every day and often find what I consider to be interesting correlations with other goings-on in life. Most recently, I am struck by the similarities between the…
World Without Masks
Tyler JohnsonToday, June 20, 2021, is the first day since March 15, 2020 that we in the Stanford First Ward have been allowed to attend service in our own building without masks and social distancing. As…
Diné Doctor: A Latter-day Saint Story of Healing
Farina KingPodcast version of this Personal Essay. “They say that they are like firemen. They know what they signed up for. They must fulfill their call for duty.” This is what my mother told me when…
From the Pulpit: My Mother’s Eclipse
Steven L. PeckNew Voices: Ecology of Absence
Brooke LarsonLeveling the Earth, Expanding the Circle
Eunice McMurrayThe Faith of a Psychologist: A Personal Document
Victor B. ClineThe Structure of Genesis, Chapter 1
Benjamin UrrutiaGeological Specimen Rejuvenates an Old Controversy
William Lee StokesThe Book of Abraham and Pythagorean Astronomy
William E. Dibble Dialogue 8.3 (Winter 1973): 11 – 72
The subject of Pythagoreanism is so controversial and loaded with uncertainties that what follows should be considered as speculation and suggestion for future research.
Dialogues on Science and Religion
Clyde A. ParkerDialogue 8.3/4 (1973): 109–126
To answer that question we needed to create some instruments with which we could gather the data. We are currently engaged in that instrument-building phase. As one step in that process, we interviewed several well-established LDS academicians located at various institutions of higher education in the United States.
A Dialogue with Henry Eyring
Edward L. KimballDialogue 8.3/4 (1973): 99–108
Over the years Henry Eyring’s status in the first rank of scientists has become secure. He has produced a staggering volume of research publications in the fields of his interests: application of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, radioactivity, theory of reaction rates, theory of liquids, rheology, molecular biology, optical rotation, and theory of flame.
Treasures In the Heavens: Some Early Christian Insights into the Organizing of Worlds
Hugh NibleyReligion and Science: A Symbiosis
Richard F. Haglund Jr.Introduction
James FarmerScience, Religion and Man
Robert A. ReesDialogue 8.3/4 (1973): 4–6
The divergence of science and religion is essentially a modern phenomenon. Until the 18th century, theology was considered the queen of the sciences and scientists considered that their discoveries allowed them “to think God’s thoughts after Him.”
Herbal Remedies: God’s Medicine?
N. Lee SmithThe Imperfect Science: Brigham Young on Medical Doctors
Linda P. WilcoxMedicine and the Mormons: A Historical Perspective
Robert T. DivettHis Chastening Rod: Cholera Epidemics and the Mormons
Robert T. DivettAn Official Position
William Lee StokesDialogue 12.4 (Winter 1979): 90–92
In postscript let me say that I have been accused of forging this letter and of taking unfair advantage of President Smith. Let the readers judge. I am personally grateful that the Church has not been caught in the position of taking a stand that might very well prove to be wrong in the future
On Mormonism, Moral Epidemics, Homeopathy and Death from Natural Causes
Lester E. Bush Jr.Quackery and Mormons: A Latter-day Dilemma
L. Kay GillespieThe New Biology and Mormon Theology
William S. BradshawScience: “Forever Tentative”?
Erich Robert PaulJohn Willard Young, Brigham Young, and the Development of Presidential Succession in the LDS Church
Todd M. ComptonSpreading Zion Southward, Part I: Improving Efficiency and Equity in the Allocation of Church Welfare Resources
Bradley WalkerTwo Studies of Health and Religion in Utah
Hala N. MadanatThe Human Genome Project, Modern Biology, and Mormonism: A Viable Marriage?
Devyn M. SmithDialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 61–71
THE WORLD IS RAPIDLY CHANGING as new technologies change the way we think, act, and live. This is particularly true with the many changes biology has wrought in our lives over the last few years.
Mormonism and the New Creationism
David H. BaileyDialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 39–59
This paper will deal with a more specific form of creationism, which is often termed “creation science” or “scientific creationism” (these terms
will be used synonymously).
The Mormon Myth of Evil Evolution
Michael R. AshDialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 19–38
In the years since this event, I’ve found that there are a number of members who believe that evolution is a doctrine of the devil.
Thoughts on Mormonism, Evolution, and Brigham Young University
Keith E. NormanDialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 1–18
Well, I was raised in a rather unscientific environment , a little farming community.
Endowing the Olympic Masses: Light of the World
David G. PaceSpinning Gold: Mormonism and the Olympic Games
Jan ShippsScience and Religion: A Dialogue: Response
David O. TolmanScience and Religion: A Dialogue: What the Universe Means to People Like Me
David D. AllredShort Creek: A Refuge for the Saints
Marianne T. WatsonDialogue 36.3 (Spring 2003): 71–87
Watson shares why early fundamentalists broke off from the main church and decided to leave Utah and settle Short Creek.
Crawling Out of the Primordial Soup: A Step toward the Emergence of an LDS Theology Compatible with Organic Evolution
Steven L. PeckDialogue 43.1 (Spring 2010): 1–36
And in fact, what might it mean that God “used” evolution tocreate life’s diversity? Was this a choice for God among other al-ternatives? Do Wildman’s pessimistic conclusions hold for Mor-monism? Does evolution imply a noninterventionist Deity? Arethere more optimistic views possible, some of which may actuallysuggest that evolution enhances and expands our view of God?