Dialogue: a journal of Mormon thought

Dialogue: a journal of Mormon thought Dialogue is the leading independent journal of Mormon studies. For over 50 years, Dialogue has been

Important context for today.
06/19/2026

Important context for today.

06/15/2026

The Summer 2026 Issue is out! And in this episode of *Dialogue Out Loud*, co-editor Margaret Olsen Hemming is joined by Dialogue’s section editors for a guided tour of this fantastic issue.

The conversation explores a wide range of topics, including sexual ethics, science and faith, global Mormonism, grief, women’s agency, priesthood, race, and early Mormon history. The editors discuss Spencer P. Greenhalgh’s fresh reading of Jacob 2 and its implications for contemporary sexual ethics, Stephen L. Peck’s thoughtful examination of why Latter-day Saints can trust science, and Henry Gorin’s analysis of Church growth and religious practice in Haiti.

The episode also highlights two powerful Personal Voices essays: Hadley Duncan Howard’s account of receiving spiritual guidance while caring for her critically ill daughter, and an anonymous reflection on women’s agency, autonomy, and cultural expectations within Mormonism.

Listeners will also hear about the issue’s poetry selections, which meditate on themes of loss, hope, spiritual searching, and resilience, as well as reviews of important new works on Peruvian Mormonism, race, indigeneity, early Mormon polygamy, and the evolving landscape of Mormon studies. The discussion concludes with a look at a review essay on *Conclave* and what its portrayal of religious authority reveals about Mormon experiences of institutional faith.

Whether you’re interested in scripture, scholarship, personal narrative, poetry, or contemporary Mormon thought, this episode offers an engaging introduction to one of Dialogue’s most wide-ranging issues.

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/slug-summer-2026-issue-overview-dialogue-out-loud/

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/issues/summer-2026/

06/14/2026

Tanya Wells Brown takes listeners on an important journey with the biblical women of Ruth and Judith, looking at  a comparative lens of gender, religion and power that shape faith and lived experience.

Tanya Wells Brown is a social worker and public health specialist currently undertaking doctoral research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She serves as a Safeguarding Lead for the Diocese of Europe in Portugal, where her work focuses on preventing harm and strengthening safe, accountable practices within faith-based communities.

Tanya is part of the Community of Practice with the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), contributing to global efforts to understand and prevent violence in faith settings, with a particular focus on the intersections of gender, power, and religion. Her work explores how faith spaces can both perpetuate and challenge inequalities, and how safeguarding approaches can be grounded in justice and care.

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/ruth-and-judith-gospel-study-with-tanya-wells-brown/

06/14/2026

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This Sunday! Tanya Wells Brown is a social worker and public health specialist currently undertaking doctoral research a...
06/12/2026

This Sunday!

Tanya Wells Brown is a social worker and public health specialist currently undertaking doctoral research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She serves as a Safeguarding Lead for the Diocese of Europe in Portugal, where her work focuses on preventing harm and strengthening safe, accountable practices within faith-based communities.

Tanya is part of the Community of Practice with the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), contributing to global efforts to understand and prevent violence in faith settings, with a particular focus on the intersections of gender, power, and religion. Her work explores how faith spaces can both perpetuate and challenge inequalities, and how safeguarding approaches can be grounded in justice and care.

This Sunday, she is teaching a Gospel Study lesson for Dialogue, where she will present on the books of Ruth and Judith, bringing a perspective attentive to gender, power, and the social contexts that shape faith and lived experience.

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/events/dialogue-gospel-study-with-tanya-wells-brown-on-june-14/

06/10/2026

Mormon Fiction 2026 with Andrew Hall, Theric Jepson & Robert Bennett

What makes a story distinctly Mormon? And where can readers find the best Mormon short fiction being written today?

In this roundtable conversation, Dialogue fiction and book review editor Andrew Hall is joined by writer and scholar Robert Bennett and *Irreantum* editor Theric Jepson to explore the rich tradition of Mormon short fiction. Together they discuss the history and evolution of the form, highlight influential anthologies and collections, and recommend stories that have expanded the possibilities of Mormon literature.

Along the way, they reflect on questions of audience, craft, humor, faith, identity, and literary experimentation while introducing listeners to a wide range of contemporary writers, including Matthew Babcock, Michael Fillerup, James Goldberg, Ryan Habermeyer, William Morris, David G. Pace, Nathan Curtis Roberts, Jenny Rebecca Rytting, Henrik Sorensen, Ryan Shoemaker, Charity Shumway, Stephen Tuttle, and Citlalli H. Xochitiotzin.

Whether you’re a longtime reader of Mormon literature or looking for a place to start, this conversation offers a thoughtful guide to some of the most compelling short fiction emerging from the Mormon literary tradition.

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/mormon-fiction-2026-with-andrew-hall-theric-jepson-robert-bennett/

06/08/2026

UVA Mormon Studies is seeking funding to establish the Lester E. Bush, Jr. and Yvonne Snow Bush Endowment. Once established, the endowment will support undergraduate and graduate Mormon Studies research at UVA through a "Bush Fellows" program, Lunch & Learn lectures, and increased accessibility to our vast library collections.

We are currently halfway to our $100,000 goal needed to establish the endowment. Please consider giving and supporting the legacy of Lester and Yvonne Bush by expanding research opportunities and respectful engagement in the study of Mormonism.

You can learn more about the endowment, and how to support it, on our website: https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/announcing-the-lester-e-bush-jr-and-yvonne-snow-bush-endowment/

Tanya Wells Brown is a social worker and public health specialist currently undertaking doctoral research at the London ...
06/08/2026

Tanya Wells Brown is a social worker and public health specialist currently undertaking doctoral research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She serves as a Safeguarding Lead for the Diocese of Europe in Portugal, where her work focuses on preventing harm and strengthening safe, accountable practices within faith-based communities.

Tanya is part of the Community of Practice with the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), contributing to global efforts to understand and prevent violence in faith settings, with a particular focus on the intersections of gender, power, and religion. Her work explores how faith spaces can both perpetuate and challenge inequalities, and how safeguarding approaches can be grounded in justice and care.

This summer, she is teaching a Gospel Study lesson for Dialogue, where she will present on the books of Ruth and Judith, bringing a perspective attentive to gender, power, and the social contexts that shape faith and lived experience.

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/events/dialogue-gospel-study-with-tanya-wells-brown-on-june-14/

Come visit Dialogue at the Mormon History Association! Lots of 60th anniversary merch!
06/05/2026

Come visit Dialogue at the Mormon History Association! Lots of 60th anniversary merch!

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