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In this Out Loud, Charlotte Hansen Terry speaks with David Doyle about his essay, “The November 2015 Policy and Me,” from the Spring 2026 issue.

Blending personal narrative with spiritual reflection, Doyle traces his experience as a gay Latter-day Saint.

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Heavenly Bodies: Mormon Male Homoerotics in the Sacred Art of Arnold Friberg - Dialogue Journal A tan, bare-chested man stands in the foreground to the right, half turned away from the viewer. His right foot is perched on a rock, causing his studded leather kilt to hike up, exposing a…

What started as a joke tweet became an AAR paper, and is now the most fun article I have ever written. Thank you @dialoguejournal.bsky.social for giving it a home, and elevating it with truly the most camp images. I am so excited to bring these glistening and brawny men to the queer studies issue!

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Gospel Study with Nancy Ross on April 26

Nancy Ross is an associate professor and department chair. She researches Mormon and Community of Christ women, women's ordination movements, and issues related to Mormon feminism.

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Save the Date: "It's Time we Began:" Race, Relationships and the Life of the Church Now - Dialogue Journal

Join us or sign up for the zoom link for an enlightening dialogue in our continuing “All Are Alike Unto God” series as four Latter-day Saint scholars join the UVA Mormon Studies Chair Laurie Maffly-Kipp to discuss the aftermath of the 1978 Revelation.

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Our Spring Issue is our first in FULL COLOR! “Heavenly Bodies: Mormon Male Homoerotics in the Sacred Art of Arnold Friberg” by Kate Davis begins the issue exploring the queer experience in the Church. This is followed by an important roundtable and more.
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Special Dialogue Gospel Study: Insights on the April 2026 General Conference

We are pleased to present reactions and insights to the April 2026 General Conference with friends of Dialogue Nathan Kitchen, Rhea Maynes, Gabriel González, Kathryn Shirts, and Theric Jepson. Enjoy.
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Coming this weekend, a special Gospel Study video featuring friends of Dialogue discussing their thoughts on the recent General Conference. Follow our social media or check our podcast page for when it arrives!

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Have you heard the new rumor that Lester Bush's Dialogue research in part inspired Zootopia 2? Listen to the newest Face in Hat to learn more!

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Get to know the new Primary General Presidency A new Primary General Presidency was announced during the Saturday afternoon session of the 196th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President D. Todd Christ...

Delighted at the history making of the first Black woman as a president of a general Church presidency: www.ldsliving.com/get-to-know-...

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"I pray for the day when the Church... recognizes the full significance of Holy Week, when honoring Christ's suffering and death [and] His resurrection becomes more important than...conference."

Read "Why Mormons Should Celebrate Holy Week" this Easter.

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Commentary: The LDS Church needs to keep its liberals in the fold — for their sake and the faith’s A Latter-day Saint religion professor notes that liberal members are leaving the faith in ever greater numbers, threatening the long-term health of the global church.

A Latter-day Saint religion professor notes that liberal members are leaving the faith in ever greater numbers, threatening the long-term health of the global church.

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Our Spring Issue is coming soon and is our first in FULL COLOR! "It includes the important Roundtable: Reflections on the Tenth Anniversary of the November 2015 Exclusion Policy.

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We are delighted to be offering another full issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought in audio format.

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Artist Application for Dialogue Show
Show Title: Re-Reading, Re-Making: Art After Dialogue

About: In celebration of 60 years of Dialogue the J. Kirk Richards Art Museum invites artists to submit work for an exhibition opening Oct. 2026 in Provo.

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New Dialogue Unbound just dropped! Generations in Transition: Belief, Disaffiliation, and the Future of Mormonism

Editors Margaret Olsen Hemming and Caroline Kline sit down with Jana Riess & Benjamin Knoll to explore why are people leaving—and who is staying?
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David Banack walks us through the Exodus narrative and ways to find meaning today.

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Dialogue Gospel Study with David Banack on March 22  - Dialogue Journal David Banack is a semi-retired attorney living in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. A teenage convert to the LDS Church, he attended BYU, served a mission in France, graduated with degrees in Political Science a...

THIS SUNDAY! Dialogue Gospel Study with David Banack on March 22

David Banack is a semi-retired attorney living in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He has been active in LDS blogging and online discussion since 2003.

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Artist Application for Dialogue Show
Show Title: Re-Reading, Re-Making: Art After Dialogue

We welcome thoughtful, critical, devotional, experimental, and interdisciplinary responses that reflect the depth and diversity of Dialogue’s legacy.

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Did you know that women and men can actually work together if ward councils are any indication. But a historic change.

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Really excited for this roundtable on race and ethnicity within Mormon history tonight with some phenomenal scholars. It’s free and online—join us! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Join us for an enlightening dialogue in our continuing “All Are Alike Unto God” series as four Latter-day Saint scholars join discuss the aftermath of the 1978 Revelation.

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Dialogue Gospel Study with David Banack on March 22 

David Banack is a teenage convert to the LDS Church, he attended BYU, served a mission in France, graduated with degrees in Political Science and Economics, then eventually went to law school.
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Afterchat with Dale Lawton on Helping God’s Children

Dialogue is pleased to release this bonus afterchat with Dale Lawton from his lesson on March 8, 2026 discussing ways we can help God’s children today in our world.

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Finding Our Place in God’s Plan: Gospel Study with Dale Lawton

Dale Lawton uses the stories and covenants of the Old Testament to look at how church members can be more open to working with other communities to do good in the world.

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Dialogue Gospel Study with Dale Lawton on March 8 - Dialogue Journal Dale Gunn-Lawton is a Managing Director at Kensington Capital Philanthropies, the social impact arm of a private family office focused on empowering people to build healthy, prosperous lives. Major in...

Remember daylight savings!

Dialogue Gospel Study with Dale Lawton on March 8 at 10 a.m.

Join us for a fascinating lesson!

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What happens when horror film mirrors the structure of Mormon ritual?
In this Dialogue Out Loud, Ryan M. Springer joins editor Margaret Olsen Hemming and podcast producer Daniel Foster Smith to explore his “Heretic and the Inversion of the Mormon Endowment.”
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We're excited for our 2nd Book Club pick for 2026. Join us and get reading!
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Dialogue Gospel Study with Dale Lawton on March 8

Dale Gunn-Lawton is a Managing Director at Kensington Capital Philanthropies, the social impact arm of a private family office focused on empowering people to build healthy, prosperous lives.

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Artist Application for Dialogue Show
Show Title: Re-Reading, Re-Making: Art After Dialogue

In celebration of 60 years of Dialogue, the J. Kirk Richards Art Museum invites artists to submit work for a special exhibition opening October 2026 in Provo, Utah.

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In Memory of Ardis Parshall This morning I opened Facebook and, to my surprise and enormous sadness, learned that Ardis Parshall had passed away. For those who are unfamiliar with her, Ardis was, among other things, the founder and principal blogger at Keepapitchinin, a delightful blog full of forgotten moments and people in Mormon history and wonderful analysis. Not just a blogger, Ardis was contributor to and on the advisory board of…

In Memory of Ardis Parshall

This morning I opened Facebook and, to my surprise and enormous sadness, learned that Ardis Parshall had passed away. For those who are unfamiliar with her, Ardis was, among other things, the founder and principal blogger at Keepapitchinin, a delightful blog full of…

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