Dialogue Out Loud

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, host Margaret Olsen Hemming, the art editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, sits down with artists Nicole Woodbury and Nnamdi Okonkwo to explore the intersection of… The post Expressing Faith Through Art: A Conversation with Nicole Woodbury and Nnamdi Okonkwo appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Cristina Rosetti analyzes Orlean, and how her life “sheds light on the nature of health practices in religion, further illuminating the pathologizing divide along the lines of gender.… The post Food Abstinence and Fasting Cures in the Kingdom of God: A Conversation with Cristina Rosetti appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

A crowd of several thousand poured into the Provo Tabernacle. They filled the wooden pews, the kind that are never quite comfortable but perfect for keeping you awake during a sermon. Above the main floor,… The post Dialogue Out Loud presents A Missionary Farewell appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

A man stands naked on the rubber of a checkout counter’s clnveyer belt, face smeared with something red. I’m checking the expiration date on the back of a suspicious-looking soup can; down the aisle, a… The post Dialogue Out Loud presents Sodom and Gomorrah appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

In this episode of Dialogue Out Loud, Spencer P. Greenhalgh discusses how changes to (Anglophone-aimed) domain names of the official websites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints extend, continue, and complicate the… The post The True Domain Name of the Church: A Conversation with Spencer P. Greenhalgh appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

To celebrate Pride Month, Dialogue Out Loud presents this special panel discussion with authors who have written about trans Mormon issues in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Journal Editor Taylor Petrey sits down with… The post The Trans Mormon Experience: A Panel Discussion with Emily English, Ray Nielson and Keith Burns appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

In this eye-opening episode of “Dialogue Out Loud,” host Margaret Olson Hemming sits down with Mormon artist Hayley Labrum Morrison to explore her bold depictions of female bodies in art. Through a candid conversation, Hayley… The post Bodies of Flesh and Bone: An Interview with Mormon Artist Hayley Labrum Morrison appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

In this episode of the Dialogue Out Loud podcast, we hear from Justin Goodson and Brian H. Shirts about their personal essays in the spring 2023 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. As… The post Gathering and Judging Israel: A Conversation with Justin Goodson and Brian H. Shirts appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Keith Burns discusses the evolution of policies and approaches that LDS church leaders have engaged in the last decade. In this latest interview of #dialogueoutloud Burns sits down with Taylor Petrey to discuss the article… The post Transcending Mormonism: Transgender Experiences in the LDS Church with Keith Burns appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Includes The Garden I Know,  Portrait of Agnes, and Cemetery Walk by Sarah Emmett, and Collect for a Family Friend Killed in a Sabbath Morning House Fire and Like a Prayer—Phormium tenax by Tyler Chadwick… The post Spring 2023 Issue Poetry appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Dialogue Fiction Editor Jennifer Quist is joined by William Morris, Ryan Habermeyer and Wes Turner to discuss their pieces in the Winter 2022 and Spring 2023 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. She… The post Dialogue Out Loud Interviews: 2023 Fiction Writers appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Four years ago, I was living my best life as a touring a cappella singer. The sum of my ambition was to make great and meaningful art and create the first a cappella group to… The post Dialogue Out Loud Presents How a Mormon Ended Up at Union Theological Seminary: A Step Toward Racial Justice and a Better Church appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Dialogue Out Loud Interviews presents a conversation with the winners of the Bodies of Christ writing contest from the Winter 2022 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Personal Voices editor Allison Hong Merrill… The post Dialogue Out Loud Interviews: Winter 2022 Personal Voices appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Dayna Patterson’s “Our Lady of Innumerable Appellatives” is incredible in audio form. Listen in to Dialogue Out Loud #40 and enjoy! The post Dialogue Out Loud Presents Our Lady of Innumerable Appellatives appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Join Dialogue Editor Taylor Petrey as he interviews Tanner Davidson McAlister about his article, “The Production of the Book of Mormon in Light of a Tibetan Buddhist Parallel” for our 39th episode of Dialogue Out… The post The Book of Mormon in Light of a Tibetan Buddhist Parallel: Interview with Tanner Davidson McAlister appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

“Never learn to play the organ, the old woman told me. I should call her Sister something, but I don’t remember her last name. Never learn to play, she told me. Once you do you’re… The post “The Ward Organist”: Award-winning Fiction in Winter 2022 Issue appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Rose Datoc Dall is a Filipina American artist who is an award-winning contemporary figurative painter known for her bold colors and graphic compositions. Her most iconic pieces are sacred works on the life of the… The post Exploring Representation in Mormon Art: An Interview with Artist Rose Datoc Dall appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Join Editor Taylor Petrey as he interviews Jeremy M. Christiansen about his Winter 2022 article “The Garden Atonement and the Mormon Cross Taboo” for our 36th episode of Dialogue Out Loud. Michael Reed’s 2012 book Banishing… The post Mormons and the Cross: An Interview with Jeremy M. Christiansen appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Join Editor Taylor Petrey as he interviews Eliza Wells about her Winter 2022 article “Quoted at the Pulpit: Male Rhetoric and Female Authority in Fifty Years of General Conference” for Dialogue Out Loud #34.  When… The post Women at the General Conference Pulpit? An Interview with Eliza Wells appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

“Dear President Russell M. Nelson, For centuries, the pope has been addressed as Your Holiness, and they call the Dalai Lama the Enlightened One, and that Hindu Bhagwan fellow is the Fortunate One, and I have it on… The post Dialogue Out Loud Presents Dispatches from Kolob appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Join Editor Taylor Petrey as he interviews Matthew L. Harris about his Fall 2022 article “Joseph Fielding Smith’s Evolving Views on Race: The Odyssey of a Mormon Apostle-President” or the 32nd Dialogue Out Loud. …The… The post Joseph Fielding Smith and Race: An Interview with Matthew L. Harris appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

Join Editor Taylor Petrey as he interviews Catherine S. Freeman about her Fall 2022 article “Drum Rhythms and Golden Scriptures: Reasons for Mormon Conversion within Haiti’s Culture of Vodou” for Dialogue Out Loud #31. At… The post Mormons and Haitian Vodou: An Interview with Catherine S. Freeman appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

In the Fall 2022 article “‘The Robe of Righteousness’: Exilic and Post-Exilic Isaiah in The Book of Mormon” Colby Townsend concludes:  Although the problem of Isaiah in The Book of Mormon has been a part… The post Exilic and Post-Exilic Isaiah: An Interview with Colby Townsend appeared first on Dialogue Journal .

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Listen on Spotify. Listen on Apple. Em English details a few fraught moments of her lived experience in “Trans in the Chapel: Attending Church as a Newly Out Transgender Woman.” The post Dialogue Out Loud Presents Trans in the Chapel appeared first on Dialogue Journal .