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Month: June 2021

Dialogue

A Latina’s Response to ‘Honest Questions about CRT’

The message of the gospel of Christ makes some people uncomfortable and angry. That doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Maybe we should show a little more humble openness to what CRT can offer our understanding of the world?

Dialogue

Yes, We Really Do Need to Talk About Race

It’s not just folks on the political left who we’d love to go deeper in exploring meaningful questions. These are some of our questions for brothers and sisters on the political right as well.

Media & Education

New Insights on Gospel Restoration: Thoughts on Mason & Givens’ Texts

The restitution of the gospel fullness through Joseph Smith has made waves for nearly 200 years now. Two important new texts spark a meaningful conversation about the scope and meaning of this restoration – and the nature of the God who ushered it in.

Faith

A Restoration of ALL Things?

The message of a “restitution of all things” shared by the Church of Jesus Christ is exciting on many levels. Is it possible that this restoration is even more expansive than many of us have realized?

Racial Healing

Juneteenth and the Liberal Tradition

The principles of liberty, equality and honoring our common humanity are inconsistent with race prejudice. Those remain the best weapon ever formed against it, today as in 1865.

Dialogue

We Are Hypatia

Elaborating the rationale for agreeing to a group pseudonym to be used in select articles in the days ahead.

American Families of Faith

Strengths In Diverse American Families of Faith

Introducing and launching a new series of articles based on the American Families of Faith project involving scholars at BYU and beyond. The project aims to deepen understanding of diverse religious families across the United States.

Social Justice

Policing Across the Pond

As we seek to improve policing in the United States, here are three concrete ideas and fresh practices from the British that we may do well to consider.

Dialogue

What’s the Greatest Threat to Public Discourse?

Would you say the greatest threat to public discourse is misinformation or censorship (or both)? Depending on that answer, we’re drawn to very different “solutions” – taking very different directions for America’s future.

Political Atmosphere

Dehumanizing QAnon Supporters

Dehumanization is wrong. Of course, we all know that … UNLESS we’re talking about Those People who believe truly awful things, right?

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