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Dialogue Lectures episodes

February 14, 2015 Dialogue Lectures #20 w/David Holland

The 20th Dialogue podcast features Associate Professor of Religious History at Harvard Divinity School David Holland speaking on "Full of Eyes Both Before and Behind: Joseph Smith as American Prophet and Ancient Historian." From the Miller-Eccles website: "When writing about Joseph Smith, observers almost reflexively invoke the term “incomparable.” The Latter-day Saint prophet can indeed make comparison difficult. And this may be particularly true of his engagement with antiquity. Smith’s forays into the ancient world, from Abrahamic papyri to American Mulekites, often appear so distinctive or peculiar as to resist analogy.
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1 hr 11 min
November 07, 2014 Dialogue Lectures #19 w/Craig Harline

The 19th Dialogue podcast features BYU Professor Craig Harline, whose primary field is European religious history. From the Miller-Eccles website: "Dr. Harline has published a number of historically-based books that have been popular with readers and are held in high regard by critics (see below). Most recently he has turned his narrative skills to writing a memoir of his mission to Belgium in the 1970s.
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1 hr 14 min
October 16, 2014 Dialogue Lectures #18 w/Adam Miller

The 18th Dialogue podcast features Professor Adam S. Miller who spoke on his recent book, Letters to a Young Mormon, published by BYU’s Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at the recent Miller Eccles lecture. From the site: "Adam wrote the book as a way of expressing his Mormon philosophy in a style that would make sense to young adults, but it would be a mistake to conclude the essays are simple minded—they are sophisticated, insightful pieces that will resonate with Mormons whether they are 17 or 71."
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1 hr 7 min
October 01, 2014 Dialogue Lectures #17 w/Wes Johnson
As one of the founders of Dialogue, Wes Johnson has a unique view of the journal and what it has been and what it has become. He sits down with Brandt Malone to discuss it's history and his part in that history in the newest Dialogue podcast.
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1 hr 14 min
September 03, 2014 Dialogue Lectures #16 w/Valerie Hudson
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Valerie Hudson headlines the 16th Dialogue podcast in her stop at the Miller Eccles group. There she discusses her new book Sex and World Peace (co-authored by Valerie Hudson, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Mary Caprioli and Chad Emmett). From the Miller Eccles site: "(this book) unsettles a variety of assumptions in political and security discourse, demonstrating that the security of women is a vital factor in the security of the state and its incidence of conflict and war. Much of the data underlying Dr. Hudson’s research comes from the WomanStats Project, a research and database project housed at BYU that 'seeks to collect detailed statistical data on the status of women around the world, and to connect that data with data on the security of states.' This database has the most comprehensive compilation of information on the status of women in the world."
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1 hr 22 min
May 20, 2014 Dialogue Lectures #15 w/David Stewart & Matt Martinich
[display_podcast] In April, the Miller Eccles group welcomed Dr. David Stewart and Matthew Martinich, authors of a new Church almanac that provides an in-depth look at membership, retention, activity and much more, to speak about…
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1 hr 24 min
April 22, 2014 Dialogue Lectures #14 w/Brandon Plewe

Brandon Plewe brings his cartographic expertise to discuss his latest work: Mapping Mormonism: An Atlas of Latter-day Saint History in the 14th Dialogue podcast, recorded live at the Miller Eccles study group in March.
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1 hr 18 min
March 18, 2014 Dialogue Lectures #13 w/Philip Barlow

Dr. Philip Barlow exclaims "The Joseph Smith in our heads is too small!” in the 13th podcast recorded at the Miller-Eccles Group in February. As explained at the website: that is an astounding claim, given the international derision and devotion he has inspired among millions. Yet the scope, nature, and radicalism of his prophetic project is more vast and more radical than his followers or critics generally grasp. He was correct in more ways than he may have intended when he said, "No man knows my history."
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1 hr 30 min
February 05, 2014 Dialogue Lectures #12 w/David Bokovoy
David Bokovoy discusses various aspects of biblical scholarship in this new Miller-Eccles presentation. As Morris Thurston explains “This timely presentation will be a great way to kick off the year of Old Testament study in your Gospel Doctrine class.”
David Bokovoy holds a PhD in Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East and an MA in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies both from Brandeis University. He received his BA from Brigham Young University, majoring in History and minoring in Near Eastern Studies.
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1 hr 15 min
December 04, 2013 Dialogue Lectures #11 w/Robert Kirby

In what is sure to be a popular podcast, Robert Kirby spends an evening at the recent Miller Eccles gathering regaling the audience with amusing story after story--with a delightful dash of unconventional testimony.
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1 hr 8 min