Dialogue Issues: Summer 2012

by Grant Hardy, Benjamin E. Park, Libby Potter Boss

“They were wearing next to nothing. Thongs, boy-shorts, string bikinis. A lacy Victoria’s Secret red and black nightgown seemed downright conservative. Pro-gay slogans—’Marriage Equality!’ and ‘Down with Prop 8!’—were plastered on chests, legs, buttcheeks, cheeks. ‘Judge not lest ye be judged’ read one billboard/lower back, scrawled in what might have been red lipstick.” Does Max Mueller’s personal essay from Summer 2012′s issue have your attention? Also inside find new biblical scholarship from Grant Hardy on the problems on continuing to rely on the KJV translation. And 8 poems handpicked by new Poetry Editor Tyler Chadwick. Plus find new fiction from Angela Hallstrom and two From the Pulpit pieces that Editor Kristine Haglund labels “magnificent sermons about doubt among believers”

251 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2012

About the author

Dr. Grant Hardy received a Ph.D. from Yale University in Chinese Language and Literature and a B.A. from Brigham Young University where he studied Ancient Greek.

He is Professor of History and Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Ashville. Below is a quote by Dr. Hardy taken from the "Faces of UNC" web page:

“I am interested in how people use literature to make sense of their experience, whether that be historical, personal or religious."