A History of Dialogue, Part Two: Struggle toward Maturity, 1971–1982

After Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon thought was founded by Mormons at Stanford University in 1966, it attracted Latter-day Saint scholars from all over the US, and soon its success surpassed the expectations of everyone involved. It mattered little that Dialogue was an independent publication without institutional ties or subsidies. As Mormon intellectuals flocked to sample the offerings of the new journal, subscriptions soon approached 8,000. With this phenomenal interest, the editors of the new journal proved early on that there was a need for a scholarly publication which would satisfy the spiritual and intellectual needs of faithful but thinking Mormons. Here, Anderson discusses the history of Dialogue and its struggle toward maturity.