Listing of Current and Past Issues
Volume 17, Number 3 (Fall 2024)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2024,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Lincoln, The Book of Mormon, and 2024,"
by Savannah Eccles Johnston - "Poise: The One and the All,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Poem: “Child Marriage”,"
by Hope Rose Cassler - "Book Review: To Stop a Slaughter: Just War and the Book of Mormon, by Morgan Deane (2024),"
by Kerry M. Kartchner - "Book Review: Recollections of a Handcart Pioneer of 1860: A Woman’s Life on the Mormon Frontier by Mary Ann Hafen,"
by Emilee Pugh Bell - "Book Review: The Problem of Pain, by C.S. Lewis (1940),"
by V.H. Cassler - "Reader's Puzzle, Fall 2024,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 17, Number 2 (Summer 2024)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2024,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Passing of B. Kent Harrison, SquareTwo’s Book Review Editor,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Politically Involved Peacemakers: The Peace in Politics Dilemma,"
by Rachel Zirkle - "Andrea Dworkin on Pornography: A Latter-Day Saint Woman’s perspective,"
by Holly Hamilton-Bleakley, Philosophy Department, University of San Diego - "Dark Miracles,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Book Reviews: Julia and The Power, Both Flawed but Intriguing,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Reader's Puzzle, Summer 2024,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 17, Number 1 (Spring 2024)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2024,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Women, Power, and Authority in the Church: We All Know More Than We Are Saying,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Women in the Book of Mormon,"
by Sam and Savannah Johnston - "The Importance of Mary Whitmer's Experience as a Type and Pattern,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Cleave - The Contronym,"
by Darla Porter Driggs - "Marriage as an Idol,"
by Ashley Alley - "Dreamscapes, Cinemascapes, and the Iron Rod: Digital Theology as a Response to the Culture Industry,"
by Brent Yergensen - "Book Review: Both Things as True by Kate Holbrook,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Reader's Puzzle, Spring 2024,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 16, Number 3 (Fall 2023)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2023,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Why Heavenly Mother is Essential for Women Understanding their Eternal Destiny,"
by McArthur Krishna and Bethany Brady Spalding - "Has Heavenly Mother Distanced Herself from this World?,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Women & Religious Education At BYU,"
by Savannah Eccles Johnston & Samuel Johnston - "The Octopus and the Doctrine of Dreams,"
by Scott C. Hammond - "Book Review: “In the Image of our Heavenly Parents: A Couple’s Guide to Creating a More Divine Marriage” edited by McArthur Krishna & Bethany Brady Spalding,"
by Ashley Alley - "Reader's Puzzle, Fall 2023,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 16, Number 2 (Summer 2023)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2023,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Compassion War: Identities, Flag Nationalism, and Faith Crisis Culture,"
by Brent Yergensen - "Embodiment As a Core Doctrine,"
by Savannah Eccles Johnston - "The Book of Lehi,"
by Thomas F. Rogers - "Impact of Gap Time for Missionary Service on Utah Women’s College Outcomes,"
by Maggie Marchant & Jocelyn Wikle - "Jacques Lusseyran’s And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II — What Lusseyran Teaches Women About Their Glory and Power,"
by Michele Noel - "Review of Every Needful Thing: Essays on the Life of the Mind and the Heart,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Reader's Puzzle, Summer 2023,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 16, Number 1 (Spring 2023)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2023,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Heavenly Mother Artwork Project,"
by Sarah M. Coyne, Ashley LeBaron-Black, Jane Shawcroft, Megan Gale, J. Andan Sheppard, Chenae Christensen-Duerden, Megan Van Alfen - "Kishkumen’s Dagger: First Strike in the Book of Mormon,"
by Morgan Deane - "A Response to “Kishkumen’s Dagger: First Strike in the Book of Mormon” by Morgan Deane,"
by Mark Henshaw - "“The Remarkable Implications of Spheres of Responsibility”,"
by M. David Huston - "Ward Peace through Worship,"
by Gwendolyn Stevens Wyne - "Hugh Nibley in My Life,"
by Don Norton - "Book Review: A New Birth of Marriage: Love, Politics, and the Vision of the Founders, by Brandon Dabling,"
Reviewed by B. Kent Harrison - "Reader's Puzzle, Spring 2023,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 15, Number 3 (Fall 2022)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2022,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "BYU and Secular Higher Education: The Challenge of a "Gospel Methodology","
by Ralph C. Hancock - "Apostasy and Abuse,"
by Holly Hamilton-Bleakley, PhD
➤Listen to Podcast - "Modesty and Mormons: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Impact of Principles and Practices of Modesty on Body Esteem in a Latter-day Saint Sample,"
by Sarah M. Coyne, Jane E. Shawcroft, Chenae Christensen-Duerden, Lauren A. Barnes, Haley Graver, Moriah Perkins, Andrew Brindley - "“Your Mother and Mine”— Perceptions of Heavenly Mother Among Latter-day Saints,"
by Amber J. Majeske, Sarah M. Coyne, Chelom E. Leavitt, Alice C. Long - "What’s Wrong With the Fairness for All Act,"
by V.H. Cassler - "The Despairing Historicism of Latter-day Doomers,"
by Ted Richards - "Reader's Puzzle, Fall 2022,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 15, Number 2 (Summer 2022)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2022,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Seeking the Matrimonial Order,"
by Gwendolyn Stevens Wyne
➤Listen to Podcast - "A Same-Sex Attracted Individual In Defense of Marriage and Sexual Difference,"
by Anonymous - ""Good Guys" vs. "Good Guys": Rudger Clawson, John Sharp, and Civil Disobedience in Nineteenth Century Utah,"
by James B. Allen - "The Experiences of Black Women in Utah: Research & Thoughts,"
by Susan R. Madsen - "Actio, Veritas, Caritas,"
by Ralph C. Hancock - "The Story of Beefsteak Harrison, Baptized 1842,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Plenty to Read: Mini Book Reviews,"
by V.H. Cassler and B. Kent Harrison - "Reader's Puzzle, Summer 2022,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 15, Number 1 (Spring 2022)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2022,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Great Global Birth Strike,"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "Sexist Comments in Latter-day Saint Settings,"
by Susan R. Madsen, Robbyn T. Scribner, & Allie Barnes - "The Matriarchal Order and the Ordinances of the Flesh,"
by Gwendolyn Stevens Wyne
➤Listen to Podcast - "A Framework for Suffering,"
by Ashley Alley
➤Listen to Podcast - "When Should the Church Criticize Foreign Governments?,"
by Stephen Cranney - "Book Review: "Respect the Path" by Michele Noel,"
reviewed by V.H. Cassler - "Book Review of A Future Only God Can See for You: A Guide for Teen
and Young Adult Women on Preparing to Lead, by Susan R. Madsen,"
reviewed by B. Kent Harrison - "Reader's Puzzle, Spring 2022,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 14, Number 3 (Fall 2021)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2021,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Eve and Her Mother: The Importance of the Female Gaze in Our Art,"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "Goddesses,"
by Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill
➤Listen to Podcast - "Temple Types and Sacred Blood: How divine patterns guide young women to Christ,"
by Becky Holderness Tilton
➤Listen to Podcast - "Book Review: Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism by Taylor G. Petrey,"
by Carl J. Cranney - "Who Made Satan Cool?: Lil Nas X in Context,"
by Corey Wozniak - "A Cautionary Tale about Mormon Women for Ethical Government,"
by Alicia Alba - "Response To Charles Randall Paul,"
by Stephen H. Webb - "The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Reader's Puzzle, Fall 2021,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 14, Number 2 (Summer 2021)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2021,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "No Selective Service for Women: They Are Already Drafted,"
by Valerie M. Hudson
- "Puncturing Utah’s Sacred Canopy,"
by Stephen Cranney
- "Flexible and Family-Friendly Policies at Utah’s “Best Places to Work”,"
by Robbyn T. Scribner, Susan R. Madsen, & Michelle Vargas
- "“Dumb as a Box of Rocks”: Playful Metaphysical Speculations,"
by Corey Wozniak
- "Hope of Israel, Zion’s Healers: Down with War Imagery,"
by Michael D. Huston
- "Review: The Plays of Thomas F. Rogers,"
by Kent Harrison
- "Part Five of the Book Review of Stephen H. Webb’s Jesus Christ, Eternal God: Heavenly Flesh and the Metaphysics of Matter, Oxford University Press, NY, 2011,"
by Charles Randall Paul
- "Readers’ Puzzle for Summer 2021,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 14, Number 1 (Spring 2021)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2021,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Against the Politics of Salvation,"
by Savannah Eccles Johnston
- "A Review of All Things New by Fiona and Terryl Givens: Sunny, with a Chance of Moral Therapeutic Deism,"
Reviewed by V.H. Cassler - "Where are the Women? Where are the Men? Abortion and the CoJC,"
by M. David Huston - "The God Who Giggles: Towards a CoJC Theology of Humor,"
by by Corey Wozniak - "Is There a Latter-day Saint Accent?,"
by H. Douglas Adamson
- "Will We Survive Surviving?,"
by Scott Hammond - "Part Four of the Book Review of Stephen H. Webb’s Jesus Christ, Eternal God: Heavenly Flesh and the Metaphysics of Matter, Oxford University Press, NY, 2011,"
by Charles Randall Paul - "Book Review: Invisible Women by Carolina Criado Perez,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Readers’ Puzzle, Spring 2021: Rumors of Civil War,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 13, Number 3 (Fall 2020)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2020,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Infrastructure to Withstand Persecution: Resurrecting a Banking System for Zion,"
by V.H. Cassler
- "Building Zion: A Practical Approach,"
by Alice Quan
➤Listen to Podcast - "“Building Moats around My Testimony”- A Black Woman’s Guide for Navigating the Racism Embedded within the Latter-day Saint Religious Experience,"
by Krystal Walker - "Leadership Development Perspectives and Recommendations from Sisters Who Served Full-time Missions During Young Adulthood,"
by Susan R. Madsen, Wendy Fox-Kirk, Sara McPhee, and Robbyn T. Scribner - "Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Covid-19 Freeze,"
by Cheryl B. Preston
- "Terrestrial Lost and Found, Anticipating Further Light and Knowledge on Ordinances with Administration by Women Bearing the Highest Order of the Melchizedek Priesthood,"
by Kamron Coleman - "Part Three of the Book Review of Stephen H. Webb’s Jesus Christ, Eternal God: Heavenly Flesh and the Metaphysics of Matter Oxford University Press, NY, 2011,"
by Charles Randall Paul - "The Debt I Owe Emma Peel and John Steed,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Readers’ Puzzle, Fall 2020 Issue,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 13, Number 2 (Summer 2020)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2020,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Orthodox,"
by Savannah Eccles Johnston
- "Understanding the PPriesthood,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Part Two of the Book Review of Stephen H. Webb’s Jesus Christ, Eternal God: Heavenly Flesh and the Metaphysics of Matter Oxford University Press, NY, 2011,"
by Charles Randall Paul - "Heavenly Mother, Are You Really There?,"
by Savannah Eccles Johnston - "A Brief Note on Elder Quentin L. Cook’s Polygamy Comments, July 2020,"
by V. H. Cassler
- "Book Review: White Rage by Carol Anderson,"
Reviewed by B. Kent Harrison - "Book Review: Live Not By Lies, by Rod Dreher,"
Reviewed by V.H. Cassler - "Readers’ Puzzle, Summer 2020 Issue,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 13, Number 1 (Spring 2020)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2020,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Opening the Pandora’s Box of Polygamy in Utah, 2020,"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "Embodied Sociality as the Meaning of Divinity: A Roman Catholic-Restoration Christian Exchange between
Stephen H. Webb and Charles Randall Paul,"
by Ralph Hancock, Stephen Webb, and Charles Paul
➤Listen to Podcast - "Women Deaconesses in the Primitive Church,"
by Emily Powers
➤Listen to Podcast - "Harlots and the Great and Abominable Church: Marginalization of Women as a Hallmark Sign of the Devil’s Work on the Earth,"
by Emilee Bell
➤Listen to Podcast - "Book Review: Melissa Inouye’s book Crossings,"
Reviewed by B. Kent Harrison - "Book Review: Eve and Adam: Discovering the Beautiful Balance, by Melinda Wheelwright Brown,"
by V. H. Cassler
- "Review of A Girl’s Guide to Heavenly Mother,"
by V. H. Cassler
- "Readers’ Puzzle, Spring 2020 Issue,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 12, Number 3 (Fall 2019)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2019,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Status of Diarchy in the Church of Jesus Christ As We Reach 2020; Updating My Lists,"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "Priestesscraft in Boise, Idaho,"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "Motherhood=Priesthood,"
by Tom Nibley
➤Listen to Podcast - "Marinda Allen Bateman: An Example of Life in Polygamy in Utah,"
Reviewed by B. Kent Harrison
➤Listen to Podcast - "The Next Mormons: A Book Review,"
by Ashley Alley and Kenneth Jeng
➤Listen to Podcast - "Book Review: Girls Who Choose God (Church History),"
by V. H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "Readers’ Puzzle, Fall 2019: The Issue of Church Art,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 12, Number 2 (Summer 2019)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2019,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Teaching Peace Makes Any Subject Sacred,"
by Scott Hammond
➤Listen to Podcast - "The Road to Zion: Nibley, Woodworth, and a Lacuna,"
by V.H. Cassler - "The Spiritual Mystery of General Robert E. Lee,"
by David E. Cassler - "GET THIS: The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Tepper (1988),"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "BOOK REVIEW: Peace for a Palestinian,"
by B. Kent Harrison
- "Readers’ Puzzle, Fall 2019: The Issue of Trans Athletes,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 12, Number 1 (Spring 2019)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2019,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Eternal Heavenly Mother: Shattering a Sacred Silence Through An Examination of What Church Leaders Have Taught About Her,"
by Allison Welch
➤Listen to Podcast - "How to Defend the Church's Position on Sexuality: Talking Points,"
by Anonymous - "Want to Teach Your Daughters About Modesty? Tell Them About Queen Vashti,"
by Amber Richardson - "Get This: A Review of 'Love in the Void' by Simone Weil,"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "One Woman's Thoughts on Plural Marriage,"
by Kathy Bence
➤Listen to Podcast - "Book Review: 'A Time of War, A Time of Peace,"
by B. Kent Harrison
➤Listen to Podcast - "Reader's Puzzle Spring 2019: Preparing for Persecution,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 11, Number 3 (Fall 2018)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2018,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Seventh Wave Feminist Manifesto: Against the Erasure and Replacement of Women (AEROW),"
by V.H. Cassler
- "The Father and Mother: An Adaptation by V.H. Cassler from an October 2018 General Conference Talk by Elder Brian K. Ashton,"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "Get This: Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos”: Many Good Things, One Big Fat Hairy Bad Thing,"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "Thank You, Gabrielle Blair (@designmom), Or, Abortion is a Man’s Issue,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Book Review: Clean Hands, Pure Heart,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Reader's Puzzle Fall 2018: Communication and Democracy,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 11, Number 2 (Summer 2018)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2018,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Navigating Transitions for Women: Finding New Calling and Purpose,"
by Susan R. Madsen
➤Listen to Podcast - "Developing a Primary Lesson on Black LDS History,"
by Melissa Inouye
➤Listen to Podcast - "My Story: Lessons Learned Counselling with My Bishop While Experiencing Domestic Violence,"
by Anonymous
➤Listen to Podcast - "Utah Women and Mental Health,"
by Robbyn T. Scribner, Susan R. Madsen, & Elyse Barnes
➤Listen to Podcast - "Book Review: The Crucible of Doubt: Reflections on the Quest for Faith,"
by B. Kent Harrison
➤Listen to Podcast - "Reader's Puzzle Summer 2018: Jordan Peterson,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 11, Number 1 (Spring 2018)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2018,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Women’s Suffrage in Utah: The Almighty’s Great Leveler,"
by Neylan McBaine
➤Listen to Podcast - "Church Policy Changes Regarding Victims of Abuse are a Positive Step,"
by Emily Powers
➤Listen to Podcast - "Crowned in Charity and Power,"
by Amber Richardson - "Lost,"
by Scott Hammond
➤Listen to Podcast - "Religion and Science,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Book Review: The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us,"
by B. Kent Harrison
➤Listen to Podcast - "Reader's Puzzle Spring 2018: The Cambridge Analytica Scandal,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 10, Number 3 (Fall 2017)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2017,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "10 Years of SquareTwo!,"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "SquareTwo at Ten: 'Beyond the Mormon Moment,'"
by Ralph C. Hancock - "Historical and Contemporary Responses to Sexual Assault by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,"
by Holden Brimhall - "'The Ministering of Angels' is for the Beehives Too,"
by M. David Huston - "Power-Walking Towards Diarchy in the LDS Faith,"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "Sealing of Living Women to More Than One Husband: Has There Always Been a Third Option?,"
by Dale G. Moore
➤Listen to Podcast - "Let Your Hearts and Minds Expand: Reflections on Faith, Reason, Charity and Beauty, by Thomas F. Rogers,"
Reviewed by B. Kent Harrison - "Reader's Puzzle Fall 2017: What is the Upshot of the Weinstein Moment?,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 10, Number 2 (Summer 2017)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2017,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The LDS Church’s New Medical Maternity and Paternity Leave Policies,"
by Emily Powers - "Binding Up the Brokenhearted: Preaching Forgiveness to Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children,"
by Roslyn Lawrance - "The Gender Wage Gap and Unpaid Care Work in Utah,"
by Susan R. Madsen, Robbyn T. Scribner, Janika Dillon - "The Christology and the Mormiana of the Wonder Woman Movie,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Book Review: What is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense, by Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P. George,
Reviewed by B. Kent Harrison - "Readers’ Puzzle for Summer 2017: The Question of Historical Statues,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 10, Number 1 (Spring 2017)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2017,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Engaged in Good Cause: Latter-day Saint Activism,"
by Rachel Zirkle - "The Ethical Dilemma of Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG),"
by V.H. Cassler - "Uncertainty, Perspective, and Faith,"
by Roo Phillips - "Film Review: Moana,"
by Emily Powers - "Book Review: Lights Out by Ted Koppel,
Reviewed by B. Kent Harrison - "Readers’ Puzzle for Spring 2017: Does the US Need a Parental Rights Amendment?,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 9, Number 3 (Fall 2016)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2016,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Mormon Masterworks of the 21st Century,"
by Glen Nelson - "Sealing Practices in the LDS Church; SquareTwo Summer 2016 Readers’ Puzzle Poll Results,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Faith and the Imagination: Lessons from the Humanities for Latter-day Saints,"
by George B. Handley - "Poverty and Sexual Assault among Utah Women,"
by Susan R. Madsen, Robbyn T. Scribner, & Tiffany Turley - "Take Up My Cross and Follow Me: Experiences of LDS “Virtuous Pedophiles”,
by Anonymous - "Books on Islam: A Review Essay of Three Tomes by Bernard Lewis,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Readers’ Puzzle for Fall 2016: What Should the New Administration's Top Priorities Be?,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 9, Number 2 (Summer 2016)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2016,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Female Genital Cutting and Mormons,"
by Chad F. Emmett - "What’s in a Name? SquareTwo Poll Survey Results on the Naming of Women’s Positions and Organizations in the LDS Church,"
by V.H. Cassler and Neylan McBaine - "Cultural Excavation of the Divine Feminine: My Daughters’ Life Necklaces,"
by V.H. Cassler - "5 Social Science Misconceptions Some Mormon Liberals Like to Believe
and 5 Social Science Misconceptions Some Conservative Mormons Like to Believe
—Part II (Sex, Marriage, and Reproduction Edition),"
by Stephen Cranney - "Rape and LDS Teachings,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Book Review: Our Heavenly Family, Our Earthly Families (or, Deseret Book Depicts Heavenly Mother for the Very First Time!),"
by V.H. Cassler - "Readers’ Puzzle for Summer 2016:
The Discrepancy in Sealing Practices Between Men and Women,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring 2016)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2016,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Two Trees: An LDS Revisiting of the Garden of Eden,"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "A Familiar Eternity,"
by Ralph C. Hancock - "The Two Churches of Apostasy,"
by V.H. Cassler
➤Listen to Podcast - "Book Review: A Mormon Rashomon: Three Books by Pearson, Fales, and Pearson,"
by Kevin Christensen - "The Discovery of Gravitational Waves: A New Window on the Universe,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Fixing the Presidential Debates,"
by John Mark Mattox - "Readers' Puzzle for Spring 2016: Renaming Women's Church Positions,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 8, Number 3 (Fall 2015)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2015,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "We Are Daughters of Our Heavenly Parents: The Opening Line of a Crucial Discussion,"
by Kayla Bach - "Of Woman Born: An LDS Feminist View on the Moral Minefields of Surrogacy,"
by V. H. Cassler - "The Vita Contemplativa,"
by Erik Linton - "Book Review: The Hillary Doctrine,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "The Mormon Mystique,"
by Melinda Fox - "The Stories We Tell Our Daughters:
Portrayal of Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television,"
by Alyssa Steed - "Logan's Run: A Retrospective Film Review,"
by V. H. Cassler - "Readers' Puzzle for Fall 2015: Use of Women's Restrooms and Locker Rooms in Public Schools by Gender Declaration Alone,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 8, Number 2 (Summer 2015)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2015,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "A Day to Be Remembered: New Stirrings Towards Diarchy in LDS Church Government,"
by V. H. Cassler - "Hidden in Plain View: Mother in Heaven in Scripture,"
by Val Larsen
➤Listen to Podcast - "The Decision to Drop the Bomb: Personal Observations, Studies, and Reflections,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "The Debt I Owe John Steed,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Book Review: Even Unto Bloodshed: An LDS Perspective on War, by Duane Boyce,"
by B. Kent Harrison - "Readers' Puzzle for Summer 2015: The Boy Scouts,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 8, Number 1 (Spring 2015)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2015,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Forgiveness of Abuse and Atrocity: What It Is, and What It Is Not (A Guide for the Perplexed Christian Woman),"
by V. H. Cassler - "Seven Social Science Myths Liberal Mormons Like to Believe; Seven Social Science Myths Conservative Mormons
Like to Believe,"
by Stephen Cranney - "Please Stop Killing My Daughter with Activity Days,"
by S. Matthew Stearmer - "Can Specialists Write for the Non-Specialist?: A Case Study of Writing Effectively About Weapons of Mass Destruction,"
by John Mark Mattox - "The Diarchic Road Not Yet Taken: A Book Review of Sanday's Female Power and Male Dominance,"
by V. H. Cassler - "Readers' Puzzle for Spring 2015: The Utah Compromise,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 7, Number 3 (Fall 2014)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2014,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Wilderness, Community, and Ecological Restoration: An LDS Perspective,"
by George B. Handley - "'Preparing Their Lands and Their Arms Against the Time of Battle': A Neoconservative Interpretation of
the Book of Mormon,"
by Benjamin R. Knoll and Natalie E. Pope - "The Mothers' Monument Project: Rethinking Sacrifice by Making Maternal Mortality Visible,"
by S. Matthew Stearmer - "Rectifying the Names: Reflections on 'Womanhood and Language' by Hancock,"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "Book/Film Review: We Are All Receivers: Lessons from Lois Lowry's The Giver,"
by Rachel Fairclough Zirkle - "Readers' Puzzle for Fall 2014: The Torture Report,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 7, Number 2 (Summer 2014)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2014,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Book Review: Women at Church by Neylan McBaine,"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "My Personal Struggle with the Term 'Feminism',"
by Susan R. Madsen - "Institutions and LDS Church Growth,"
by Brooks Wilson - "Effecting Change in the Church,"
by Jenne Erigero Alderks - "Book Review: Girls Who Choose God: Stories of Courageous Women from the Bible,"
by Morgan Wills - "Maleficent the Magnificent: A Film Review,"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "Readers' Puzzle for Summer 2014: Cliven Bundy and LDS Views on Civil Disobedience,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 7, Number 1 (Spring 2014)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2014,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Zion in Her Beauty Rises: Current Discourse on Women and the Priesthood by Ballard, Dew, and Oaks,"
by V. H. Cassler - "Men and Women Working Towards Zion: The Early Saints (1847-1930),"
by Alixandra Lewis Adams - "'No Poor Among Them': Global Poverty, Free Markets, and the 'Fourfold' Mission,"
by Nathaniel Givens and Walker Wright - "Running from Office: Religion's Impact on Women in Utah,"
by Rachel Fairclough Zirkle - "Perceptions of Deity as Paternal and/or Maternal in the U.S. Population,"
by Stephen Cranney - "Readers' Puzzle for Spring 2014: Experiences with the Divine Feminine,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 6, Number 3 (Fall 2013)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2013,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Book Review: Women and the Priesthood by Sheri Dew,"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "What Makes America Great?,"
by Ralph Hancock - "Women Wearing Pants to Church: Putting the Current Wave of LDS Feminism into Historical Context,"
by Morgan Lyon Cotti - "Are Utah Mormons Pornography-Using Hypocrites?: Utah's Rank as Measured by Google Search Terms,"
by Stephen T. Cranney - "When It Happens to One Among Us . . . : A Discussion of the Most Common Misunderstandings about Personal Assault"
by Maxine Murdock - "Readers' Puzzle for Fall 2013: Immigration Reform,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 6, Number 2 (Summer 2013)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2013,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "An Essay on the One True Morality and the Principle of Freedom,"
by Alma Don Sorensen - "And They Shall Beat Their Swords into Plowshares": International Law in the Last Days,"
by Allison Arnold - "A Revolutionary Hire at BYU's College of Religious Education,"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "On the Lifting of the Combat Exclusion for Women,"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "The Lady in the Temple: A Conference Announcement,"
by the Academy for Temple Studies - "Readers' Puzzle for Summer 2013: Edward Snowden--Traitor or Patriot?,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 6, Number 1 (Spring 2013)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2013,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Ruby Slippers on Her Feet: Reflections on the OrdainWomen Website,"
by V.H. Cassler - Symposium on Adam S. Miller's Book, Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays on Mormon Theology (Kofford Books, 2012)
I. "Introduction," by Adam S. Miller
II. "Adam Miller's Rube Goldberg Dynamo," by Ralph Hancock
III. "Consider the Theologian: A Poor, Wayfaring Rube Goldbergian Tribute," by Jacob T. Baker
IV. "The Grace of Nothingness," by George Handley
V. "Notes on Novelty," by Joseph M. Spencer
V. "Be Still and Get to Work," Responses by Adam S. Miller - "The Pursuit of Zion: Wisdom from the Book of Mormon,"
by A. Don Sorensen - "A Reflection on the Cultural Construction of Sexual "Needs","
by S. Matthew Stearmer - "Readers' Puzzle for Spring 2013: Mental Illness and Accountability,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 5, Number 3 (Fall 2012)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2012,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Perennial Issue of Tax Reform: My Experience and Lessons Learned,"
by Olene Walker - "A Unique Gathering, An Extraordinary Opportunity: The Third Decennial Latter-day Saint National Security Symposium,"
by John Mark Mattox - "Power's Reality, Power's Illusion: Policy at the Intersection of the Two Kingdoms,"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "The Mormon Moment That Did Not Bring Out the Best in Us,"
by Janille Shumway Stearmer - "New Research Challenges the Consensus on Same-Sex Parenting, But Does It Matter?,"
by Stephen Cranney - "Book Review: Sex and World Peace; Reflections from a Gospel Perspective,"
by Rachel F. Zirkle - "Readers' Puzzle for Fall 2012: Tax Reform Ideas,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 5, Number 2 (Summer 2012)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2012,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Romney Roundtable: Does Romney's Mormonism Make A Difference?,"
by Bryan Benson, Stephen Cranney, Ryan Decker, Ralph Hancock, George Handley, Valerie Hudson, Karen Hyer,
Erik Linton, Janille Stearmer, Thelma Young, Rachel Zirkle - "Plato's Son, Augustine's Heir: A 'Post-Heterosexual Mormon Theology'?,"
by V. H. Cassler - "Book Review: 'Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power' by Rachel Maddow,"
by Janille Shumway Stearmer - "Maternal Thinking: Evidence and Implications,"
by Michael Reed Davison - "Booker T. Washington Meets the Mormons,"
by Gary B. Hansen - "Readers' Puzzle for Summer 2012: Reaction to the Nine Suggestions for How the LDS Church Could Raise Women's Profile?,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 5, Number 1 (Spring 2012)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2012,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "A Hard Look at Loyalty,"
by Philip M. Flammer and Karl F. Gretz - "From Sex to Gender: Female Androgyny and the Crippling of Men,"
by Rebecca Rickett - "'Sinister and Weird': Using Mitt Romney as an Excuse to Slur Mormonism,"
by Ryan Decker - "The Piety of Common Sense and the Common Sense of Piety: A Sensible Reaction to the Idea of Same-Sex Marriage,"
by Brent Gilchrist - "The Effect of 9-11 and Gender on the International Awareness of Latter-day Saint College Students,"
by Valerie M. Hudson and Channing Hancock - "Readers' Puzzle for Spring 2012: Should Mormons Vote for Mitt Romney?,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 4, Number 3 (Fall 2011)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2011,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "'By Study and Also By Faith': SquareTwo and Scholarship in the Light of the Restoration,"
by John Mark Mattox - ➤Listen to Podcast
- "A Gendered Zion?: A Study of the 2010 Utah Republican Delegate Gender Gap,"
by Rachel F. Zirkle - "Father Paneloux, Alyosha Karamazov, and Deference to a God Who Allows the Suffering of Children,"
by Stephen T. Cranney - "Book Review: Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Culture of Consumerism, by Shannon Hayes,"
by Lindsey Hulet - "Why We Trust: Institutional and Interpersonal Trust Formation and the LDS Church,"
by Jonathan H. Westover - "Readers' Puzzle for Fall 2011:
When Kody Brown’s Lawsuit Reaches the US Supreme Court, Will the LDS Church Take a Stand—and What Will it Be? And What Happens if Brown Wins?,"
by Valerie M. Hudson
Volume 4, Number 2 (Summer 2011)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2011,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Influence of Religion and Gender on Utah Employee Perceptions of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility,"
by Susan R. Madsen, Kenneth Shaw, and Jonathan H. Westover - "The Curious Appeal of Roman Catholicism for Certain Latter-day Saint Intellectuals,"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "Ain't I a Leader? The Global Need for Women at the Decision Making Table,"
by Thelma Young - "Leaving the Ivory Tower: How Engaging People Outside the Academy Could Help Save the Humanities "
by Todd Mack - "The New Chair of the Ancient Scripture Department at BYU,"
by Rachel Cope - "Readers' Puzzle for Summer 2011: Preconception Selection,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal
Volume 4, Number 1 (Spring 2011)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2011,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Like Father, Like Son? Mike and Rex Lee's Divergent Views on the Constitution and Politics,"
by Ryan Decker and Jansen Gunther - "The Branding of 'Mormon' Politicians and Its Consequences: An Historical Analysis,"
by William Swadley, Jr. - "Fertility Respect,"
by Joseph B. Stanford, MD, MSPH - "Review of Paulsen and Pulido's 'A Mother There,' BYU Studies, 2011,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Giving Women a Voice Without Sacrificing Faith or Family: The Changes Needed to Create an Egalitarian Society,"
by Kaylie Clark - "Special Feature: Readers' Puzzle for Spring 2011: Second Marriage Questions,"
by Anonymous LDS Bishop
Volume 3, Number 3 (Fall 2010)
- "Editors' Introduction, Fall 2010,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "The Mormon Problem,"
by Roger Barrus - "Appearances, the 'Nip, Tuck' Culture, and the Latter-day Saint,"
by Lindsey Hulet - "Mormonism and the Enlightenment: In Response to John-Charles Duffy,"
by Joseph M. Spencer - "Do Female BYU Students Have Lower Educational Ambition Than Their Male Counterparts? Results from a Recent Survey,"
by Stephen Cranney - "A Glimpse at Women and Higher Education in Utah,"
by Susan R. Madsen, Cheryl Hanewicz, Susan Thackeray, and David King - "Inasmuch as Yes Have Done It Unto the Least of These My Brethren: Undocumented Immigrants and the LDS Church,"
by Steven W. Goold - "Special Feature: Readers' Puzzle for Fall 2010: The Blessing Dilemma,"
by Valerie M. Hudson and SquareTwo Readers
Volume 3, Number 2 (Summer 2010)
- "Editors' Introduction, Summer 2010,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Lament for America: The US Household Under Siege,"
by Earl H. Fry - "Book Review | Hanging by The Thread, by Douglas B. Anderson,"
by Ryan Decker
THE 2010 ALMA DON SORENSEN ESSAYS
- "Should the US Accede to the Treaty Establishing the International Criminal Court?"
by Anna Caruso - "Modifying US Arms Sales To Taiwan,"
by Aryel Cianflone - "Creating Peace in the South China Sea,"
by David Cramer - "The Evolving US-Pakistani Relationship,"
by Rachel Fairclough Zirkle - "Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe,"
by Jeramy Ferguson - "Containing Iran's Nuclear Ambitions,"
by Asher Henrie - "Meaningful Reform of the US Intelligence Community,"
by Alan Taylor
Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 2010)
- "Editors' Introduction, Spring 2010,"
by Editorial Board, SquareTwo Journal - "Capital Adequacy, Credit Swaps, and the Central Bank: Untangling Financial Reform,"
by Ryan Decker - "By Their Fruits: The Necessity of Civil Dialogue in the Public Sphere,"
by Janille Shumway Stearmer and Lynn Zaritsky - "The Sacrament of Birth,"
by Analiesa Leonhardt - "Polygamy,"
by V.H. Cassler - "Book Review | Encouraging Heterosexuality: Helping Children Develop a Traditional Sexual Orientation by Douglas A. Abbott and A. Dean Byrd,"
by J.S. and S.M. Stearmer - "Book Review | Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy by M. William Phelps,"
by Kevin F. Smith
Volume 2, Number 3 (Fall 2009)
- "Reflections on Politics and Religion,"
by Robert S. Wood - "The Value of an Educated Woman: Elder John Carmack's 30 September 2009 Address to the J. Reuben Clark Society of Brigham Young University,"
by Janille Shumway Stearmer and S. Matthew Stearmer - "A Farewell Salute to the Women's Research Institute of Brigham Young University,"
by Various WRI Faculty Affiliates
THE 2009 ALMA DON SORENSEN ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS
- "The 2009 Alma Don Sorensen Contest Winning Essays: Introductory Comments,"
by The Editorial Board of SquareTwo - First Place: "The Case for Heterosexual Monogamous Marriage,"
by Aimee S. Farnsworth - Second Place: "'Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness': The Case for Traditional Marriage,"
by Anonymous from Provo, Utah - Third Place: "Joined Together: Traditional Marriage as the Source of Morality and Political Freedom,"
by Brandon Dabling - Fourth Place: "The State's Gender Equality Interest in Heterosexual Marriage,"
by Grady Killian - Fifth Place: "The Botany of Marriage,"
by Analiesa Leonhardt - Sixth Place: "Voting and Marriage in America,"
by Jacob Fox - Seventh Place: "Heterosexual Monogamous Marriage: The Key to Equal Rights for Women,"
by Vanessa Nielsen - Eighth Place: "The State and Marriage,"
by Rebekah Butterfield - Ninth Place: "Marriage, Households, and States: What Kinds of Unions Should We Promote?,"
by Rebecca Perez - Tenth Place: "Marriage and Mixity,"
by Maren Perkins
Volume 2, Number 2 (Summer 2009)
- "On Being Ill at Ease in the World,"
by Richard L. Bushman - "War and the Gospel: Perspectives from Latter-day Saint National Security Practitioners,"
by Mark Henshaw, Valerie M. Hudson, Eric Jensen, Kerry M. Kartchner, and John Mark Mattox - "The 4 May 2007 Statement of the LDS Church: 'Approaching Mormon Doctrine,'"
by Valerie M. Hudson - "2012: The Trajectories of Huntsman and Romney,"
by Ryan Decker - "To My LDS Friends: Give Feminism a Try,"
by Michael Hardy - "Book Review: Piggyback Rides and Slippery Slides by Lynnae Allred,"
byJanille Shumway Stearmer
Volume 2, Number 1 (Spring 2009)
- "The World and the Prophets: A Religious Response to Secularism,"
by James E. Faulconer - "'Some Things Which Should Not Have Been Forgotten Were Lost': The Pro-Feminist, Pro-Democracy, Pro-Peace Case for State Privileging of Companionate Heterosexual Monogamous Marriage,"
by V.H. Cassler - "The Church is Right: The Case Against Gay Marriage,"
by Richard Sherlock, with commentary by Ben Hertzberg and response to Hertzberg by Ralph Hancock - "The Church and the Public Square(s): A Book Review of God and Country: Politics in Utah"
by Russell Arben Fox - "Book Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy "
by Jack Mallard - “The Sacred on TV: Reaction to Big Love’s ‘Outer Darkness’” by Lindsey Hulet
Volume 1, Number 1 (Fall 2008)
- "SquareTwo and the Future of Mormon Thought,"
by Richard Sherlock - "My Other Self: Reflections on Tolerance,"
by Thelma Young - "When Following the Prophet is Too Easy: Against the Identification of Reason with Progressive Liberationism,"
by Ralph C. Hancock - "Freedom: Reflections for Veterans' Day,"
by John Mark Mattox - "Voting: A Civic Duty for Latter-day Saints,"
by L. Hulet - "Inequality and National Survival: A Scriptural Case for Modern Legislation,"
by Ryan Decker - "If We Are Preparing, Shouldn't We Still Fear?: Fear-Mongering in the LDS Preparedness Culture "
by Janille Shumway Stearmer - "Enchanted": Pilgrimess' Progress, by Valerie M. Hudson