Volume 65:2 (2026) Print

What does it mean to translate sacred knowledge “from above,” and how does culture shape the way we receive the gospel? In BYU Studies 65, no. 2 (2026), scholars explore the meeting point of faith, art, and interpretation in powerful ways. A lead study on Aboriginal art at the Church History Museum shows how visual language can carry spiritual meaning across cultures, while another article examines King Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s voice in Alma 24 through the lens of intercultural theology and conversion.

This issue also turns to the modern world with timely and practical questions. One article offers an extensive review of Church leaders’ teachings on technology use, weighing both its promise and its dangers. Another study revisits B. H. Roberts’s engagement with the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions and the beginnings of Latter-day Saint interreligious dialogue, while a separate article considers a Latter-day Saint view of free will. Readers will also find a thoughtful look at missionary husbands and the changing patterns of proselytizing labor.

History and memory receive careful attention throughout the issue. Essays remember Dean Jessee and examine color vision as a way of perceiving the sacred. Readers will also encounter a fascinating article on mission plaques and selected scriptures, a poem that brings a quieter reflective note, and a book review that rounds out the issue with scholarly and devotional interest.

Bringing together art, doctrine, history, and lived experience, BYU Studies 65, no. 2 invites readers to see familiar subjects in fresh ways and to consider how faith speaks across cultures, centuries, and everyday life.