How does doctrine work? Our inaugural issue takes up the meta-question underlying all doctrinal inquiry: how are theological claims formed, tested, revised, and transmitted within the Latter-day Saint tradition? The essays collected here approach this question from philosophy, history, and theology - not to destabilize doctrine, but to understand it more honestly.
Telos publishes undergraduate scholarship on Latter-day Saint doctrine, history, and
culture. Open access, student-edited, and generous — a place where undergraduate
writing is taken seriously and made better.
We're reading now for our inaugural issue, The Doctrine of Doctrine. Telos publishes
undergraduate essays, research, responses, translations, and reviews across
Latter-day Saint studies.
Submissions are due September 30, 2026.
