12 – Sunstone Volume 10, no. 1-12 Jan.-Dec., 1985 

Publication Information: Published monthly by the Sunstone Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Additional Information: Each issue has from 48 to 78 pages. Illustrated.

 Summary: Sunstone Magazine is a publication by a nonprofit corporation that discusses Mormonism through scholarship, art, short fiction, and poetry, The foundation began the publication in 1974 and considers it a vehicle for free and frank exchange in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Sunstone’s motto is Faith Seeking Understanding.Contents include:

CONTEMPORARY

• THE SERIOUSNESS OF MORMON HUMOR. William A. Wilson. You are what you joke.
• THE HUMOR OF MORMON SERIOUSNESS. Richard H. Cracroft. A response to William A. Wilson
• FAMILYOLATRY. Christian Ryder. Have modern Mormons fallen prey to idol worship?
• PRIESTHOOD PRESCRIPTION FOR WOMEN. Shane B. Inglesby. Aaronic quorum lesson manuals on a woman’s place
• TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO. Karla S. Gunnell and Nicole T.
• Hoffman. What are little Laurels made of?
• LEGISLATING MORALITY: REYNOLDS VS. UNITED STATES. Mark S. Lee. Was prohibiting polygamy a victory for evil or for good?
• GOOD SAMARITANS AND MORAL DILEMMAS. Courtney S. Campbell. There are times when love is not enough.
• MORMON WOMEN AND DEPRESSION. Louise Degn. Transcript from the Dramatic KSL Documentary
• WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC NIGERIAN STYLE. Murray Boren. Is it right to insist on cultural as well as spiritual conversion?
• MORMON POETRY NOW. D. Marden Clark. The State of the Art
• BREAKING THE RULE—A MORAL OPTION? Susan Rytting. Is it ever right to disobey?
• A MORMON CONCEPT OF ARMAGEDDON. Cole R. Capener. Prophecy, God’s Will, and Nuclear Holocaust
• THOUGHT REFORM AND TOTALISM. Scott D. Miller. The Psychology of the LDS Church Missionary Training Program
• THOUGHT REFORM OR RITE OF PASSAGE? C. Jess Groesbeck. A Response to Scott D. Miller
• MORMON COSMOLOGY: CAN IT SURVIVE THE BIG BANG? Keith E. Norman. Sparks fly when theology meets up with quantum mechanics.
• THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DARNED. Michael Hicks. Saturday’s Warrior vs. Saturday Night Fever
• MORMON POETRY NOW. D. Marden Clark. Second in a series
• THE MORMON DOCUMENTS’ DAY IN COURT. Linda Sillitoe. A Closer Look at Some Historical Documents

• SAINT FOR ALL SEASONS. An Interview with Lowell L. Bennion
• STALKING THE WILD DOCUMENT. An Interview with Lyn Jacobs

• THE LEE REVOLUTION AND THE RISE OF CORRELATION. Peter Wiley. The Church would never be the same again.
• CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS OR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS? D. Michael Quinn. On the issue of militarism, Latter-day leaders have been less than unified.
• THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MORMON DOCTRINE. Thomas G. Alexander. From Joseph Smith to Progressive Theology
• CAMPUS IN CRISIS: BYU 1911. Richard Sherlock. Evolution and Revolution at the Mormon University
• CRISIS IN ZION: HEBER J. GRANT AND THE PANIC OF 1893. Ronald W. Walker. A young Apostle confronts a potential catastrophe.
• THE MISSING RIB. Margaret M Toscano. The forgotten place of queens and priestesses in the establishment of Zion
• THE SWEARING ELDERS. Thomas A. Blakely. The birth of the Mormon intelligentsia
• THE SWEARING ELDERS: SOME REFLECTIONS. Richard D. Poll. A response by one of the original cast

• DEFINING THE MORMON DOCTRINE OF DEITY. Van Hale. How shall we label our unique view of God?
• THAT OLDER BROTHER AGAIN! Arthur Bassett. Have we missed the point of this important parable?
• SPEAKING WITH AUTHORITY. David John Buerger. The Theological Influence of Elder Bruce R. McConkie
• TO WARD A MORMON CHRISTOLOGY. Keith E. Norman. We are scarcely aware of the strengths of our unique theology.
• THE MORMON TEMPLE EXPERIENCE. MarK P. Leone. A non-Mormon analyzes the power of the endowment.
• WHERE ARE THE ALL-SEEING EYES? Allen D. Roberts. The Origin, Use, and Decline of
• Early Mormon Symbols
• SOME CONCEPTS OF DIVINE REVELATION. Lorin K. Hansen. How does this Mormon doctrine compare to other Christian views of inspiration?
• KNOWING, DOING, AND BEING. Arthur R. Bassett. Imitation of Christ is our ultimate purpose.
• SPIRIT WRITING: ANOTHER LOOK AT THE BOOK OF MORMON. Scott C. Dunn. How did Joseph Smith produce our modern scriptures?
• MISUNDERSTANDING PATRIARCHAL BLESSINGS
• UNNAMED SOURCE ANNOUNCES VALUABLE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT
• “GODMAKERS” SUES FOR LIBEL
• FACTION OPPOSES BYU JERUSALEM CENTER
• A QUESTION OF MEANS OR ENDS. Donald D. Landon. An RLDS educator challenges our approach to gospel teaching.
• WHAT THE AUTHOR HAD IN MIND. Kira Pratt Davis. Do our religious writings speak for themselves?
• THE SPECTRUM OF BELIEF. R. Jan Stout. Our faith can be shaped by a variety of attitudes
• WHY THE CHURCH IS AS TRUE AS THE GOSPEL. Eugene England. Involvement with others as “the school of faith”
• THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF QUETZALCOATL. Brant Gardner. The deification of an Aztec god
• JUDAS ISCARIOT: BETRAYER OR BETRAYED? Alfred A. Blue. How far does Christ’s compassion extend?
• DO YOU TEACH THE ORTHODOX RELIGION? Mark C. Dangerfield. The dangers of leaving Mormonism’s common ground
• RLDS SUPPORT WOMEN IN THE PRIESTHOOD
• OF GODS, MORTALS, AND DEVILS. Boyd Kirkland. As Satan Is, Man may yet become

• THE SHEET OF OUR TRUE LORD JESUS. Michael Solomon
• BISHOP TED. Linda Sillito
• DON’T CALL ME DOLORES; CALL ME LOLA. Patricia Hart. Honorable Mention in the D. K. Brown Memorial Fiction Contest
• A PROPOSAL. Margaret R. Munk. Honorable Mention in the D. K. Brown
• Fiction Contest
• WINDOWS. Phyllis Barber. Honorable Mention in the D.K. Brown Fiction Contest
• SUNSWATH. Levi Peterson. First Place Story in the 1986 D.K. Brown Fiction Contest

• WHY I AM A BELIEVER. Leonard J. Arrington. First in the series “Pillars of My Faith”
• ASSAULT AND PREEMPTIVE NEUTRALITY. Neal C. Chandler. The unspoken conspiracy
• ON GOING HOME TEACHING. Paul Simmons. A Meditation on a Tradition
• A MORMON AND WILDERNESS: THE SAGA OF SAVAGES. Levi Peterson. A well-known author ponders his Latter-day Saint roots
• AN ENGINEER’S VIEW OF RELIGION. Karl Thatcher Ulrich. A Meaningful Metaphor from an Unlikely Discipline
• GRACE UNTO THE GENTILES. Anthony A. Hutchinson. The significance of magic in the Restoration
• ONE SCIENTIST’S SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Robert C. Fletcher. Second in a Series, “Pillars of My Faith”
• PERCEPTIONS OF LIFE. Louis A. Moench Four Paths on Our Journey through Life

HUMOR

• MORMON CHESS. Kris Cassity. A Little-known but Widely Practiced Mormon Game
• A RELIGION OF CLERKS. Randal K. Quarles. Or, I’ve Got Those Stuffing, Stapling Blues
• THE WORST JOB IN THE CHURCH. D. James Croft. Lengthening our stride on the playing field

• ONCE AT LA JOLLA. Robert A. Rees
• BEFORE THE YEARS SHE WENT INSANE. Margaret Blair Fox
• NIGHT WALK. John W. Schouten
• SITTING BEHIND BELVA LADAWN. Susan Hafen
• WEDDING SONGS. Cohn Douglas

NEWS & REVIEWS

• POELMAN REVISES SPEECH REVIEWERS SPLIT OVER CONTROVERSIAL BOOKCHURCH ARCHIVES ADOPTS NEW ACCESS POLICIESRECORD TURNOUT AT SYMPOSIUM EIGHT

SPEECHES AND CONFERENCES

• IS GOD MARRIED?
• PANEL DISCUSSES WORKING LDS WOMEN
• USE INSPIRED VERSION URGES APOSTLE
• SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS
• RESPONSE GROUP AT BYU
• AIM OF GOD’S LAWS TO CURB POWER, SEMINAR TOLD
• ANNUAL BYU PEACE SYMPOSIUM HELD
• EVANS BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
• CONFERENCE EXPLORES “WOMEN OF FAITH”
• FIRST D.C. SYMPOSIUM HELD. VaL Holley

• THE “MARTIN HARRIS LETTER”: FACT, FICTION...FATE
• CABLE TV AND THE MORMON VOTE
• TWO-YEAR MISSIONS AGAIN
• FREEMAN INSTITUTE CHANGES NAME
• AFFLECK GUILTY OF FRAUD
• THE CASE OF MORMON SPIES
• CHURCH TRADITION NOW A POLICY
• VANCE LAW LEAVES WHITE SOX FOR EXPOS
• EXCOMMUNICATED MAN SUES CHURCH
• HUEBENER GROUP LAUDED IN HAMBURG
• CHURCH ASKS FOR FEEDBACK IN NATIONWIDE SURVEY
• HIGHLY EDUCATED MORMONS ARE MORE
• RELIGIOUS, STUDY SHOWS
• GOTTLIEB ADDRESSES B. H. ROBERTS SOCIETY
• CHANGES SEEN AT SIGNATURE BOOKS
• GAY ARTICLES PROVOKE DIFFERING REACTIONS
• DEFAMATION SUIT DROPPED
• CHURCH HISTORIAN: EVOLUTION OF A CALLING
• RICHARD MILLER AND THE MORMON CONNECTION
• BISHOPS BAN MTV FROM STUDENT HOUSING
• PAPER EXAMINES CONCEPT OF MOTHER IN HEAVEN
• UTAHNS RESPOND TO BISHOPS’ LETTER ON ECONOMICS
• “GETTING OUT” OF THE LDS CHURCH
• CHURCH RELEASES HISTORICAL LETTERS
• THE UNNAMED WOMAN IN SCRIPTURE. Jerrie W. Hurd. The standard works may allude to our Mother in Heaven.
• LESSONS LEARNED FROM LEHI’S CAVE. William A. Johnson. Drawing the line between rumor and evidence
• QUESTIONS CONTINUE TO CLOUD BOMBING CASE, DOCUMENT DEALS
• B. H. ROBERTS BOOK STIRS CONTROVERSY
• MAN FORCED TO RESIGN OVER TRANSLATION ISSUE
• “THE DANCE”: EXIT STAGE LEFT
• GALLUP POLL SHOWS LDS CHURCH ATTENDANCE
• “SOUNDS LIKE UTAH”
• BYU RACIAL PLAY
• TEMPLE OPEN HOUSE BOYCOTTED IN DENVER
• SUBLIMINAL ADS
• ARE THERE ENTREPRENEURS IN SLC?
• THE HOUSE THAT GORDON BUILT
• NEW OFFSHOOT OF LDS CHURCH SPRINGS UP
• POLYGAMISTS ENTER POLITICAL ARENA
• NEW DIRECTOR FOR SMITH INSTITUTE
• LDS POET MEG MUNK DEAD AT 42

SPECIAL FEATUREA GUIDE TO THE MORMON NETWORK. Cecelia Warner

MORMAN MEDIA IMAGENEWSWEEK LOOKS AT MORMONSWALL STREET JOURNAL EXAMINES MORMONS AND GAMBLING

WASHINGTON CORNERMyths-Busting: Utahns in Washington. Michelle MacfarlaneCHURCH BACKS BAN ON ALCOHOL ADS D.C. TEMPLE SPOTLIGHTEDCAMPBELL TO HEAD PR OFFICE IN D.C.LDS LEGISLATORS RATED. Alice PottmyerBELL ON REAGANPOLITICAL SHIFTING

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Condition: Paper covers, covers show some wear and light soiling, text is intact, address label on back covers, one issue has a stain at the top of the front cover  and along the top edge of the pages in the margin area; this issue also has a tan spot on one page where some newspaper clippings are; there are some smudges and small stains; few marks in a couple, overall good plus copies.

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