Braving the Borderlands: Strange Tales from the Borderlands
By D. Jeff Burton D. Jeff Burton is an author and a former member of the Sunstone Board of Directors. In this column, I share some unusual—and sometimes troubling—experiences... Read more.
Roundtable: Pornography, Masturbation, Sex, and Marriage in Mormonism
By Stephanie Buehler, Natasha Parker, and John Dehlin The following is excerpted from the Mormon Stories podcast (episode 245), “Pornography, Masturbation, Sex... Read more.
Poem: Birthday Party
By David Lawrence Tonight is five nights after my birthday and my son Is taking me out for dinner. We’re going all the way. Four star— “Adour.” He is bringing... Read more.
Return of the Native
By Levi S. Peterson Levi S. Peterson is a former editor of Dialogue and author of novels The Backslider and Aspen Marooney, short-story collections Canyons of Grace... Read more.
The Monitoring of BYU Faculty Tithing Payments: 1957–1963–Part II
Continued from Part I “A Matter of Free Will Giving” As BYU opened that September 1959, Wilkinson delivered his second “forthright statement” (his term)... Read more.
The Monitoring of BYU Faculty Tithing Payments: 1957–1963–Part I
By Gary James Bergera Art by Jeanette Atwood Or, right-click here to download the audio file: The Monitoring of BYU Faculty Tithing Payments: 1957–1963... Read more.
The Culture of Violence in Joseph Smith’s Mormonism–Part III
Continued from Part II In May 1842, Joseph Smith reassembled a cadre of bodyguards, selecting primarily those with experience as Danites in Missouri. Former Danites... Read more.
The Culture of Violence in Joseph Smith’s Mormonism–Part II
Continued from Part I One 24 September 1835, notwithstanding the absence of an external threat, Joseph Smith organized militarily in Kirtland. He proposed “by... Read more.
The Culture of Violence in Joseph Smith’s Mormonism–Part I
By D. Michael Quinn D. Michael Quinn is an independent scholar in Rancho Cucamonga, Southern California. His first ancestral Mormon mother, Lydia Bilyeu Workman,... Read more.
My Favorite Martian
The comically named History Channel, which specializes in sensationalistic programs on historical mysteries and conspiracy theories, recently offered a fresh take... Read more.
Leaderlore
A two-sentence version of this piece appeared as Aaron C. Brown’s 9 February 2011 Facebook status update. Nothing drives me crazier than hearing a well-meaning... Read more.
Understanding Talmage
This regular Cornucopia column features incidents from and glimpses into the life and ministry of Elder James E. Talmage as compiled by James P. Harris, who is currently... Read more.
“Unscrupulous or Misguided Adventurers”
In this regular Cornucopia column, Curt Bench, owner and operator of Benchmark Books (www.benchmarkbooks.com), a specialty bookstore in Salt Lake City that focuses... Read more.
How Much Does Jesus Care about Doctrinal Purity?
In this regular column, Michael Vinson, a master’s graduate of the Divinity School of the University of Cambridge and a frequent devotional speaker at Sunstone... Read more.
I Will Go; I Will Play
By Stephen Carter “What would a good Mormon video game play like?” It’s a question that has doubtless crossed the mind of many a Mormon gamer as he fires... Read more.
Letter to the Editor: Graphic Novel
In response to Noah Van Sciver’s comic “Book of Mormon Origins,” Sunstone received the following. Graphic Novel The Sacred Grove is strangely young—devoid... Read more.
Notes to D. Michael Quinn’s: “The Culture of Violence in Joseph Smith’s Mormonism” Part II
100. LeSueur, The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, 138, 144-52. While Anderson, “Clarifications of Bogg’s `Order’ and Joseph Smith’s Constitutionalism”... Read more.
Notes for D. Michael Quinn’s: “The Culture of Violence in Joseph Smith’s Mormonism” Part I
1. Shelly Kagan, Normative Ethics (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998); Michael Hechter and Karl-Dieter Opp, eds., Social Norms (New York: Russell Sage Foundation,... Read more.
Mapping Book of Mormon Historicity Debates: A Guide for the Overwhelmed–Part II
Continued from Part I III. Mapping the Positions Thus far this article has summarized the historicity question as if it were a two-party debate: arguments... Read more.
Mapping Book of Mormon Historicity Debates: A Guide for the Overwhelmed–Part I
By John-Charles Duffy Art by Jeanette Atwood Book of Mormon “historicity” refers to the claim that the Book of Mormon is an authentic translation of an ancient... Read more.