Stephen Carter is the director of publications at the Sunstone Education Foundation and author of Virginia Sorensen: Pioneering Mormon Author. He is the recipient of the 2023 Smith-Pettit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters.
By M. Shayne Bell Fasting for the sick . . . there is no end to talk of the honeydew. White tulips in moonlight . . . bringing water to angels una... Read more.
By Robert A. Rees Robert A. Rees teaches Mormon Studies at Graduate Theological Union and the University of California Berkeley. He has just completed a play ... Read more.
By D. Jeff Burton Jeff Burton is the author of For Those Who Wonder and a former member of the Sunstone board of directors. In this column, I relate the ... Read more.
By Lon Young Lon Young’s work has appeared in Notre Dame Review, Cimarron Review, Dialogue, and other publications. And the Lord said, I will destroy ma... Read more.
By Miguel Barker-Valdez Miguel Barker-Valdez is a proprietor of the Rational Faiths blog. I have read online a number of people writing something ... Read more.
By Gina Colvin Gina Colvin is the host of the A Thoughtful Faith podcast and blogs at KiwiMormon. She lives in Christchurch, New Zealand where she is a lecturer... Read more.
By Armand Mauss Armand Mauss is the author of All Abraham’s Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage and The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormo... Read more.
By Mica McGriggs Mica McGriggs is a PhD candidate in counseling psychology at BYU. Her academic research is primarily in the area of multicultural sensitivity i... Read more.
The story of the relationship between Mormonism and Africans is a story of promises—promises made and promises failed. Through the Book of Mormon, Jose... Read more.
By Joanna Brooks Joanna Brooks is Associate Vice President of Faculty Affairs at San Diego University and the author or editor of six scholarly books. &n... Read more.
By Dan Wotherspoon Dan Wotherspoon is the host of the Mormon Matters podcast and a former editor of Sunstone. Compared with many of the other new Gospel ... Read more.
By Jana Riess Jana Riess has a Ph.D. in American religious history from Columbia University. She is the author of Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sab... Read more.
By George D. Smith George D. Smith is the award-winning author of Nauvoo Polygamy “. . . but We Called It Celestial Marriage” (Signature Books, 2011).  ... Read more.
by Christopher C. Smith Christopher C. Smith is a PhD candidate at Claremont Graduate University and is completing a dissertation on early Mormon views of Nativ... Read more.
by Stephen C. Taysom Stephen C. Taysom is an associate professor of philosophy and comparative religion at Cleveland State University. Religions persist ... Read more.
By Seth Bryant Seth Bryant is Director of the Kirtland Temple Historic Site and a former US Navy Chaplain. He has graduate degrees from the University of Florid... Read more.
By Rick Jepson Or, right-click here to download the audio file: Godwrestling: Physicality, Conflict, and Redemption in Mormon Doctrine &nbs... Read more.