By Robert A. Rees Robert A. Rees is the Director of Mormon Studies at Graduate Theological Union. Or right-click here to download the audio file: The Cost of Credulity: Mormons Urban Legends and the War on Terror Click here to read a PDF of the article.
Category: Politics
Legalizing Polygamy: Cultural Bias, Moral Obligation, and Social Tolerance
By Robyn Williams Robyn Williams graduated spring 2017 with a B.S. in English creative writing and plans to continue writing and advocating for positive social change. Robyn enjoys traveling, hiking, and playing with her large, wonderful family, including her husband, four sisterwives, and their 25 children, of which she is the biological mother to five. …
I Was Raised by Communists!
By R. A. Christmas Thank God—because my sweet grandpa admired Senator Bob Taft, disliked FDR, and was all for “shipping the Negroes back to Africa,” and my sour grandpa would back me into a corner of his warehouse, and tell me I didn’t know how to work, and why he hated the …
Greenwashing In Zion
By Mark Thomas Mark Thomas earned an MBA from Northwestern University, and works professionally in public finance. He is the author of Digging in Cummorah: Reclaiming Book of Mormon Narratives. For the first time in history, a conviction has developed among those who can actually think a decade ahead that we …
What Is Struggling to Be Born?
By Carol Lynn Pearson I wrote a little poem, and often I found myself reading it over the phone to women who called me needing to share a heavy burden. LABOR You have come in Like a wounded animal That crawls into a log To die. Now Do not think me Unfeeling. It’s just that …
A Modern Conceit: The Separation of Religion and Politics
By Frances Lee Menlove Art by Kelly Brooks “What has our apostasy from peace cost us?” —J. Reuben Clark At the very heart of Mormonism, deep in its DNA, is a yearning for restoration. A yearning to be continuous in our time with Jesus and his followers; a yearning to be in faithful …
Mormonism and Torture: Paradoxes and First Principles
Some Mormon Church members have played key roles in the development of torture methods and legal rationale in the United States. As Boyd J. Petersen writes, “The Mormon psychologists who devised the new torture techniques ‘have caused more harm to American national security than they’ll ever understand.'” Click below to read Petersen’s article from issue …
2012 SLC Sunstone Call for Papers Deadline Extended
If you’re thinking about submitting a proposal for the 2012 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium, the deadline has been extended! April 15, 2012 is the revised deadline for first round consideration. Proposals received after the deadline will be considered on a time/space available basis. Proposals addressing this year’s theme, Mormons and Mormonism as a Political Force, …
Sunstone West video clips from closing plenary session
Sunstone is pleased to announce some additions to our YouTube channel from the closing plenary session at Sunstone West 2011, “Binding Up the Wounds: Healing Efforts Following California’s Vote on Proposition 8.” Due to the length of the session, we’ve created video segments for each speaker on the panel. Click on the links below to …
Glenn Beck, Cleon Skousen, Amerigo Vespucci, & Me
America, in a word, means the possibility of Zion.