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coverFINAL_123 FINAL.qxd 6/21/02 6:30 AM Page 2 MORMON Look for 2002 Sunstone Symposium EXPERIENCE Preliminary Program Inside! SCHOLARSHIP ISSUES & ART Reflections on Nauvoo by SUNSTONESUNSTONE Maxine Hanks and Mark A. Scherer (p. 26, 28) History of Sunstone symposiums by Martha Sonntag Bradley (p. 33) EMPTY NETS by Mary B. Johnston personal essay contest winner (p. 45) THETHE THE SAD TRUTH OF HIS DESIRE award-winning fiction by Todd Robert SSUNSTONESUNSTONES Petersen (p. 48) SPIRITUAL COMMUNITIES OFOF AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, by H. Wayne Schow (p. 8) NNAUVOOAUVOO Columns on Racism and “Borderlanders” By Benson (p. 52, 54) Whittle IN MEMORIAM: Neila Seshachari by Levi S. Peterson (p.5) UPDATE April Conference has child abuse theme; MHA meeting news; Evangelicals discuss LDS apologetics; the Mormon Survivor; and- much, much more! (p. 60) July 2002—$5.95 ifc.qxd 6/20/02 3:37 PM Page 1 What is Sunstone? Since 1974, Sunstone has been a strong independent voice in Mormonism, exploring contemporary issues, hosting important discussions, and encouraging honest inquiry and exchange about Latter-day Saint experience and scholar- ship. The organization’s flagship is SUNSTONE magazine, which comes out approximately five times per year. The Sunstone Education Foundation also sponsors a four-day symposium in Salt Lake City each summer and several regional symposiums in select cities throughout the year. See detachable center insert in this issue for information about the 2002 symposium in August. *Special offer for new subscribers: 7 issues for the price of 6! Mail, phone, email, or fax your subscription request to: SUNSTONE: 343 N Third West, Salt Lake City, UT 84103; 801-355-5926; 801-355-4043 fax; [email protected]. You may also subscribe online: <www.sunstoneonline.com> *A seven-issue introductory subscription is $36. Visit www.sunstoneonline.com TOC.qxd 6/23/02 6:37 PM Page 1 MORMON EXPERIENCE, SCHOLARSHIP, ISSUES, & ART JULY 2002 Issue 123 FEATURES 17 Benson Whittle . THE SUNSTONES OF NAUVOO: An Interpretive Account of the Temple Capitals 26 Maxine Hanks . THE NAUVOO TEMPLE: A Symbol of Wholeness 28 Mark A. Scherer . ANSWERING QUESTIONS NO LONGER ASKED: Nauvoo, Its Meaning and Interpretation in the RLDS Church/Community of Christ 33 Martha Sonntag Bradley . THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION OR SUPPORT GROUP?: A History of Sunstone Symposiums 45 Mary B. Johnston. EMPTY NETS: 2001 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest Winner 48 Todd Robert Petersen . THE SAD TRUTH OF HIS DESIRE: 1998 Brookie & D.K. Brown Fiction Contest Winner SUNSTONE (ISSN 0363-1370) is published by The Sunstone SUPPLEMENT Education Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation with no official ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 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