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Twilight and Mormonism 00a_working cover:Cover.qxd 12/23/2009 6:19 PM Page 2 SUNSTONE MORMON EXPERIENCE, SCHOLARSHIP, ISSUES, AND ART a n Twilight d Mormonism WHY December 2009—$7.50 TWILIGHT SATURDAY’S VAMPIRE AS MORMON WEREWOLF TWILIGHT IS FAMILIES ARE HEROINE’S by Eric W. GOOD FOR FOREVER by JOURNEY by Jepson YOU by Tyler H. Davis Maxine Hanks Chadwick Farnsworth 01_TOC:01_toc.qxd 1/1/2010 12:59 PM Page 1 SUNSTONE MORMON EXPERIENCE, SCHOLARSHIP, ISSUES, & ART DECEMBER 2009 Issue 157 FEATURES 14 E. George Goold . YOU DON’T KNOW JACK—2009 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest First Place Winner 20 . TWILIGHT: A Primer 21 Eric W. Jepson . SATURDAY’S WEREWOLF: The Doctrine That Makes Stephenie Meyer’s Lycanthropes Golden Investigators 26 Maxine Hanks . DO MORMON MOMS DREAM OF MONSTROUS GODS? Meyer’s Twilight Myth as Mormon Heroine’s Journey 31 H. Davis Farnsworth . VAMPIRE FAMILES ARE FOREVER SUNSTONE (ISSN 0363-1370) is published by The Sunstone 38 Tracie Lamb. WANNA KNOW WHAT WOMEN WANT? Education Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation with no 40 Dallas Robbins . IN THE WORLD: Twilight official ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Articles represent the opinions of the writers only. 41 Janet Garrard-Willis . ECONOMIC LIGHT IN THE DOWNPOUR SUNSTONE is indexed in the Index to Book Reviews in Religion 43 Emily Jensen. VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, AND BLOGS and Religion Indexes: RIO/RIT/IBBR 1975–on CD-ROM. 44 Various Authors . WHAT’S FEMINISM GOT TO DO WITH IT? Submissions may be by e-mail attachment or on IBM-PC 46 Tyler Chadwick . WHY TWILIGHT IS GOOD FOR YOU: How compatible computer discs (MS Word or WordPerfect format). the Uncanny Can Make Us More Christ-like Submissions should not exceed 8,000 words and must be accompanied by a signed letter giving permission for the 60 Jeanette Atwood . ZENIFF: Part III manuscript to be filed in the Sunstone Collection at the University of Utah Marriott Library (all literary rights are retained by authors). Manuscripts will not be returned; authors POETRY will be notified concerning acceptance within ninety days. 14 Toni Thomas . IN THE BOOK OF BEATITUDES MY MOTHER SUNSTONE is interested in feature- and column-length articles FINDS HER FREEDOM AGAIN relevant to Mormonism from a variety of perspectives, news stories about Mormons and the LDS Church, and short reflections 37 Rebecca Lilly . HAIKU and commentary. Poetry submissions should have one poem per page, with the poet’s name and address on each page; a self- 45 Paul Swenson . THE HOST addressed, stamped envelope should accompany each submission. Short poems—haiku, limericks, couplets, and one- COLUMNS liners—are very welcome. Short stories are selected only through the annual Brookie and D. K. Brown Memorial Fiction Contest 7 Frances Lee Menlove. 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Printed in the United States of America. Cover art by Jeanette Atwood 02-03_letters:02-04_letters.qxd 12/24/2009 12:13 AM Page 2 SUNSTONE YEA, YEA NAY, NAY ANOTHER VIEW OF cause English has no verb form for the word “faith.” English has verbs for belief, FAITH AND DOUBT trust, doubt, and knowledge: to believe, to trust, to doubt, to know. To express faith as Founded in 1974 OYD PETERSEN, IN his excellent action—as a verb—we must use other Editors Emeritus article “Soulcraft 101: Faith, words: “I believe” (not the best choice but SCOTT KENNEY 1974–1978 ALLEN D. ROBERTS 1978–1980 Doubt and the Process of widely used) Better phrases might be, “I ac- PEGGY FLETCHER 1978–1986 B ELBERT EUGENE PECK 1986–2001 Education” (SUNSTONE July 2009) sug- cept,” or “I trust,” or “I have faith in....” DAN WOTHERSPOON 2001-2008 gests that “something damming” in Doubt, in the modern sense, means to Publishers Emeritus DANIEL H. RECTOR 1986–1991 Mormon conceptions of doubt and faith be unsettled in belief or opinion, to be un- WILLIAM STANFORD 2000–2008 causes students to leave the Church. He certain or undecided. It means not having Editor STEPHEN R. CARTER implies that a change in these concep- sufficient information or evidence on Director of Outreach and Symposia tions would be a good goal and that stu- which to build a belief or have knowledge. MARY ELLEN ROBERTSON Associate Editor dents would then be free to choose the However, older religious meanings for CAROL B. QUIST LDS culture or community in which to doubt are to distrust and to reject. These Section Editors PHYLLIS BAKER, Fiction Contest worship. I am in agreement and suggest were the intended meanings when we CHERYL•BRUNO, Touchstones that we in the dispersed Sunstone com- were commanded to “doubt not.” SCOT DENHALTER, “Cybersaints” ALAN AND VICKIE EASTMAN, “Righteous Dominion” munity can help those within our local Historically, doubt was associated with JAMES P. HARRIS, “A Place for Every Truth” HUGO OLAIZ, News/Update areas (like politics, all religion is local) by the absence of trust in God and the rejec- DIXIE PARTRIDGE, Poetry suggesting the following useful concep- tion of his existence and goodness. Little DALLAS ROBBINS, “In the World” ALISON TAKENAKA, “Margin Notes” tions of faith, belief, and doubt. wonder that the word “doubt” still has MICHAEL VINSON, “Scripture Notes” Editorial Assistants FAITH VS. BELIEF JOHN-CHARLES DUFFY, HUGO OLAIZ Contributing Columnist D. JEFF BURTON Faith and belief are often Cartoonists JEANETTE ATWOOD, CAMI THORNOCK. regarded as synonymous. JONATHAN CLARK, JONNY HAWKINS Mormon scriptures often use Much-Appreciated Volunteers ADRIANE ANDERSEN, SUSAN ANDERSEN, them interchangeably. But the PHYLLIS BAKER, LES AND SHANON GRIPKEY modern definition of belief im- DON AND LUCINDA GUSTAVSON, ANN M. JOHNSON, LLOYD PENDLETON, plies a conscious intellectual MARY BETH PENDLETON, SHERRI PENDLETON CAMI THORNOCK, SHARI THORNOCK acceptance of something as true or factual based on rea- son, experience, information, evidence, significance, or the authority of the thing’s source. The opposites of belief are THE SUNSTONE EDUCATION doubt and lack of knowledge, FOUNDATION The mission of The Sunstone Education Foundation is to not unfaithfulness or nihilism. sponsor open forums of Mormon thought and experience. Belief is passive—an agree- Under the motto, “Faith Seeking Understanding,” we ex- amine and express the rich spiritual, intellectual, social, ment with the presented evi- and artistic qualities of Mormon history and contempo- rary life. We encourage humanitarian service, honest in- dence. quiry, and responsible interchange of ideas that is respectful of all people and what they hold sacred. Faith implies a conscious Board of Directors willingness to trust, accept, MICHAEL J. STEVENS chair, RORY T. SWENSEN, and follow. “Having faith” in BILL BRADSHAW, LAURA L. BUSH, LAURA R. COMPTON DOE DAUGHTREY, NADINE R. HANSEN, KIM MCCALL the Book of Mormon, for ex- J. FREDERICK (TOBY) PINGREE; JANA BOUCK REMY ample, implies making a J. BONNER RITCHIE, CHARLES T. SCHOFIELD MARK D. THOMAS, MATT THURSTON, CLAY WHIPKEY bridge between what we know Office Manager or believe about the book and CAROL B. QUIST what the book claims to be. Regional Symposium Partners (2009 symposiums) MOLLY BENNION, Northwest The opposite of faith is a lack JOHN HAMER, MIKE KARPOWICZ, of trust and acceptance, not JEANNE MURPHY, DON COMPIER, Independence Audio Assistants doubt. Faith is active—an ac- WADE GREENWOOD, STEVE MAYFIELD BRIAN MULVEY, MATT WRIGHT ceptance and trust which im- Photographer pels us to action. Faith is a www.forthosewhowonder.com STEVE MAYFIELD product of the heart; belief, a product of the mind. FREE DOWNLOADS! Some confusion in using $7 • LDS Bookstores • ISBN 1-883992-06-0 these terms came about be- PAGE 2 DECEMBER 2009 02-03_letters:02-04_letters.qxd 12/24/2009 12:13 AM Page 3 SUNSTONE such a strong negative connotation (even Church sometimes goes out of its way to conclusions on prickly areas in Mormon though doubt and questioning are not talk about some things.” Seeing the history. thought to be highly desirable scientific complaint caused me to reflect on my The returned missionary’s expectation and consumer skills).
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