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00a_cover cmyk.qxp 3/28/2007 2:20 PM Page 2 MORMON EXPERIENCE SCHOLARSHIP ISSUES & ART PERSPECTIVISM AND JOSEPH SMITH by Harold Bloom (p.18) Curt Bench decides he has “MORE FAITH THAN I’D THOUGHT” (p.20) ROSEVIEW THE FOURTH Brown fiction contest winner by Carol B. Quist (p.40) A TRUE AND LIVING CHURCH by Brian Chapman (p.50) A KOLOB IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM? by David Allred (p.58) Book reviews by John-Charles Duffy, Ann M. Johnson, and Brett Alan Sanders (p.62) UPDATE Mitt’s Mormonism remains primary media focus; new films; more! (p.74) March 2007—$5.95 00b_inside cover.qxp 3/28/2007 12:49 PM Page 1 Please visit WWW.SUNSTONEONLINE.COM for more information SUNSTONE SYMPOSIUM WEST 21 APRIL 2007 Clarion Hotel San Francisco Airport, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 8–11 AUGUST 2007 Salt Lake Sheraton City Centre Hotel A call for PROPOSALS DEADLINE: 1 MAY 2007 Sunstone welcomes presentations 2007 Salt Lake on any theological or contemporary moral/ethical issue and its intersection with Mormonism, as well as studies of historical and contemporary events, movements, SUNSTONE and figures. This year we also SUNSTONE especially encourage proposals focusing on this year’s special Symposium theme: THE PUBLIC FACES OF MORMONISM. Please submit a proposal! This year’s theme: THE PUBLIC FACES OFMormonism 01_toc.qxp 3/28/2007 2:19 PM Page 1 MORMON EXPERIENCE, SCHOLARSHIP, ISSUES, & ART MARCH 2007 Issue 145 FEATURES 18 Harold Bloom . PERSPECTIVISM AND JOSEPH SMITH 20 Curt Bench . MORE FAITH THAN I’D THOUGHT 25 Members of the Mormon . TRANSFIGURATION: PARALLELS AND Transhumanist Association COMPLEMENTS BETWEEN MORMONISM AND TRANSHUMANISM 40 Carol B. Quist. ROSEVIEW THE FOURTH 2004 Brookie & D. K. Brown Fiction Contest Moonstone Winner 43 Eric Samuelsen . PECULIARITIES: NCMO POETRY 39 Jay Udall . ESCHATOLOGY 49 Cecil Morris. WEEDING SUNSTONE (ISSN 0363-1370) is published by The Sunstone 57 Mikal Lofgren . FALLING Education Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation with no 61 Kristin Berkey-Abbott . LUNAR ECLIPSE official ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Articles represent the opinions of the writers only. COLUMNS SUNSTONE is indexed in the Index to Book Reviews in Religion 4 Various. TOUCHSTONES: Possessions and Religion Indexes: RIO/RIT/IBBR 1975–on CD-ROM. 7 Kristine Haglund. OF GOOD REPORT: Mothering Sunday Submissions may be on IBM-PC compatible computer discs 8 Steven L. Mayfield . IN MEMORIAM: Bob Vernon (MS Word or WordPerfect format), or by e-mail attachment. 9 Dan Wotherspoon . 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