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Mormon Experience Scholarship Issues & Art MORMON EXPERIENCE SCHOLARSHIP ISSUES & ART REFRAMING THE BOOK OF SUNSTONESUNSTONE MORMON Brent Lee Metcalfe Trent D. Stephens Ralph A. Olsen C. Jess Groesbeck (p.19) A PLACE CALLED LITTLE UTAH by H. Parker Blount (p.12) POSE, an England essay contest winner by Jana Bouck Remy (p.10) Barry Laga considers Mormon metaphors (p.46) FALSE POSITIVE Brown fiction contest winner by Mari Jorgensen (p.54) The Passion of the Christ, reviews by Robert A. Rees and Eric Samuelsen (p.66) NEWS Church leaders speak out against gay marriage; Excommunicated fundamentalists fight back; Guns barred from LDS chapels; Mormon studies con- troversy; BYU digitally erases tattoos and covers midriffs; much more! (p.72) March 2004—$5.95 CALLCALL FORFOR PAPERSPAPERS 2004 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium 11–14 August • SHERATON CITY CENTRE HOTEL, SALT LAKE CITY THE SALT LAKE SUNSTONE and persons to be discussed must be treated SYMPOSIUM with respect and intelligent discourse; propos- The symposium is an annual gathering of als with a sarcastic or belittling tone will be Latter-day Saints, scholars, and others inter- rejected. ested in the diversity and richness of Mormon PRELIMINARY PROGRAM thought and experience and who enjoy pon- MAILING LIST dering the past, present, and future of the This year’s preliminary program will be unfolding Restoration. Hosting discussions included in the July issue of SUNSTONE maga- from all disciplines and presentations of all zine. If you are not a subscriber or do not kinds, the symposium is based upon the prin- expect to purchase a copy of the magazine, or ciples of an open forum and the trust that if you would like multiple copies to share, both the cause of truth and the society of the please contact the Sunstone office to receive a Saints are best served by free and frank explo- program. You may request a copy by phone, ration and discussion. Sunstone welcomes mail, fax, or email (see below). When the pro- proposals for this year’s event, expecting that gram becomes available, you may also visit all who participate will approach every issue, <www.sunstoneonline.com> to view it and no matter how difficult, with intelligence and receive symposium updates. good will. ART EXHIBIT AND SALE The immense popularity of Dan Brown’s FORMATS High-quality art by Mormon and regional novel, The DaVinci Code, has created a Sessions may be scholarly papers, panel dis- artists will be exhibited at the symposium and rethinking of and resurgent interest in the cussions, interviews, personal essays, ser- sold at affordable prices. Donated works are mons, dramatic performances, literary read- needed. Bring your friends to enjoy wonderful “divine feminine.” For this year’s symposium, ings, debates, comic routines, short films, art works; encourage your firm to acquire office we encourage proposals that focus on the displays, or musical presentations. art at reasonable prices! Sale proceeds benefit divine feminine in Mormonism and the place of SUBMITTING PROPOSALS Sunstone. women’s spirituality in the early Church and Those interested in being a part of the pro- STUDENT REGISTRATION today’s Latter-day Saint community. gram this year should submit a proposal AND GRANTS which includes a session title, 100-word Thanks to generous donations, student reg- abstract, a separate summary of the topic’s rel- istrations will be underwritten again for this As always, we welcome reflections on evance and importance to Mormon studies, year’s symposium, allowing students to all contemporary moral and ethical issues and and the name and a brief vita for all proposed attend for free. If you are a student, please their intersection with Mormonism. In addition, presenters. consider proposing or organizing a panel for we are interested in studies of historical and In order to receive first-round considera- the symposium. 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Enjoy the convenience of staying at the leading up to the symposium. During the conference, we also need Sheraton City Centre Hotel, the site of this year’s symposium. Special help staffing registration and sales tables and taking tickets. Volunteer conference rates are: $99 for single and double occupancy; add $10 hours may be redeemed for free session tickets, cassette recordings, per person for each additional person. Rooms fill up quickly, and you Sunstone T-shirts, back issues of the magazine, or lengthened sub- must make your reservation by 24 JULY 2004. For reservations, call scriptions. If you can help, please call Sunstone at (801) 355-5926. The Sunstone Education Foundation, Inc. • 343 N. Third West, Salt Lake City, UT 84103 phone: (801) 355-5926 • fax: (801) 355-4043 • email: <[email protected]> MORMON EXPERIENCE, SCHOLARSHIP, ISSUES, & ART MARCH 2004 Issue 131 FEATURES 10 Jana Bouck Remy. POSE: 2004 Eugene England Personal Essay Contest, First Place Winner 12 H. Parker Blount . A PLACE CALLED LITTLE UTAH 19 . REFRAMING THE BOOK OF MORMON 20 Brent Lee Metcalfe . REINVENTING LAMANITE IDENTITY 26 Trent D. Stephens . NOW WHAT? 30 Ralph A. Olsen . A MALAY SITE FOR BOOK OF MORMON EVENTS 35 C. Jess Groesbeck. THE BOOK OF MORMON AS A SYMBOLIC HISTORY: A New Perspective on Its Place in History and Religion SUNSTONE (ISSN 0363-1370) is published by The Sunstone Education Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation with no 46 Barry Laga. CULTIVATING IDENTITIES: Reflections on Our official ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormon Root Metaphors Articles represent the opinions of the writers only. 54 Mari Jorgensen . FALSE POSITIVE: 1999 Brookie & D.K. Brown SUNSTONE is indexed in Religion Index One: Periodicals, the Index to Book Reviews in Religion, Religion Indexes: RIO/RIT/IBBR Fiction Contest Moonstone Winner 1975–on CD-ROM, and the ATLA Religion Database, published by the American Theological Library Association, POETRY 250 S. 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