250 Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought

ROBERT A. REES, former editor of Dialogue, is Director of Education and Humanities at the Institute of HeartMath in Boulder Creek, California. A former LDS bishop and member of the Baltic States Mission presidency, he currently teaches a gospel doctrine class in the San Lorenzo Valley Ward. Rees is editing two volumes of essays, one on the and one in honor of Eugene England.

GARY STEWART just retired after teaching theater, directing plays, and run- ning professional stock companies for 35 years in Massachusetts and In- diana. He currently lives in and is working on a series of memoirs for his grandchildren.

STEPHEN C. TAYSOM is a Ph.D. student and Associate Instructor in the De- partment of Religious Studies at Indiana University where he has taught courses on the history of Christianity and new religious movements in the United States. His major areas of study include the history of religion in America and religious historiography. He and his wife Shawny live in Bloomington, Indiana.

MARK D. THOMAS has published, written, and spoken on the Book of Mormon for 25 years. He is the author of Digging in : Reclaiming Book of Mormon Narratives (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1999). He is presently working on a general introduction to the Book of Mormon to be used in university classes and for the general public. He and his fam- ily live in Salt Lake City.

EARL M. WUNDERLI received an A.B. degree in philosophy and a J.D. de- gree from the University of Utah. He returned to Utah upon retiring after thirty-one years in Connecticut, New York, and Maryland as associate general counsel of IBM. He has made an avocation of studying the inter- nal evidence in the Book of Mormon. He lives in Sandy, Utah, with his wife. They have two married sons and four grandchildren.

ABOUT THE COVER:

The collage of images created for our cover by Dialogue's Art Editor Warren Luch was assembled from line engravings provided courtesy of the library archives of the Community of Christ (formerly Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) and through the generous help of Church Archivist Ron Romig. The engravings used in whole or in part include: "Joseph Smith Profile," "Carthage Jail Assas- sination," "Joseph Smith Signature," " Scene," "Prophet in the Pulpit," "Characters," and "Book of Mormon Title Page." "Joseph Smith taught the doctrine that the infant child that was laid away in death would come up in the resurrection as a child; and, pointing to the mother of a lifeless child, he said to her: 'You will have the joy, the pleasure, and satisfaction of nurturing this child, after its resurrection, until it reaches the full stature of its spirit.' There is restitution, there is growth, there is development, after the resurrection from death. I love this truth. It speaks volumes of happiness, of joy and gratitude to my soul.

Thank the lord he has revealed these principles to us."

(Joseph E Smith, Gospel Doctrine, p. 455-56) DIALOGUE A JOURNAL OF MORMON THOUGHT

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