126_coverFINAL.qxd 3/12/2003 11:01 AM Page 2 y e MORMON EXPERIENCE n SCHOLARSHIP ISSUES & ART • e “TO CURE SUNSTONESUNSTONE THEM OF e THEIR HATRED” e a sermon by Dale C. LeCheminant (p.36) s History of Sunstone, 1986–92 by Gary James r Bergera (p.42) r CAN “GOOD MORMONS” e WATCH R-RATED e MOVIES? by t John Hatch (p.16) Importance of h the “Domestic Church” by - Scott Cooper (p.62) o WHY SATIRE IS BETTER THAN A SERMON by s Stephen Carter e (p.56) THE LESSON Brown fiction contest winner by Arnold V. k Loveridge (p.54) NEWS Church releases 400,000 documents f on DVD; Controversy over doctrine of e God’s love; Updates on LDS- t themed films; BYU news, and more! s (p.72) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS e March 2003—$5.95 A QUARTER CENTURY AFTER THE PRIESTHOOD REVELATION— e WHERE ARE WE NOW? - ifc_126.qxd 3/12/2003 11:03 AM Page 1 CALL FOR PAPERS 13–16 AUGUST 2003 SHERATON CITY CENTRE HOTEL, SALT LAKE CITY THE SALT LAKE SUNSTONE SYMPOSIUM is an the magazine, or if you would like multiple annual gathering of Latter-day Saints, scholars, copies to share, please contact the Sunstone office and others interested in the diversity and richness to receive a copy of the program. 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AN UNINTENDED AND DIFFICULT ODYSSEY 28 Armand L. Mauss . REFLECTIONS ON A LIFETIME WITH THE RACE ISSUE 31 Darron Smith . THE PERSISTENCE OF RACIALIZED DISCOURSE IN MORMONISM 34 . OUT OF THE BEST BOOKS? Publications Continue to Promote Folklore 36 Dale C. LeCheminant. TO “CURE THEM OF THEIR HATRED”: AN SUNSTONE (ISSN 0363-1370) is published by The Sunstone Education Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation with no ANTIDOTE FOR THE PREJUDICES OF OUR TIME official ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 42 Gary James Bergera. “ONLY OUR HEARTS KNOW”—PART I: Articles represent the opinions of the writers only. SUNSTONE DURING THE DANIEL RECTOR, ELBERT SUNSTONE is indexed in Religion Index One: Periodicals, PECK, AND LINDA JEAN STEPHENSON YEARS, the Index to Book Reviews in Religion, Religion Indexes: RIO/RIT/IBBR 1986–92 1975– on CD-ROM, and the ATLA Religion Database, published by the American Theological Library Association, 54 Arnold V. Loveridge . 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