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Issue 149
April 2008

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Topics included in this issue:
Agency, Ancient America, Autobiography, Blessing, Book of Mormon, Church Activity, Church Organization, Communal Efforts, Community, Contemporary Mormonism, Crime, Critical Scholarship, Death, Doctrinal History, Ecology, Economics, Editorial, Equality, Ethics, Faith, Faith and Scholarship, Family, Film, Folklore, General Authorities, Godhood, Health, Homosexuality, Honesty, Humanitarian Issues, In Memoriam, Joseph Smith, Law, Letters, Media, Millennialism, Missionary Work, Mormon Culture, Mormon History, Mormon Studies, Music, News, Ordinances, Other Religions, Personal Essay, Personal Journey, Pioneers, Poetry, Politics, Polygamy, Prophet/prophecy, Psychology, Revelation, Science and Religion, Scripture studies, Sexism, Spiritual Gifts, Spirituality, Sunstone, Teaching, Testimony, Truth, Violence, War and peace, Youth,
Page Category Author Title
2 Letters to Editor YEA, YEA NAY, NAY
4 Column TOUCHSTONES: The Ward
11 Editorial Dan Wotherspoon FROM THE EDITOR: “Way”
14 In Memoriam GORDON BITNER HINCKLEY, 1910–2008
16 In Memoriam PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
21 In Memoriam Hugo Olaiz GORDON B. HINCKLEY AND THE RITUALIZATION OF MORMON HISTORY
28 Cornucopia Andrew Ainsworth BLOGWATCH: Why I’m Not a Disaffected Mormon
30 Cornucopia Vickie Eastman RIGHTEOUS DOMINION: Thinking “Outside the Building”
31 Cornucopia Michael Vinson SCRIPTURE NOTES: Nephi and Your Self-Righteous Brother-in-law
32 Cornucopia Bryan R. Monte THE ROAD TAKEN: One in a Thousand
33 Cornucopia James P. Harris. “A PLACE FOR EVERY TRUTH”: The Einstein Rumor
34 Feature Ashley Sanders COMPROMISING THE KINGDOM: An Interpretive History of Mormon Politics
52 Feature Carl Brinton IS THE BOOK OF MORMON A POLITICAL TREATISE?
57 Poetry Deb Hohenthal CONTAINING IRIS
58 Feature Don Nielsen “WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH MORMONS?”
63 Poetry John Grey TOUR OF VERMONT VILLAGES
64 Feature various authors HOW DOES YOUR MORMONISM AFfECT YOUR POLITICS?
69 Column Boyd Petersen MORMONS AND POLITICS: Mormonism and Torture—Paradoxes and First Principles
71 Poetry Larsen Bowker TIMING
72 Column D. Jeff Burton BRAVING THE BORDERLANDS. . . : Being Honest with Others about Our Spiritual Lives
75 News UPDATE: Thomas S. Monson ordained new Church president, chooses Henry B. Eyring and Dieter F. Uchtdorf as counselors; Church weighs in on Utah immigration debates; LDS missionaries vandalize Colorado shrine, Romney drops out of presidential race
80 Column B.H. Roberts AN OLIVE LEAF: “As Sovereigns in a Free Government”
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