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2012 Fiction Contest Winners

Sunstone is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 D.K. and Brookie Brown Fiction Contest. This contest is generously sponsored by the D.K. and Brookie Brown Foundation. Look for these stories in future issues of Sunstone. Moonstone Prize: “To Bind on Earth,” by Brock Cheney Starstone Prize: “Mothers... Read More ››

2013 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest

Sunstone invites writers to enter the 2013 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest, made possible by the Eugene and Charlotte England Education Fund. In the spirit of Gene’s writings, entries should relate to Latter-day Saint experience, theology, or worldview. Essays, without author identification, will be judged by noted Mormon... Read More ››

Calls for Papers–Sunstone Kirtland 2013

28-31 March 2013 Kirtland Temple and Visitor Center Kirtland, Ohio CALL FOR PAPERS   Make plans to attend this year’s Sunstone Kirtland on Easter weekend 2013! We are working with the local Community of Christ congregation on an event that will blend their traditional Good Friday and Easter Sunday... Read More ››

Mormonism and Torture: Paradoxes and First Principles

Some Mormon Church members have played key roles in the development of torture methods and legal rationale in the United States. As Boyd J. Petersen writes, “The Mormon psychologists who devised the new torture techniques ‘have caused more harm to American national security than they’ll ever understand.’” Click below... Read More ››

Highlight
Summer 2011
What would Moses have tweeted down the mountain? Jana Riess probably knows. Recorded at the 2011 Ogden Sunstone Symposium.

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The mission of The Sunstone Education Foundation is to sponsor open forums of Mormon thought and experience.

Under the motto, “Faith Seeking Understanding,” we examine and express the rich spiritual, intellectual, social, and artistic qualities of Mormon history and contemporary life. We encourage humanitarian service, honest inquiry, and responsible interchange of ideas that is respectful of all people and what they hold sacred.