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Issue 135 December 2004

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Topics included in this issue:
Belief, Blacks and priesthood, Book of Mormon, BYU, Church Organization, Contemporary Mormonism, Cultural Studies, Doctrine, Editorial, Faith, Family, Fiction, Humor, International Church, Letters, Missionary Work, Mormon Culture, Personal Essay, Personal Journey, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Priesthood, Science and Religion, Scripture studies, Sexuality, Sociology, Spirituality, Sunstone, Testimony, Theology, Women,
Page Category Author Title
68 Booknote Gary Shepherd A Sociologist Sorts Out Mormon Racialism: All Abraham's Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage, by Armand L. Mauss
6 Column William Stanford From the Publisher: E-Volution
60 Column Lorie Winder Stromberg Turning the Time Over to. . . : Power Hungry
62 Column Velincia Veljasevic The Long-Promised Day?: On the Outside Looking In
64 Column Michael Nielsen Nonstandard Deviations: Inspiration and Desperation
66 Column D. Jeff Burton Braving the Borderlands. . . : Doubt Proving Faith
70 Column Blake T. Ostler Yea, Yea, Nay, Nay: Assessing the Logical Structure of DNA Arguments against the Book of Mormon
80 Column Juanita Brooks An Olive Leaf: A Living Thing Book Review
10 Cornucopia Sarah Ray Allred Righteous Dominion: A Bishop in Sneakers
11 Cornucopia Kristine Haglund Harris Blogwatch: on Spiritual Education
12 Cornucopia Todd Robert Petersen In the Belly of the Whale: 'Thou Shalt Not . . . Because Thou Art Mormon'
8 Editorial Dan Wotherspoon From the Editor: Size
16 Feature Holly Welker Mormonism As Praxis--Introduction
17 Feature Phyllis Barber Mormonism As Praxis--The Practice of Simple Faith
19 Feature H. Parker Blount Mormonism As Praxis--Why I Read the Scriptures
21 Feature John Dewy Remy Mormonism As Praxis--A Skeptic's Practice of Prayer
23 Feature Jana Riess Mormonism As Praxis--'More Fully Unspotted from the World': Thoughts on Sabbath Keeping
25 Feature Holly Welker Mormonism As Praxis--A Journal Worth Keeping (Whether the Angels Quote from It Or Not) Mormon Women's Sexual Training in the Twentieth Century
28 Feature Laura L. Bush From Bunkerville to Babylon: Juanita Brooks and Phyllis Barber Tell the Story of Twentieth-Century Mormon Women's Sexual Training
38 Feature Holly Welker Sexual Subjects for the Twenty-First Century or, Ripe Peaches and Peach Schnapps: Just Say No
42 Feature Neal Chandler Keeping Faith and Reading Kafka
48 Feature Rebecca Chandler The Walls Left Standing: Notes from My East German Journal, 1999–2000
56 Feature David M. Clark Rock, Squeak, Wheeze: 2001 Brookie & D. K. Brown Fiction Contest Winner
2 Letters to Editor Yea, Yea, Nay, Nay
73 News Update: Community of Christ President Steps Down; and More
47 Poetry Edward Beatty Test Results
61 Poetry Virgil Suarez Recitative of a Moment's Fugue
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