Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised)

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A FAIR Analysis of: The Kingdom of the Cults A work by author: Walter Martin, Hank Hanegraaff (editor)

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Sub-articles

• Index of claims—
  A claim-by-claim examination of the chapter dealing with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Link)

Reviews of this work

• Robert L. and Rosemary Brown, They Lie In Wait To Deceive, Vol. 2: The Amazing Story of How "Dr" Walter Martin, Wayne Cowdrey, Howard Davis, and Donald Scales, and Other Professional Anti-Mormons Work to Obstruct and Distort the Truth (Brownsworth Publishing Co. Inc., 1984), 1.
• Robert L. and Rosemary Brown, They Lie In Wait To Deceive, Vol. 3: The Amazing Story of How "Dr." or "Prof." Walter R. Martin, A Professional Anti-Mormon, Works to Obstruct and Distort the Truth, edited by Barbara Beckstead Ellsworth, (Brownsworth Publishing Co.; Revised Edition edition, 1993), 1.
• Louis Midgley, "Anti-Mormonism and the Newfangled Countercult Culture (Review of The 1996 Directory of Cult Research Organizations: A Worldwide Listing of 752 Agencies and Individuals by Keith Edward Tolbert and Eric Pement)," FARMS Review of Books 10/1 (1998): 271–340. off-site PDF link
  Discusses the role of Walter Martin in modern anti-Mormonism as part of his "countercult" activities.
• Louis Midgley, "A Tangled Web: The Walter Martin Miasma," FARMS Review of Books 12/1 (2000): 371–434. off-site PDF link
  Reviews several incarnations of Martin's work.
• Stephen D. Ricks, "Review of The Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Mormon by Wesley P. Walters," FARMS Review of Books 4/1 (1992): 235–250. off-site PDF link
• John A. Tvedtnes, "Review of The Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Mormon by Wesley P. Walters," FARMS Review of Books 4/1 (1992): 220–234. off-site PDF link
• Diane E. Wirth, "Review of Are the Mormon Scriptures Reliable? by Harry L. Ropp, with revisions from Wesley P. Walters," FARMS Review of Books 2/1 (1990): 209–213. off-site

Endnotes

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Further reading

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• An Insider's View of Mormon Origins — (Index of claims—Use of sources)
• Archaeology and the Book of Mormon
• Ashamed of Joseph: Mormon Foundations Crumble
• Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism/Inside Today's Mormonism — (Index of claims—Use of sources)
• Behind the Mask of Mormonism
• Specific works/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
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• Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon
  • Answering Mormon Scholars, Vol. 1
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• Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism
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• Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon
• Inventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical Record
• Is the Mormon My Brother?
• Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet
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• Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Reexamined
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• Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church — (Index of claims)
• Mormon America: The Power and the Promise — (Index of claims)
• The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power — (Index of claims)
• The Mormon Mirage: Seeing Through the Illusion of Mainstream Mormonism
• Mormonism 101—Index of claims
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• The Mysteries of Godliness—A History of Mormon Temple Worship
• Nauvoo Polygamy — (Index of claims—Use of sources—Prejudicial language—Presentism—Mind reading—Censorship—Romance—Assumptions—Magick)
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