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Contents
- 1 Analysis of books critical of Mormonism
- 1.1 B
- 1.1.1 Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism by Richard Abanes
- 1.1.2 Inside Today's Mormonism by Richard Abanes
- 1.1.3 Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley
- 1.1.4 By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri by Charles Larson
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- 1.3 O
- 1.4 I
- 1.5 D
- 1.6 T
- 1.7 A
- 1.8 U
- 1.9 M
- 1.10 R
- 1.11 I
- 1.12 S
- 1.13 E
- 1.14 L
- 1.15 N
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Analysis of books critical of Mormonism
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Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism by Richard Abanes
Summary: This book could best be described as an Evangelical apologetic work against Mormonism. The book spends much time refuting LDS interpretation of scriptural passages in the Bible, often claiming that Mormons have misinterpreted the scriptures and that they require "deeper study." In fact, it is claimed that LDS scholars have only a superficial knowledge of the scriptures, at one time stating that "[p]roperly interpreting them is not as simple as reading today's newspaper"Inside Today's Mormonism by Richard Abanes
Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley
By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri by Charles Larson
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No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith by Fawn McKay Brodie
- Index of claims—
Brief Summary: A page-by-page response to critical claims made in this work (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims—
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One Nation Under Gods by Richard Abanes
Summary: In early 2002 a new book entitled One Nation under Gods (ONUG) appeared on bookshelves, promising to tell the "real" history of the Mormon Church. The author attempts to pull disparate sources together to paint a picture that, when compared to objective reality, more closely resembles a Picasso than a Rembrandt—skewed and distorted—obscuring and maligning the actual doctrines and beliefs as understood and practiced by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more than 150 years.- Index of claims—
Brief Summary: A page-by-page response to critical claims made in this work (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Source analysis—
Brief Summary: An examination and response to how the author interprets the sources used to support this work (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Loaded and prejudicial language—
Brief Summary: An examination of how the author employs loaded and prejudicial language in this work in order to discredit Mormonism. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Absurd claims—
Brief Summary: Some of the claims made in this work are simply absurd. We list and respond to those claims here. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims—
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- The Kingdom of the Cults by "Dr." Walter Martin]] (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - The God Makers (book) (Click here for full article)
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- The Kingdom of the Cults by "Dr." Walter Martin]] (Click here for full article)
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- American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows by Sally Denton
- Dan Erickson
- Norman L. Geisler
- Hurlbut-Howe affidavits
- Ronald V. Huggins
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- Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
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- Mormonism 101 by McKeever & Johnson
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- [[Specific works/Reinventing Lamanite Identity|Reinventing Lamanite Identity by Brent L. Metcalfe
- Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery
- Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling
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- An Insider's View of Mormon Origins — (Index of claims) by Grant Palmer
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- B.H. Roberts
- D. Michael Quinn
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- "LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages, 1890–1904" by D. Michael Quinn
- The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power by D. Michael Quinn
- The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power — (Index of claims) by D. Michael Quinn
- Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example — (Index of claims) by D. Michael Quinn
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- Nauvoo Polygamy — (Index of claims) by George D. Smith
- Carol Whang Shutter
- September Dawn (film)
- Simon G. Southerton
- Jerald and Sandra Tanner