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|link=Specific works/An Insider's View of Mormon Origins | |link=Specific works/An Insider's View of Mormon Origins | ||
|subject=''An Insider's View of Mormon Origins'' by Grant Palmer | |subject=''An Insider's View of Mormon Origins'' by Grant Palmer | ||
|summary=In Insider's View of Mormon Origins was developed during a period of time that its author worked as a teacher in the Church Educational System (CES), and was published after the author's retirement from Church employment. The book attempts to explain many otherwise clearly described events of the restoration by reinterpreting them as spiritual rather than physical events. | |summary=In Insider's View of Mormon Origins was developed during a period of time that its author worked as a teacher in the Church Educational System (CES), and was published after the author's retirement from Church employment. The book attempts to explain many otherwise clearly described events of the restoration by reinterpreting them as spiritual rather than physical events. | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/An Insider's View of Mormon Origins/Index | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/An Insider's View of Mormon Origins/Index | ||
|subject=Index of claims | |subject=Index of claims | ||
|summary=Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in ''An Insider's View of Mormon Origins'' | |summary=Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in ''An Insider's View of Mormon Origins'' | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Answering Mormon Scholars Vol. 1 | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Answering Mormon Scholars Vol. 1 | ||
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|summary=This book is a 2007 re-issue of ''Becoming Gods''. | |summary=This book is a 2007 re-issue of ''Becoming Gods''. | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows | ||
|subject=''Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows'' by Will Bagley | |subject=''Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows'' by Will Bagley | ||
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|subject=Index of claims | |subject=Index of claims | ||
|summary=Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in ''Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows'' indexed by page number. | |summary=Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in ''Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows'' indexed by page number. | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Use of sources | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Use of sources | ||
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|summary=A listing of notable events which were omitted or not acknowledged by the author of ''Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows''. | |summary=A listing of notable events which were omitted or not acknowledged by the author of ''Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows''. | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri | ||
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|subject=''Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon'' by Jerald and Sandra Tanner | |subject=''Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon'' by Jerald and Sandra Tanner | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon/Index | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon/Index | ||
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|link=Specific works/From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism | |link=Specific works/From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism | ||
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|link=Specific works/Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church | |link=Specific works/Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church | ||
|subject=''Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church'' by Simon G. Southerton | |subject=''Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church'' by Simon G. Southerton | ||
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|link=Specific works/Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church/Index | |link=Specific works/Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church/Index | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism: Shadow or Reality | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism: Shadow or Reality | ||
|subject=''Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?'' by Jerald and Sandra Tanner | |subject=''Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?'' by Jerald and Sandra Tanner | ||
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|link=Specific works/Mormonism Unvailed | |link=Specific works/Mormonism Unvailed | ||
|subject=''Mormonism Unvailed'' by Eber D. Howe | |subject=''Mormonism Unvailed'' by Eber D. Howe | ||
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|link=Specific works/The Hurlbut affidavits | |link=Specific works/The Hurlbut affidavits | ||
|subject=The Hurlbut affidavits | |subject=The Hurlbut affidavits | ||
|summary=Hurlbut-Howe affidavits | |summary=Hurlbut-Howe affidavits | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormon America: The Power and the Promise | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormon America: The Power and the Promise | ||
|subject=''Mormon America: The Power and the Promise'' by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling | |subject=''Mormon America: The Power and the Promise'' by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormon America: The Power and the Promise/Index | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormon America: The Power and the Promise/Index | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Nauvoo Polygamy | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Nauvoo Polygamy | ||
|subject=''Nauvoo Polygamy: "... but we called it celestial marriage"'' by George D. Smith | |subject=''Nauvoo Polygamy: "... but we called it celestial marriage"'' by George D. Smith | ||
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|summary=Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in ''No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith'' indexed by page number. | |summary=Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in ''No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith'' indexed by page number. | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Reinventing Lamanite Identity | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Reinventing Lamanite Identity | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example | ||
|subject=''Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example'' by D. Michael Quinn | |subject=''Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example'' by D. Michael Quinn | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example/Index | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example/Index | ||
|subject=Index of claims | |subject=Index of claims | ||
|summary=Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in ''Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example.'' | |summary=Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in ''Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example.'' | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Studies of the Book of Mormon | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Studies of the Book of Mormon | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The "Book of Lehi" | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The "Book of Lehi" | ||
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|summary=The author claims to have been commanded to translate the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon, as well as the lost 116 pages. As part of his 'prophetic call,' the author produced what he claims is a translation of the lost 116 pages, or "Book of Lehi." This portion of Mormon's abridgement (from Lehi to King Benjamin, roughly) was lost by Martin Harris after the manuscript was loaned to him by Joseph Smith. | |summary=The author claims to have been commanded to translate the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon, as well as the lost 116 pages. As part of his 'prophetic call,' the author produced what he claims is a translation of the lost 116 pages, or "Book of Lehi." This portion of Mormon's abridgement (from Lehi to King Benjamin, roughly) was lost by Martin Harris after the manuscript was loaned to him by Joseph Smith. | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism | ||
|subject=''The Changing World of Mormonism'' by Jerald and Sandra Tanner | |subject=''The Changing World of Mormonism'' by Jerald and Sandra Tanner | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Index | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Index | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power | ||
|subject=''The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power'' by D. Michael Quinn | |subject=''The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power'' by D. Michael Quinn | ||
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|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power/Index | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power/Index | ||
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|summary=Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in ''The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power.'' | |summary=Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in ''The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power.'' | ||
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Contents
- 1 Analysis of books critical of Mormonism
- 1.1 A
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2 American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows by Sally Denton
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4 An Insider's View of Mormon Origins by Grant Palmer
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6 Answering Mormon Scholars by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8 Answering Mormon Scholars (Vol. 2) by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10 Archaeology and the Book of Mormon by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.2 B
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2 Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism by Richard Abanes
- 1.2.3 Inside Today's Mormonism by Richard Abanes
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5 Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7 By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri by Charles Larson
- 1.3 C
- 1.4 D
- 1.5 E
- 1.6 F
- 1.7 I
- 1.8 L
- 1.9 M
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2 Mormon Enigma by Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.4 Mormonism 101 by McKeever & Johnson
- 1.9.5
- 1.9.6 Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.9.7
- 1.9.8 Mormonism Unvailed by Eber D. Howe
- 1.9.9
- 1.9.10 Mormon America: The Power and the Promise by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling
- 1.10 N
- 1.11 O
- 1.12 R
- 1.13 S
- 1.14 T
- 1.14.1
- 1.14.2 The "Book of Lehi" by Christopher Nemelka
- 1.14.3
- 1.14.4 The Changing World of Mormonism by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.14.5
- 1.14.6 The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism by Norman L. Geisler
- 1.14.7
- 1.14.8 The God Makers by Ed Decker
- 1.14.9
- 1.14.10 The Kingdom of the Cults by "Dr." Walter Martin
- 1.14.11
- 1.14.12 The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power by D. Michael Quinn
- 1.14.13
- 1.14.14 The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
- 1.15 U
- 1.1 A
Analysis of books critical of Mormonism
A
American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows by Sally Denton
- Index of claims—
Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims—
An Insider's View of Mormon Origins by Grant Palmer
Summary: In Insider's View of Mormon Origins was developed during a period of time that its author worked as a teacher in the Church Educational System (CES), and was published after the author's retirement from Church employment. The book attempts to explain many otherwise clearly described events of the restoration by reinterpreting them as spiritual rather than physical events.- Index of claims—
Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims—
Answering Mormon Scholars by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
Answering Mormon Scholars (Vol. 2) by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
Archaeology and the Book of Mormon by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
B
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"- Index of claims—
Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism indexed by page number. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Use of sources—
Brief Summary: An examination and response to how the author of Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism interprets the sources used to support this work, indexed by page number. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims—
Inside Today's Mormonism by Richard Abanes
Summary: This book is a 2007 re-issue of Becoming Gods.Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley
- Index of claims—
Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows indexed by page number. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Use of sources—
Brief Summary: An examination and response to how the author of Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows interprets the sources used to support this work, indexed by page number. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Omissions—
Brief Summary: A listing of notable events which were omitted or not acknowledged by the author of Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims—
By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri by Charles Larson
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Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
D
Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism by Ed Decker
Do Christians Believe in Three Gods by RBC Ministries
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Early Mormonism and the Magic World View by D. Michael Quinn
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Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View indexed by page number. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Use of sources—
Brief Summary: An examination and response to how the author of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View interprets the sources used to support this work, indexed by page number. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Apologetics—
Brief Summary: Throughout the revised edition, the author often refers to the efforts of LDS apologetics related to his own works. He appears to have a particular issue with a review of the first edition of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View written by LDS scholar Bill Hamblin. This page addresses specific claims made by the author related to LDS apologetics. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
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From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism by Ronald V. Huggins
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In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith by Todd Compton
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"LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages, 1890–1904" by D. Michael Quinn
Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church by Simon G. Southerton
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Mormon Enigma by Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery
Mormonism 101 by McKeever & Johnson
Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
Mormonism Unvailed by Eber D. Howe
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Brief Summary: Hurlbut-Howe affidavits (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
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Mormon America: The Power and the Promise by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling
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Nauvoo Polygamy: "... but we called it celestial marriage" by George D. Smith
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Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in Nauvoo Polygamy: "... but we called it celestial marriage" indexed by page number. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Use of sources—
Brief Summary: An examination and response to how the author of Nauvoo Polygamy: "... but we called it celestial marriage" interprets the sources used to support this work, indexed by page number. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - 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)∗ ∗ ∗ - Presentism—
Brief Summary: “Presentism” is an analytical fallacy in which past behavior is evaluated by modern standards or mores. We examine some of our favorite examples of this fallacy in Nauvoo Polygamy: "... but we called it celestial marriage". (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Mind reading—
Brief Summary: The author often attempts to interpret what Joseph was thinking as a way to lead the reader to a predetermined conclusion regarding Joseph Smith. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Censorship—
Brief Summary: The author claims that the Church deliberately hid or obscured information. We examine those claims in this section. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Romance—
Brief Summary: We point out some instances in which the author pursues his quest to show that Joseph was "romantic" with his plural wives. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Assumptions—
Brief Summary: In many cases, Joseph is simply assumed to be guilty of any offense. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Magick—
Brief Summary: The author, following the lead of D. Michael Quinn, emphasizes "magick" in Joseph's early life. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
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No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith by Fawn McKay Brodie
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Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith indexed by page number. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
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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.- Overview (Click here for full article)
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Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in One Nation Under Gods indexed by page number. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Source analysis—
Brief Summary: An examination and response to how the author of One Nation Under Gods interprets the sources used to support this work, indexed by page number. (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)∗ ∗ ∗ - Presentism—
Brief Summary: “Presentism” is an analytical fallacy in which past behavior is evaluated by modern standards or mores. We examine some of our favorite examples of this fallacy in One Nation Under Gods. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Mind reading—
Brief Summary: The author often attempts to interpret what Joseph was thinking as a way to lead the reader to a predetermined conclusion regarding Joseph Smith. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Rewording secondary sources—
Brief Summary: A list of paragraphs which echo the prose of Fawn Brodie's No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Sarcasm—
Brief Summary: The author of One Nation Under Gods uses sarcasm to belittle what he claims to be LDS beliefs and doctrine. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
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Reinventing Lamanite Identity by Brent L. Metcalfe
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Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example by D. Michael Quinn
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Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
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Studies of the Book of Mormon by B.H. Roberts
Summary: The content of this book is not written by a critic, but its purpose and audience are often misrepresented by critics in an effort to make it appear that Roberts lost his testimony of the Book of Mormon.T
The "Book of Lehi" by Christopher Nemelka
Summary: The author claims to have been commanded to translate the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon, as well as the lost 116 pages. As part of his 'prophetic call,' the author produced what he claims is a translation of the lost 116 pages, or "Book of Lehi." This portion of Mormon's abridgement (from Lehi to King Benjamin, roughly) was lost by Martin Harris after the manuscript was loaned to him by Joseph Smith.The Changing World of Mormonism by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism by Norman L. Geisler
The God Makers by Ed Decker
The Kingdom of the Cults by "Dr." Walter Martin
The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power by D. Michael Quinn
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Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
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The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
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Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
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Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
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Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in Under the Banner of Heaven. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
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