Michael R. Ash is a veteran staff member of the FAIR, former weekly columnist for the Mormon Times, and current columnist for Meridian Magazine. He has presented at six of the past fourteen FAIR Conferences and has written more than 200 articles defending the faith. He has been published in the FARMS Review, Sunstone, Dialogue, and the Ensign, and appears in the FAIR DVDs on the Book of Abraham as well as one addressing DNA and the Book of Mormon. Michael is the author of Shaken Faith Syndrome: Strengthening One’s Testimony In the Face of Criticism and Doubt and his second book, Of Faith and Reason: 80 Evidences Supporting the Prophet Joseph Smith. Michael and his wife Christine live in Ogden and are the parents of three daughters and the grandparents of six.
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FairMormon Conference Talks
Up In Smoke: A Response to the Tanners’ Criticism of the Word of Wisdom (2000)
The Impact of Mormon Critics on LDS Scholarship (2002)
The ABCs of the Book of Abraham (HTML) (PDF) (2004)
Book of Abraham 201: Papyri, Revelation, and Modern Egyptology (2006)
Shaken Faith Syndrome (PDF) (2008)
Papers
Archaeology and the Book of Mormon (PDF)
Archaeological Evidence and the Book of Mormon
Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 1: Fauna (Animals) (PDF)
Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 2: Flora (Plants) and Textiles (PDF)
Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 3: Warfare (PDF)
Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 4: Metals and Metallurgy (PDF)
Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 5: Christianity in the pre-Christian Book of Mormon (PFD)
Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 6: Compass, Coins, and Other Miscellaneous (PDF)
Book of Mormon Witnesses, Part 1: Motives (PDF)
Book of Mormon Witnesses, Part 2: Oliver Cowdery (PDF)
Book of Mormon Witnesses, Part 3: Martin Harris (PDF)
Book of Mormon Witnesses, Part 4: David Whitmer (PFD)
Can Temple Ceremonies Change? (PDF)
Does Mormonism Attack Christianity (PDF)
Hard Questions and Keeping the Faith (PDF)
Horses in the Book of Mormon
Is an Historical Book of Mormon Incompatible with DNA Science? (PDF)
Is the Bible Complete? (PDF)
The First Vision (PDF)
The King James Bible and the Book of Mormon (PDF)
Were the Lehites Alone in the Americas? (PDF)
What is Official LDS Doctrine? (PDF)
Where Did Book of Mormon Events Take Place? (PDF)
Who Are the Lamanites? (PDF)
Other Publications
Michael Ash’s articles in Meridian Magazine