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	What is even more unbelievable is the content of his dialogue. Each of the seventeen chapters is dubbed as a "letter." These fictional letters are written from the perspective of James White, champion of Calvinism, defender of the evangelical reformed version of Protestant Christianity, as he corresponds with a character known first as "Elder Hahn" until a démarche at letter number 10 causes Mr. White to address the emissary by the less-formal, less-dignified salutation, "Dear Steve." Mr. White tries to make the last eight letters to Steve more chummy though no less preachy, perhaps in an effort to suggest to the reader that it is possible to influence even that most diehard of all Mormon species, the full-time Latter-day Saint missionary.		What is even more unbelievable is the content of his dialogue. Each of the seventeen chapters is dubbed as a "letter." These fictional letters are written from the perspective of James White, champion of Calvinism, defender of the evangelical reformed version of Protestant Christianity, as he corresponds with a character known first as "Elder Hahn" until a démarche at letter number 10 causes Mr. White to address the emissary by the less-formal, less-dignified salutation, "Dear Steve." Mr. White tries to make the last eight letters to Steve more chummy though no less preachy, perhaps in an effort to suggest to the reader that it is possible to influence even that most diehard of all Mormon species, the full-time Latter-day Saint missionary.
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	\|summary=James White's book Letters to a Mormon Elder is clearly regarded (at least by Mr. White and his ministry) as a major "witnessing" tool for confronting Latter-day Saints. "Reading this book may prove to be one of the most important events in your life" goes the blurb on his Internet site. Thus it is appropriate to see what responses it has garnered. Until now, L. Ara Norwood's review in the FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon has been the only substantive response given to this work. In that review, Norwood says, "It would have been much more interesting and balanced had the letters been written between Mr. White and an actual member of the Latter-day Saint Church with the proper background, but then that would change the entire outcome of the book."1 Taking this as a challenge, I decided to write a series of responses to Mr. White's letters.		\|summary=James White's book Letters to a Mormon Elder is clearly regarded (at least by Mr. White and his ministry) as a major "witnessing" tool for confronting Latter-day Saints. "Reading this book may prove to be one of the most important events in your life" goes the blurb on his Internet site. Thus it is appropriate to see what responses it has garnered. Until now, L. Ara Norwood's review in the FARMS Review of Books on the Book of Mormon has been the only substantive response given to this work. In that review, Norwood says, "It would have been much more interesting and balanced had the letters been written between Mr. White and an actual member of the Latter-day Saint Church with the proper background, but then that would change the entire outcome of the book."1 Taking this as a challenge, I decided to write a series of responses to Mr. White's letters.
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