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Contents
- 1 Analysis of books critical of Mormonism
- 1.1 A
- 1.1.1 American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows by Sally Denton
- 1.1.2 An Insider's View of Mormon Origins by Grant Palmer
- 1.1.3 Answering Mormon Scholars by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.1.4 Answering Mormon Scholars (Vol. 2) by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.1.5 Archaeology and the Book of Mormon by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.2 B
- 1.2.1 Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism by Richard Abanes
- 1.2.2 Inside Today's Mormonism by Richard Abanes
- 1.2.3 Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley
- 1.2.4 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 Mormon Enigma by Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery
- 1.9.2 Mormonism 101 by McKeever & Johnson
- 1.9.3 Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.9.4 Mormonism Unvailed by Eber D. Howe
- 1.9.5 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 The "Book of Lehi" by Christopher Nemelka
- 1.14.2 The Changing World of Mormonism by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.14.3 The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism by Norman L. Geisler
- 1.14.4 The God Makers by Ed Decker
- 1.14.5 The Kingdom of the Cults by "Dr." Walter Martin
- 1.14.6 The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power by D. Michael Quinn
- 1.14.7 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
An Insider's View of Mormon Origins by Grant Palmer
Summary: n 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"Inside Today's Mormonism by Richard Abanes
Summary: This book is a 2007 re-issue of Becoming GodsBlood 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
C
Covering Up the Black Hole by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
D
Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism by Ed Decker
Do Christians Believe in Three Gods by RBC Ministries
E
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View by D. Michael Quinn
F
From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism by Ronald V. Huggins
I
In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith by Todd Compton
L
"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
M
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
- The Hurlbut affidavits—
Brief Summary: Hurlbut-Howe affidavits (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- The Hurlbut affidavits—
Mormon America: The Power and the Promise by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling
N
Nauvoo Polygamy by George D. Smith
- Index of claims (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Use of sources (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Prejudicial language (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Presentism (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Mind reading (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Censorship (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Romance (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Assumptions (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Magick (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims (Click here for full article)
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—
O
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)
∗ ∗ ∗ - 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)∗ ∗ ∗ - 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 (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Rewording secondary sources (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Sarcasm (Click here for full article)
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- Overview (Click here for full article)
R
Reinventing Lamanite Identity by Brent L. Metcalfe
S
Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example by D. Michael Quinn
- Index of claims—
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)∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims—
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
- Index of claims—
Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims—
The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
- Index of claims—
Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims—
U
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
- Index of claims—
Brief Summary: Responses to specific critical or unsupported claims made in Under the Banner of Heaven. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Index of claims—