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Criticism of Mormonism/Books
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Contents
- 1 Analysis of books critical of Mormonism
- 1.1 Analysis of books critical of Mormonism
- 1.2 Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, a work by author Sally Denton
- 1.3 Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins by Grant Palmer
- 1.3.1 Response to claims made in Answering Mormon Scholars Vol. 1 by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.3.2 Response to claims made in Answering Mormon Scholars Vol. 2 by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.3.3 Response to claims made in Archaeology and the Book of Mormon by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
- 1.3.4 B
- 1.3.5 Response to claims made in Becoming Gods by Richard Abanes
- 1.3.6 Response to claims made in Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley
- 1.3.7 Response to claims made in By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri by Charles Larson
- 1.3.8 C
- 1.3.9 Response to claims made in Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon
- 1.3.10 D
- 1.3.11 Response to claims made in Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism
- 1.3.12 Response to claims made in Deconstructing Mormonism by Thomas Riskas
- 1.3.13 Response to claims made in Do Christians Believe in Three Gods?
- 1.3.14 E
- 1.4 Response to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View by D. Michael Quinn
- 1.4.1 I
- 1.4.2 Response to claims made in In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith by Todd Compton
- 1.4.3 Response to claims made in Inside Today's Mormonism by Richard Abanes
- 1.4.4 L
- 1.4.5 Response to claims made in Letters to a Mormon Elder by James White
- 1.4.6 Response to claims made in Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church by Simon Southerton
- 1.4.7 M
- 1.4.8 Response to claims made in Mormonism 101
- 1.4.9 Response to claims made in Mormonism: Shadow or Reality
- 1.4.10 Response to claims made in Mormonism Unmasked
- 1.4.11 Response to claims made in Mormonism Unvailed
- 1.4.12 Response to claims made in Mormon America: The Power and the Promise
- 1.4.13 N
- 1.4.14 Response to claims made in Nauvoo Polygamy by George D. Smith
- 1.4.15 Response to claims made in No Man Knows My History by Fawn Brodie
- 1.5 Critical books beginning with the letter 'O'
- 1.6 Critical books beginning with the letter 'P'
- 1.7 Critical books beginning with the letter 'S'
- 1.8 Critical books beginning with the letter 'T'
- 1.8.1 Response to claims made in The Book of Lehi by Christopher Nemelka
- 1.8.2 Response to claims made in The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism by Norman L. Geisler
- 1.8.3 Response to claims made in The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri: A Complete Edition by Robert Ritner
- 1.8.4 Response to claims made in The Kingdom of the Cults by Walter Martin, Hank Hanegraaff (editor)
- 1.8.5 Response to claims made in The Lion of the Lord by Stanley P. Hirshson
- 1.8.6 Response to claims made in The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power by D. Michael Quinn
- 1.8.7 Response to claims made in The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
- 1.9 Critical books beginning with the letter 'U'
- 1.10 Critical books beginning with the letter 'V'
- 1.11 Critical books beginning with the letter 'W'
Analysis of books critical of Mormonism
Analysis of books critical of Mormonism
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- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, a work by author Sally Denton
- Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins by Grant Palmer
- Response to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View by D. Michael Quinn
A
Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, a work by author Sally Denton
Jump to details:
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 1: Palmyra, 1823"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 2: Kirtland/Far West, 1831"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 3: Nauvoo, 1840"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter Four: Winter Quarters—Council Bluffs, 1846"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 5: Salt Lake City, August 24, 1849"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 6: Sevier River, October 26, 1853"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 7: Harrison, March 29, 1857"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 8: Deseret, August 3, 1857"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 9"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 10: Mountain Meadows, September 7-11, 1857"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 11: Deseret, September 12, 1857"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 12: Camp Scott, November 16, 1857"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 13: Cedar City, April 7, 1859"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 14: Mountain Meadows, May 25, 1861"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 15: Mountain Meadows, March 23, 1877"
- Response to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, "Chapter 16: Mountain Meadows Aftermath"
Response to claims made in 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.
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- Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, "Chapter 1: Joseph Smith as Translator/Revelator"
- Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, "Chapter 2: Authorship of the Book of Mormon"
- Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, "Chapter 3: The Bible in the Book of Mormon"
- Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, "Chapter 4: Evangelical Protestantism in the Book of Mormon"
- Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, "Chapter 5: Moroni and 'The Golden Pot'"
- Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, "Chapter 6: Witnesses to the Golden Plates"
- Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, "Chapter 7: Priesthood Restoration"
- Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, "Chapter 8: The First Vision"
- Response to claims made in An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, "Conclusion"
Response to claims made in Answering Mormon Scholars Vol. 1 by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
Response to claims made in Answering Mormon Scholars Vol. 2 by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
Response to claims made in Archaeology and the Book of Mormon by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
B
Response to claims made in Becoming Gods by Richard Abanes
Response to claims made in Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Will Bagley
Response to claims made in By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri by Charles Larson
C
Response to claims made in Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon
D
Response to claims made in Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism
Response to claims made in Deconstructing Mormonism by Thomas Riskas
Response to claims made in Do Christians Believe in Three Gods?
E
Response to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View by D. Michael Quinn
Jump to details:
- Response to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 1: Early America's Heritage of Religion and Magic"
- Response to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 2: Divining Rods, Treasure-Digging, and Seer Stones"
- Response to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 3: Ritual Magic, Astrology, Amulets, and Talismans"
- Response to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 4: Magic Parchments and Occult Mentors"
- Response to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 5: Visions and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon"
- Response to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 6: Mormon Scriptures, the Magic World View, and Rural New York's Intellectual Life"
- Response to claims made in Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, "Chapter 7: The Persistence and Decline of Magic After 1830"
I
Response to claims made in In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith by Todd Compton
Response to claims made in Inside Today's Mormonism by Richard Abanes
L
Response to claims made in Letters to a Mormon Elder by James White
Response to claims made in Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church by Simon Southerton
M
Response to claims made in Mormonism 101
Response to claims made in Mormonism: Shadow or Reality
Response to claims made in Mormonism Unmasked
Response to claims made in Mormonism Unvailed
Response to claims made in Mormon America: The Power and the Promise
N
Response to claims made in Nauvoo Polygamy by George D. Smith
Response to claims made in No Man Knows My History by Fawn Brodie
Critical books beginning with the letter 'O'
Response to claims made in One Nation Under Gods by Richard Abanes
Critical books beginning with the letter 'P'
Response to claims made in Passing the Heavenly Gift by Denver Snuffer
Critical books beginning with the letter 'S'
Response to claims made in Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example by D. Michael Quinn
Response to claims made in Studies of the Book of Mormon by B. H. Roberts
Critical books beginning with the letter 'T'
Response to claims made in The Book of Lehi by Christopher Nemelka
Response to claims made in The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism by Norman L. Geisler
Response to claims made in The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri: A Complete Edition by Robert Ritner
Response to claims made in The Kingdom of the Cults by Walter Martin, Hank Hanegraaff (editor)
Response to claims made in The Lion of the Lord by Stanley P. Hirshson
Response to claims made in The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power by D. Michael Quinn
Response to claims made in The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn
Critical books beginning with the letter 'U'
Response to claims made in Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
"Understanding Mormon Disbelief: Why do some Mormons lose their testimony and what happens to them when they do?" by Open Stories Foundation
Summary: Responses to a "study" which claims to illuminate the reasons for Mormon disaffection.Critical books beginning with the letter 'V'
Response to claims made in Visions of Glory by John Pontius
Critical books beginning with the letter 'W'
Response to claims made in Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? The Spalding Enigma by Wayne Cowdery, Howard Davis, and Donald Scales
Notes