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Analysis of books critical of Mormonism

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American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows by Sally Denton

An Insider's View of Mormon Origins by Grant Palmer

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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"

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Inside Today's Mormonism by Richard Abanes

Blood 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

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Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism by Ed Decker

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In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith by Todd Compton

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Mormonism 101 by McKeever & Johnson

Mormon America: The Power and the Promise by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling

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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)
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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.

- Index of claims—
  Brief Summary: A page-by-page response to critical claims made in this work (Click here for full article)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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Reinventing Lamanite Identity by Brent L. Metcalfe

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The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism by Norman L. Geisler

The God Makers by Ed Decker

The Kingdom of the Cults by "Dr." Walter Martin]]

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- Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

Hurlbut-Howe affidavits
- The Hurlbut affidavits
Ronald V. Huggins
- From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism

- The "Book of Lehi" by Christopher Nemelka
Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery
- Mormon Enigma

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B.H. Roberts
- Studies of the Book of Mormon
D. Michael Quinn

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Early Mormonism and the Magic World View by D. Michael Quinn

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{{SummaryItem |link=Specific works/Nauvoo Polygamy|Nauvoo Polygamy]] — (Index of claims) by George D. Smith

Simon G. Southerton

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Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? by Jerald and Sandra Tanner

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-** [[Specific works/Nauvoo Polygamy|''Nauvoo Polygamy'']] &mdash; ([[Specific works/Nauvoo Polygamy/Index|Index of claims]]) by George D. Smith
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-* Carol Whang Shutter
+|link=Specific works/Nauvoo Polygamy|''Nauvoo Polygamy'']] &mdash; ([[Specific works/Nauvoo Polygamy/Index|Index of claims]]) by George D. Smith
-** [[Specific works/September Dawn|''September Dawn'']] (film)
 * Simon G. Southerton
-**[[Specific works/Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church|''Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church'']] &mdash; ([[Specific works/Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church/Index|Index of claims]])
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-** [[Specific works/Answering Mormon Scholars Vol. 2|''Answering Mormon Scholars'' (Vol. 2)]]
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