Category: Reviews
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The Mormon Testimony
For Latter-day Saints, one’s testimony is the main determination of truth, rather than biblical fidelity or consistency with past revelation. This subjective standard differs from the objective approach modeled in the Bible.
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Gospel Principles 2009 as a Significant Perpetuation of Traditional Mormon Theology
Examining LDS doctrines as portrayed in the book, “Gospel Principles.”
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Review: Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy
Dr. Ronald Huggins reviews the book, “Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy,” noting that its defense of Brigham Young ultimately deflates what could have been the more candid approach that was anticipated.
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New Joseph Smith Movie — History or Propaganda?
The history of Joseph Smith and his church is easily painted with heroism and undeserved suffering on screen, but historical records offer a much more complicated picture.
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Legacy: A Distorted View of Mormon History
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Legacy (1993) The Mormon Church’s official magazine, Ensign, printed the following in 1993: Imagine that you have just completed a tour of Temple Square in the heart of Salt Lake City, Utah. The guide suggests that you walk across the street and view Legacy, a new motion picture shown exclusively…
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The Godmakers II: Under Fire from Within and Without
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner A real controversy has been raging in Salt Lake City ever since the film The Godmakers II was shown at a local church. The reason the film created such a heated debate was that it openly accused the acting head of the Mormon Church, President Gordon B. Hinckley, of committing…
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Roper Attacks “Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?”
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In a new publication by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (F.A.R.M.S.), the Mormon scholar Matthew Roper shows deep concern over the effect our book Mormonism—Shadow or Reality? has had upon the public: The first edition of Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? was published by the Tanners in 1963…
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If He Were Satan
Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the Spring 1989 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought an unusual article by Samuel W. Taylor appears under the title, “If I Were Satan.” On page 116, the following is found: As Satan, I would also encourage Church officials to ignore all attacks on the Church, such as the dedicated…
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Church Fights Back!
Mormon Leaders Very Upset by Charges of Cover-Up By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Three major books have now been written regarding Mark Hofmann’s cunning plan to deceive Mormon leaders and document experts with forged documents and the murders he subsequently committed to cover up the crimes. The first book to appear, written by Linda Sillitoe…
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New Hofmann Book
Linda Sillitoe and Allen D. Roberts have recently completed their long-awaited book [Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders] on Mark Hofmann, the man who murdered two people and forged Mormon documents. Although we feel that it is unfortunate that the authors have preserved some improper language used by investigators in the case, that…