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4 February 2012

• Seerhood, Pure Language, and Sacred Translation. In this 2011 FAIR Conference presentation, Sam Brown examines what it meant to have prophetic encounters in the early Restoration.

25 August 2011

• Something Wiki This Way Comes: How Collaborative Editing is Changing the Face of Online LDS Apologetics. A close look at the challenges and history of editing LDS topics in a Wikipedia. This is a 2011 FAIR conference presentation by Roger Nicholson, in PDF format.

16 August 2011

• Four Accounts and Three Critiques of Joseph Smith’s First Vision. Historian Steven C. Harper examines the First Vision and the critiques it has received. This paper was presented in FAIR’s 2011 conference.

16 August 2011

• Mormonism, Islam, and the Question of Other Religions. Dan Peterson addresses issues of religious tolerance in his 2011 FAIR Conference presentation.

12 August 2011

• W. Mitt Romney & Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.’s Dueling Quest for the Presidency: A Mormon Moment…Or the Mormon Question, Revisited? In his 2011 FAIR Conference presentation, Newell Bringhurst examines the effect of two LDS presidential candidates in the United States.

5 June 2011

• Joel Kramer Vs. The Bible and Joseph Smith. In this thoughtful review, Stephen Smoot examines the anti-Mormon video productions created by Living Hope Ministries under the direction of Joel Kramer.

14 March 2011

Two more talks from the 2010 FAIR Conference are now available online:

• Joseph Smith and the Biblical Council of the Gods Joseph Smith and the Biblical Council of Gods (PDF) by David Bokovoy
• The Obligation to Do Apologetics The Obligation to Do Apologetics (PDF) by Daniel Peterson

21 February 2011

• The White Horse Prophecy (PDF) The authenticity and interpretation of the so-called White Horse Prophecy has been eagerly debated since it was first reported in the mid 1850s. You can read George Cobabe’s updated analysis of this reported prophecy in this revised FAIR paper.

18 February 2011

• Joseph Smith and the Question of Book of Mormon Geography (PDF) Matthew Roper.

8 February 2011

• The Christian Doctrine of Deification. (PDF) Edward T. Jones.
• Thirty talks from past FAIR conferences (2001-2010) are now available online:

2001

• Egyptian Influence in Ancient Israel by John Gee

2002

• Christ, The Firstfruits of Theosis by Roger Cook

2003

• Defending Zion by Roger Ekins
• The Book of Abraham: Dealing with the Critics by Michael Rhodes

2004

• The ABCs of the Book of Abraham by Michael Ash & Kevin Barney

2005

• How to Reach African-Americans by Marvin Perkins
• Authentic Ancient Names and Words in the Book of Abraham and Related Kirtland Egyptian Papers by John Tvedtnes

2006

• Defenders of the Book: Surveying the New World Evidence for Book of Mormon Historicity by Brant Gardner
• Investigating the Kirtland Egyptian Papers by Brian Hauglid
• Salamander Letters by Steve Mayfield and George Throckmorton
• Tangible Restoration: The Witnesses and What They Experienced by Daniel Peterson
• A Few Hundred Hints of Egyptian and Northwest Semitic in Uto-Aztecan by Brian Stubbs

2007

• Some Puzzles from the Joseph Smith Papyri by John Gee
• Solomon’s Temple: Myth and History by William Hamblin and David Seely
• The Cowdery Controversies by Larry Morris
• God and Mr. Hitchens by Daniel Peterson
• The Trajectory of Book of Mormon Studies by John Sorenson
• Reflections on Mountain Meadows by Richard Turley
• Seeing Our Blindness: The Impact of Personal History on Our Understanding of God by Wendy Ulrich
• A Change of Venue: Joseph Smith’s Escape from Liberty Jail by Jeff Walker

2008

• Shaken Faith Syndrome by Michael Ash
• The Joseph Smith Papers by Ronald Esplin
• Book of Mormon Geography by Lawrence Poulsen
• Deification: Divine Inheritance and the Glorious Afterlife in the Book of Mormon and Ancient Mesoamerica by Mark Wright

2009

• On Being an Apologist: Imperatives, Predicaments, Perils, and Blessings by Robert White

2010

• The Apocalypse of Abraham: An Ancient Witness for the Book of Moses by Jeffrey Bradshaw
• Like Two Crazy Aunts in the Attic: Latter-day Saints and Popular Polygamy Stereotypes by Craig Foster
• Marginal Characters in the Book of Abraham Manuscripts by John Gee
• Origin of Book of Mormon Names by Stephen Ricks
• A Mormon in the White House by Peter Watkins

7 February 2011

• “Dead Men Tell No Tales!”: The Blood Atonement Balance Sheet. McKay V. Jones demonstrates how much critics who seek to use “blood atonement” to undermine confidence in Church leaders have ignorantly or knowingly failed to address or account for. Compared to the limited and long-known standard anti-Mormon “blood atonement” proof-texts, this mountain of material, often contemporaneous with the standard proof-texts, shows that “blood atonement” statements and conditions are not as critics have advertised over the years. “Blood atonement” is a blatant case of the bearing of false witness.

15 January 2011

• Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon. Royal Skousen, linguist and editor of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, reviews the scholarship of the Book of Mormon’s text in his 2010 FAIR Conference presentation.

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Neighborly Christian Love or Hate Speech: Anti-Mormon Protesters
Review the FAIR collection of video clips, photo essays, and articles concerning demonstrations by “street preachers” and other anti-Mormons. You can then decide for yourself if their actions exhibit neighborly Christian love or hate speech.