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Guide Home > Critics > Anti-Mormons > Tanner, Jerald and Sandra
Additional TopicsThe following are additional topic areas related to Tanner, Jerald and Sandra. If there is a bracket number after the topic, that number indicates how many actual articles there are related to that subject. If the link for the topic is not live, it simply means the topic is a 'planned area' for future growth. FAIR ResourcesThese links are either to Web pages hosted on the FAIR Website, or to FAIR Papers. FAIR Papers are short articles about specific topics or questions, written by members of FAIR. These articles can be downloaded and read in PDF format and are intended to be distributed by e-mail or print for the general use of our patrons. (To read FAIR Papers you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader. It can be downloaded free from the Adobe Web site.) Click on a title below to visit a FAIR Web page or to read the latest version of a FAIR Paper. Anonymous, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?, reviewed in Jerald and Sandra Tanner's Distorted View of Mormonism (1977) Michael R. Ash, "Up in Smoke: A Response to the Tanners' Criticism of the Word of Wisdom," (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, August 2000) Do the Tanners' criticisms of the Word of Wisdom hold up under scrutiny? This in-depth analysis answers the question once and for all. (2000 FAIR Conference presentation.) Danel W. Bachman, "Mormonism -- Shadow or Reality? History or Propaganda? Joseph Smith as a Case Study," (2000 FAIR Conference presentation.) Barry R. Bickmore, "The Tanners on the Hereafter: A Case Study in 'Studied Ignorance'," (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, May 2004) An examination of one chapter of the Tanners' magnum opus, "Mormonism--Shadow or Reality," and finds that a grossly flawed methodology and approach has produced only a caricature of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Daniel C. Peterson, "Easier Than Research, More Inflammatory Than Truth," (2000 FAIR Conference presentation.) How critics twist the truth in an effort to make the Church look bad. D. Charles Pyle and Cooper Johnson, "Did Earlier LDS Leaders Understand the First Vision?," (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, December 2002) Examining charges, originating with the Tanners, that early LDS leaders didn't feel Joseph Smith was visited by the Father and Son in the First Vision. Robert Vukich, "An Incident Concerning Page 81 of "Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?"," (2000 FAIR Conference presentation.) A look at the Tanners' as historians. Other ResourcesThe resources listed below are related items available on the Web that should be of interest. These links are to information not located on the FAIR Web site. Russell Anderson, Jerald and Sandra Tanner. William J. Hamblin, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Archaeology and the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministries), reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1993) Anonymous LDS Historian, Jerald and Sandra Tanner's Distorted View of Mormonism: A Response to Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?. Russell C. McGregor, "Wild Bill Rides Again: The Tanners on the Danites," (March 1999) Analysis of an article about the Danites and Blood Atonement by Jerald and Sandra Tanner. Louis C. Midgley, A Discussion With Sandra Tanner at Utah Lighthouse Ministry's Bookstore. Dr. Midgley relates his encounter with anti-Mormon, Sandra Tanner, while visiting her anti-Mormon bookstore. Louis C. Midgley, An Incident at the Utah Lighthouse Ministry Bookstore. Dr. Midgley, following an encounter with anti-Mormon Sandra Tanner, sends a followup letter about the the encounter. Tom Nibley, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon, reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1993) Ara Norwood, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon, reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1991) Matthew Roper, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?, reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1992) Matthew Roper, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Criticism Raised by Mormon Defenders (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministries), reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1997) Matthew Roper, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Criticism of the Book "Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon" (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministries), reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1994) Matthew Roper, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon, reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1991) Kerry A. Shirts, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, "Terminology," The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism, reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2000) John A. Tvedtnes, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon, reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1991) John A. Tvedtnes, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Criticism of the Book "Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon" (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministries), reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1994) John A. Tvedtnes and Matthew Roper, Book review of Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Use of the Apocrypha. , reviewed in FARMS Review of Books (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1996) Recommended ReadingIf you are interested in more information about the topic of 'Critics,' you may want to refer to the books listed below. These books are available in the FAIR Bookstore; click on a link to find more information. Differing Visions: Dissenters in Mormon History, Edited by Roger D. Launius, Linda Thatcher (University of Illinois Press, 1998, 424 pages). A look at nineteen Mormon dissenters from the early 1800s through modern times. FARMS Review of Books: Vol 9, Num. 1, Edited by Daniel C. Peterson (FARMS, 1997, 231 pages). FARMS Review of Books: Vol. 12, Num. 1, Edited by Daniel C. Peterson (FARMS, 2000, 500 pages). FARMS Review of Books: Vol. 3, Edited by Daniel C. Peterson (FARMS, 1991, 340 pages). FARMS Review of Books: Vol. 4, Edited by Daniel C. Peterson (FARMS, 1992, 350 pages). FARMS Review of Books: Vol. 5, Edited by Daniel C. Peterson (FARMS, 1993, 395 pages). FARMS Review of Books: Vol. 6, Num. 2, Edited by Daniel C. Peterson (FARMS, 1994, 350 pages). FARMS Review of Books: Vol. 8, Num. 2, Edited by Daniel C. Peterson (FARMS, 1996, 429 pages). Robert Brown and Rosemary Brown, They Lie in Wait To Deceive (Vol. 1-4) (Brownsworth Publishing, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1995). Four highly recommended volumes dealing with anti-Mormon literature and critics, including that of Dee-Jay Nelson, Walter R. Martin, the Tanners, Ed Decker, and Dick Baer. Robert Brown and Rosemary Brown, They Lie in Wait To Deceive, Vol. 4 (Brownsworth Publishing, 1995, 358 pages). The deceit of John Edward or Ed Decker, Richard or Dick Baer, Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Walter Martin, John L. Smith, and the film, "The Godmakers."
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