Davis Bitton & Thomas Alexander, "The A to Z of Mormonism," The
Scarecrow Press, Inc., (2009). According to the publisher: "The A to Z of
Mormonism relates the history of the
Mormon church through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography,
and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on crucial persons,
organizations, churches, beliefs, and events. Clearing up many of the
misconceptions held about Mormonism and its members, this is an essential
reference."
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Newell G. Bringhurst & Craig L. Foster, "The Mormon Quest for
the Presidency," John Whitmer Books, (2008-FEB).
http://www.johnwhitmerbooks.com/
Fawn Brodie & Peter Dimock, "No Man Knows My History: The Life
of Joseph Smith: The Mormon Prophet," Vintage Books, (2nd edition; 1995).
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David Buerger, "The mysteries of godliness: A history of Mormon
temple worship," Signature Books, (1994)
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Todd Compton, "In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph
Smith," Signature Books, (1997).
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Stan Larson, "Quest for the gold plates: Thomas Stuart
Ferguson's archeological search for the Book of Mormon," Signature Books, (1998)
An account of an unsuccessful search to validate the Book of Mormon.
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Charles Larson, "By his own hand upon papyrus: a new look at the
Joseph Smith papyri," Gospel Truths Ministries, (1992)
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James Talmage, "Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His
Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern," Deseret
Books, (Reprinted 1982).
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James Ure, "Leaving the fold: candid conversations with inactive
Mormons," Signature books, (1999)
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Dan Vogel & Brent Metcalfe, Eds., "American Apocrypha: Essays on
the Book of Mormons (Essays on Mormonism Series)," Signature Books,
(2002).
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The LDS Files has an incredible number of links to
various LDS resources, including a relay chat network channel, mailing
lists, graphics, educational and doctrinal resources, and information on a
variety of Mormon religious groups other than the main LDS church (Temple
Lot, Bickertonites, Cutlerites, etc), See:
http://www.lds.npl.com/
AML Resourceslinks to bookstores, events, journals,
magazines, publishers, online resources etc. related to the LDS Church. See:
http://www.aml-online.org/
What's Where in Mormon Literature is a resource for finding
"where to locate, learn about, buy, sell, distribute, or publish Mormon
Literature."
See:
http://humanities.byu.edu/mldb
Official web sites of LDS Restorationist denominations and sects:
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
does not appear to have an official web site. That is to be expected.
Because of their promotion of polygyny, they probably want to keep a low
profile. However, doing a Google search using the church's name returns tens
of thousands of hits.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church)
has an official web site at:
http://www.lds.org
This web site has been rated by Neilsen as the busiest religious site on the
Internet.
They have a "Contact Us" section on their
web site. However, we have never been able to get a response to any of our
inquiries, in spite of many attempts.
Their "Mistakes in the News"
section discusseses what the church believes are errors in reporting by
the media. See:
http://www.lds.org/
If you have any questions about the LDS Church, you can chat live
with a Mormon missionary between 11 AM and 11 PM ET. See:
http://beta.mormon.org/ You can also speak with a missionary by
calling 1-888-537-6600. This number is accessible from the U.S. and
Canada. Another web site maintained by the LDS Church is
http://www.mormon.org It is "for anyone
interested in learning more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints."
The LDS General Conference Scripture Index contains "...links
from scriptures to the General Conference talks that cite those scriptures."
Links are online for conferences in the LDS Church from 1942 to the present
time. See:
http://scriptures.byu.edu/
The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR)
"...defends the LDS against detractors" by "providing well-documented
answers to criticisms of LDS doctrine, belief and practice." See:
http://www.fairlds.org/
LDSWorld is at:
http://www.ldsworld.com/ It has four main sections: LDSWorld Gems,
Gospel Study, Church Resources and Family Resources.
The History of the Mormons web site discusses LDS history by
explaining events, beliefs, and actions of Mormons. See:
http://www.historymormon.com/
Newsgroup alt.religion.mormon is one of many active newsgroup
devoted to the LDS denomination
The weekly newsletter Mormon-index contains references to
Internet resources devoted to the Mormon denomination. For past issues of
the index and a subscription form, see:
http://www.mormonstoday.com/
A person who joined the Church at the age of 20 and left it 22 years
later tells his story at:
http://www.exmormon.org
The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS)
is a non-profit educational foundation that "encourages and supports
research about the Book of Mormon...and other ancient scriptures."
Their home page is at:
http://farms.byu.edu/ They distribute a number of books, including "Offenders
for a Word: How Anti-Mormons Play Word Games to Attack the Latter-day
Saints."
"Joseph Smith: Prophet of God," is a website about the founder of the Church
of Christ. See:
http://josephsmith.net/