Bibliography of books critical of Mormonism

This is a bibliography of literature treating the topic of criticism of Mormonism (also known as the Latter Day Saint movement (LDS)), sorted by alphabetical order of titles.

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Criticism of religion

By religion

* Baháˈí Faith
* Buddhism
* Christianity
* Catholic
* Jehovah's Witnesses
* Latter Day Saint movement
* Protestantism
* Seventh-day Adventist
* Unification movement
* Unification Church in Japan
* Westboro Baptist Church
* Hinduism
* Swaminarayan sect
* Islam
* Islamism
* Twelver Shia Islam
* Wahhabism
* Jainism
* Judaism
* Monotheism
* New religious movement
* Neopaganism
* Scientology
* Sikhism
* Yazdânism
* Zoroastrianism

By religious figure

* Aisha
* Charles Taze Russell
* Ellen White
* Jesus
* Moses
* Muhammad
* Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
* Saul

By text

* Bible
* Quran
* Hadith
* Mormon sacred texts
* Book of Mormon
* Talmud

Religious violence

* Buddhism
* Christianity
* Mormonism
* Judaism
* Islam
* Terrorism
* Christian
* Hindu
* Islamic
* Jewish
* Persecution
* Christian thought on persecution and tolerance
* War
* In Islam
* In Judaism
* Sectarian violence
* By country
* India
* Anti-Christian violence
* In Odisha
* Nigeria
* Pakistan

Bibliographies

* Christianity
* Islam
* Judaism
* Mormonism
* Scientology

Related topics

* Abuse
* Apostasy
* In Islam
* In Christianity
* Criticism of atheism
* Criticism of monotheism
* Sexuality
* Slavery
* Superstitions
* Muslim
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In September 1993, six LDS Church members known as the "September Six" were excommunicated or disfellowshipped by the church, allegedly for publishing scholarly work against or criticising church doctrine or leadership.[1]

## Books by title

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* Black and Mormon (2004) edited by Newell G. Bringhurst and Darron T. Smith[2]
* The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions (2001), a general Christian countercult book with a chapter on Mormonism by Ron Rhodes
* An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (2002) by Grant H. Palmer, who was disfellowshipped for its publication in 2004
* Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon (1985, 2000) by David Persuitte
* The Kingdom of the Cults (1965), a general Christian countercult book with a chapter on Mormonism by Walter Ralston Martin
* Latter-day Dissent: At the Crossroads of Intellectual Inquiry and Ecclesiastical Authority (2011) by Philip Lindholm[3]
* "The LDS Intellectual Community and Church Leadership: A Contemporary Chronology" in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (1993) by Lavina Fielding Anderson, which led to her excommunication as one of the September Six[4][5][6]
* The Mormon Prophet and His Harem (1866), a biography of Brigham Young by Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite
* Mormonism Unvailed (1834) by Eber D. Howe[7]
* Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? (1963) by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
* No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (1945) by Fawn M. Brodie
* The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons (1873) by T. B. H. Stenhouse
* Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond (1993) by Deborah Laake
* Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (2003) by Jon Krakauer[7]
* Utah and the Mormons (1854) by Benjamin G. Ferris
* Wife No. 19 (1876) by Ann Eliza Young, one of the wives of Brigham Young
* Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism (1992) by Lavina Fielding Anderson and D. Michael Quinn (September Six)

## See also

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* Bibliography of books critical of Christianity
* Bibliography of books critical of Islam
* Bibliography of books critical of Judaism
* Bibliography of books critical of Scientology
* List of apologetic works
* List of Christian apologetic works
* List of Islamic apologetic works

## References

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1. ^ Peggy Fletcher Stack (16 June 2014). "Where Mormonism's 'September Six' are now". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
2. ^ "Religion Book Review: BLACK AND MORMON by Newell G. Bringhurst, Editor, Darron T. Smith, Editor". Publishers Weekly. November 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
3. ^ McIntyre, Stephen (2011). "Inside the "Loyal Opposition"" (PDF). Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 44 (4). University of Illinois Press: 212–221\. doi:10.5406/dialjmormthou.44.4.0212. JSTOR 10.5406/dialjmormthou.44.4.0212. S2CID 149385307. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
4. ^ Fielding Anderson, Lavina (Spring 1993). "The LDS Intellectual Community and Church Leadership: A Contemporary Chronology" (PDF). Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 26: 7–66.
5. ^ Peggy Fletcher Stack (5 September 2019). "Writer excommunicated during 'September Six' purge loses her bid to rejoin the LDS Church". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
6. ^ "Mormons Penalize Dissident Members". The New York Times. 19 September 1993. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
7. ^ a b Harper, Steven C. (2006). ""Dictated by Christ": Joseph Smith and the Politics of Revelation". Journal of the Early Republic. 26 (2). University of Pennsylvania Press: 275–304\. doi:10.1353/jer.2006.0026. JSTOR 30043410. S2CID 144432177. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

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Criticism of religion

By religion|

* Baháˈí Faith
* Buddhism
* Christianity
* Catholic
* Jehovah's Witnesses
* Latter Day Saint movement
* Protestantism
* Seventh-day Adventist
* Unification movement
* Unification Church in Japan
* Westboro Baptist Church
* Hinduism
* Swaminarayan sect
* Islam
* Islamism
* Twelver Shia Islam
* Wahhabism
* Jainism
* Judaism
* Monotheism
* New religious movement
* Neopaganism
* Scientology
* Sikhism
* Yazdânism
* Zoroastrianism

Religious texts|

* Bible
* Quran
* Hadith
* Mormon sacred texts
* Book of Mormon
* Talmud

Religious figures|

* Aisha
* Charles Taze Russell
* Ellen White
* Jesus
* Moses
* Muhammad
* Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
* Saul

Religious discrimination|

* Ahmadiyya
* Atheism
* Bahá'i Faith
* Buddhism
* Catholicism
* Catholic Church
* Christianity
* post–Cold War era
* Druze
* Falun Gong
* Hinduism
* Persecution
* Islam
* Persecution
* Jehovah's Witness
* Judaism
* Antisemitism
* Anti-Judaism
* Persecution
* Mormonism
* Neopaganism
* Eastern Orthodoxy
* Oriental Orthodoxy
* Copts
* Protestantism
* Rastafari
* Sikhism
* Sunni Islam
* Shia Islam
* Sufism
* Zorostianism

Religious violence|

* Buddhism
* Christianity
* Mormonism
* Judaism
* Islam
* Terrorism
* Christian
* Hindu
* Islamic
* Jewish
* Persecution
* Christian thought on persecution and tolerance
* War
* In Islam
* In Judaism
* Sectarian violence
* By country
* India
* Anti-Christian violence
* In Odisha
* Nigeria
* Pakistan

Books|

* Atheist Manifesto
* Breaking the Spell
* Christianity Unveiled
* God in the Age of Science?
* God Is Not Great
* God: The Failed Hypothesis
* Letter to a Christian Nation
* The Age of Reason
* The Blind Watchmaker
* The Caged Virgin
* The End of Faith
* The God Delusion
* The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
* Why I Am Not a Christian
* Why I Am Not a Muslim
* The Demon-Haunted World

* Books critical of Christianity
* Books critical of Islam
* Books critical of Judaism
* Books critical of Mormonism
* Books critical of Scientology

Movements|

* Agnosticism
* Antitheism
* Atheism

* Criticism

* Cārvāka
* New Atheism
* Nontheistic religions
* Parody religion

Related topics|

* Abuse
* Apostasy
* In Islam
* In Christianity
* Criticism of atheism
* Criticism of monotheism
* Sexuality
* Slavery
* Superstitions
* Muslim
* Jewish

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