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The Author of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View and LDS apologetics
| Use of sources | A FAIR Analysis of: Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, a work by author: D. Michael Quinn
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Throughout the revised edition, the author often refers to the efforts of LDS apologetics related to his own works. He appears to have a particular issue with a review of the first edition of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View written by LDS scholar Bill Hamblin. This page addresses specific claims made by the author related to LDS apologetics.
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The author(s) of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View make(s) the following claim:
The author claims that apologists "extend the broadest possible latitude to sources they agree with, yet impose the most stringent demands on sources of information the apologists dislike."
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The author(s) of Early Mormonism and the Magic World View make(s) the following claim:
The author refers to "a deceptive statement by FARMS polemicist Louis Midgley" and refers to the "fundamental dishonesty" of his claim.
- The author states, "In my opinion, Midgley is an LDS polemicist without scruples..."
Author's sources: *Midgley, "F.M. Brodie—'The Fasting Hermit and Very Saint of Ignorance': A Biographer and Her Legend," FARMS Review of Books, FARMS, 19967, no. 2:225n287.
Midgley, "Playing with Half a Decker: The Countercult Religious Tradition Confronts the Book of Mormon," Review of Books on the Book of Mormon, FARMS, 5:144n56 (1993).