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Shining New Light On the Mountain Meadows Massacre --and-- The Unchanging Ways of Anti-Mormons (WMV)

Gene A. Sessions, "Shining New Light on the Mountain Meadows Massacre," Mesa, Arizona: The Founation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), 2003, Windows Media Video (WMV).

What happened at Mountain Meadows and why? Was Brigham Young at fault? Gene Sessions answers these questions and more in this hard-hitting and balanced presentation.

Sessions looks at the subject of two new books: Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Mountain Meadows Massacre and Sally Denton's American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows. While Sessions felt Bagley's book demonstrated good research and knowledge of the sources, he said the interpretation and analysis was lacking. In regard to Denton's book, he could not find any redeeming value.

Dr. Gene A. Sessions teaches courses in American civilization, U.S. history, Utah history, and other topics at Weber State University. A native of Ogden, he earned his a B.A. from Utah State University (1970), an M.A. from Florida State University (1972), and a Ph.D. from Florida State University (1974). His research interests include Utah, Mormonism, the West, science and religion, international relations, and foreign debt. While a young student at Weber State University, Dr. Sessions became fascinated with history as a way to understand life and human motivation. After earning his Ph.D., he returned to his alma mater and has taught in the Department of History since 1975.

Craig L. Foster, "The Unchanging Ways of Anti-Mormons," Redding, California: The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), 2003 FAIR Conference, Windows Media Video (WMV).

Some things never change. Craig Foster shows that many of the charges made by anti-Mormons today are simply rehashes of anti-Mormon arguments of yesterday—and of early romance novels!

Foster also discusses Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith and neatly places the book where it belongs: among other similar poorly researched anti-Mormon literature of past and present.

Craig L. Foster is a Research Specialist in Library Public Affairs of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. He earned a Bachelor's degree in history with a minor in political science at BYU in 1986. He then earned a Master of Arts in history (1989) and a Master of Library and Information Sciences (1991) at BYU.

He is the author of Penny Tracts and Polemics: A Critical Analysis of Anti-Mormon Pamphleteering in Great Britain, 1837-1860. He has also published articles in scholarly journals including: Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Genealogical Journal, The Journal of the John Whitmer Historical Association, Journal of Mormon History, Mormon Historical Studies, and Utah Historical Quarterly. He has also written encyclopedic entries for the Encyclopedia of the American West and Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Craig is involved in several scholarly and social organizations, including the Mormon History Association and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

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