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FAIR Conference SpeakersBelow are the conference speakers from the various FAIR Conferences over the years. Presentations are listed in alphabetical order, by the speaker's last name, within the year of presentation. If the speaker's presentation is available online, there will be a link (or links) to the right of the presentation name. Click on the desired link to see the presentation in the format indicated. This page will be updated regularly, as new presentations become available. 2008 ConferenceJeffrey Bradshaw, The Message of the Joseph Smith Translation: A Walk in the Garden Brant A. Gardner, Mormon's Editorial Method and Meta-Message 2007 ConferenceTerryl Givens, When Souls Had Wings: What the Western Tradition Has to teach Us About Pre-Existence John Hall, As Far as it is Translated Correctly: The Problem of Tampering with the Word of God in the Transmission and Translation of the New Testament Steven Olsen, Is the Church Archives Closed? Blake Ostler, Spiritual Experiences as the Basis for Belief and Commitment 2006 ConferenceWayne Arnett, Apologetics 101 Mike Ash, Book of Abraham 201: Papyri, Revelation, and Modern Egyptology Joseph Bentley, Legal Trials of the Prophet: Joseph Smith's Life in Court Matthew Brown, Revised or Unaltered? Joseph Smith's Foundational Stories Claudia Bushman, The Lives of Mormon Women Marcus Martins, A Black Man in Zion: Reflections on Race in the Restored Gospel Matthew Roper, Adam in Ancient Texts and the Restoration David Stewart, DNA and the Book of Mormon Allen Wyatt, Zina and Her Men: An Examination of the Changing Marital State of Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith Young 2005 ConferenceDavis Bitton, George Q. Cannon and the Apostates John E. Clark, Wade Ardern, and Matthew Roper, Debating the Foundations of Mormonism: The Book of Mormon and Archaeology Blake Ostler, The Fallacy of Fundamentalist Assumptions Boyd Petersen, What I Learned about Life, the Church, and the Cosmos from Hugh Nibley Richard Bushman, A Joseph Smith Miscellany Greg Kearney, The Message and the Messenger: Latter-day Saints and Freemasonry Dan Peterson, Reflections on Secular Anti-Mormonism Wendy Ulrich, "Believest thou...?": Faith, Cognitive Dissonance, and the Psychology of Religious Experience 2004 ConferenceRichard Lloyd Anderson, Explaining Away the Book of Mormon Witnesses Davis Bitton, I Don't Have a Testimony of the History of the Church Matthew Brown, Historical or Hysterical? Anti-Mormons and Documentary Sources A. Dean Byrd, Born That Way? Facts and Fiction about Homosexuality Brant A. Gardner, The Case for Historicity: Discerning the Book of Mormon's Production Culture Roger Keller, The Apostasy David Paulsen, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Joseph Smith: Defending the Faith Daniel Peterson, Autobiographical Notes on My Testimony Andrea G. Radke, The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace John Tvedtnes, The King Follett Discourse in the Light of Ancient and Medieval Jewish and Christian Beliefs
2003 ConferenceCraig L. Foster, Old Themes and Stereotypes Never Die: The Unchanging Ways of Anti-Mormons Brant Gardner, Monotheism, Messiah, and Mormon's Book Roger Keller, The Grace of Apologetics Armand L. Mauss, The LDS Church and the Race Issue: A Study in Misplaced Apologetics D. Jeffrey Meldrum, The Children of Lehi: DNA and the Book of Mormon Dan Peterson, Random Reflections on the Passing Scene Matthew Roper, Nephi's Neighbors: Book of Mormon Peoples and Pre-Columbian Populations. Gene Sessions, Shining New Light on the Mountain Meadows Massacre Trent Stephens, Evolution and Latter-day Saint Theology: The Tree of Life and DNA John Tvedtnes, The Charge of "Racism" in the Book of Mormon
2002 ConferenceRussell Anderson, The 1826 Trial of Joseph Smith Michael R. Ash, The Impact of Mormon Critics on LDS Scholarship Brant Gardner, The Gadianton Robbers in Mormon's Theological History: Their Structural Role and Plausible Identification Tim Heaton, Dealing with Demographics Renee Olson, Dispelling the Black Myth Dan Peterson, The Protean Joseph Smith Royal Skousen, Changes in the Book of Mormon John Tvedtnes, The Mistakes of Men: Can the Scriptures be Error-Free?
2001 ConferenceRoss Baron, Feeding the Multitudes: Being Fishers of Men S. Kent Brown, Arabia and the Book of Mormon Brant Gardner, A Social History of the Early Nephites Ben McGuire, Nephi and Goliath: A Reappraisal of the Use of the Old Testament in First Nephi Louis Midgley, Naturalistic Terms: Some Reflections on a Motto and Type of Historical Explanation L. Ara Norwood, Benjamin or Mosiah: Resolving an Anomaly in Mosiah 21:28 Daniel C. Peterson, The Divine Source of the Book of Mormon in the Face of Alternative Theories Advocated by LDS Critics Matt Roper, Right on Target: Boomerang Hits and the Book of Mormon John Tvedtnes, Scholarship in Mormonism and Mormonism in Scholarship Scott Woodward, DNA and the Book of Mormon
2000 ConferenceMike Ash, Up In Smoke: A Response To the Tanners' Criticism of the Word of Wisdom Danel Bachman, Mormonism--Shadow or Reality?: History or Propaganda? Joseph Smith as a Case Study Darryl Barksdale, Cherry Picking in the Orchard of God's Word: John 4:24 Brant Gardner, A Real People, Time, and Place: Contextualizing the Book of Mormon Scott Gordon, Survey Says! Kevin Hill, Breaking Down Barriers with Wrecking Balls of Fallacy L. Ara Norwood, Nehors in the Land: A Latter-day Variation on an Ancient Theme Daniel C. Peterson, Easier than Research, More Inflammatory than Truth Robert Vukich, An Incident Concerning Page 81 of "Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?"
1999 ConferenceKevin Barney, A Tale of Two Restorations Barry Bickmore, Mormonism in the Early Jewish Christian Milieu Roger Cook, Joshua the High Priest and the Council of the Gods in the Book of Zachariah: a Post-Exilic Jew in King Yahwey's Court John Gee, The Corruption of Scripture in the Second Century Daniel C. Peterson, What Has Athens to do with Jerusalem?: Apostasy and Restoration in the Big Picture D. Charles Pyle, I Have Said, 'Ye are Gods' Matt Roper, Salvation for the Dead: A Response to Luke Wilson John Tvedtnes, Early Christian and Jewish Rituals Related to Temple Practices
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