UTAH LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRY

Utah Lighthouse Ministry is owned and operated by Jerald and Sandra Tanner.  The Tanners were once members of the LDS Church, but have turned from it.  They began publishing material critical of the LDS Church in about 1959.

To see a photo of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, click here.

Report of a visit with Sandra Tanner by Dr. Louis C. Midgley (accompanied by two witnesses)

Jerald and Sandra Tanner's Distorted View of Mormonism:  A Response to Mormonism -- Shadow or Reality?

CORRESPONDENCE

Letter by Lou Midgley to Jerald and Sandra Tanner about an incident in their bookstore.

Mark Ellison and Sandra Tanner about Chap. 12 of Mormonism:  Shadow or Reality?

WEB LINKS

Issues: 

Roper, Matthew, "Comments on the Book of Mormon Witnesses: A Response to Jerald and Sandra Tanner," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2/2 (Fall 1993): 164-93.

Roper, Matthew, "Noah Webster and the Book of Mormon," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4/2 (Fall 1995): 142-46.

Roper, Matthew and Tvedtnes, John, "Joseph Smith's Use of the Apocrypha: Shadow or Reality?" FARMS Review of Books 8/2 (1996): 326-72.  Review of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, "Joseph Smith's Use of the Apocrypha."  Salt Lake City Messenger 89 (December 1995): 1-14.

Reviews:

Roper, Matthew, review of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Criticism of the Book "Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon," volume 1,  Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1994.  (FARMS: Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6/2.)  "A Black Hole That's Not So Black."

Tvedtnes, John A., review of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Criticism of the Book "Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon," volume 1,  Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1994.  (FARMS: Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6/2.)

Roper, Matthew, review of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Answering Mormon Scholars: A Response to Criticism Raised by Mormon Defenders, Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1996.  (FARMS: Review of Books 9/1.)  "Unanswered Mormon Scholars."

• Archaeology and the Book of Mormon

Hamblin, Dr. William J., review of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Archaeology and the Book of Mormon,  Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1969.  (FARMS: Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5.)

• Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon

Norwood, L. Ara, review of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon,  Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry 1990.  (FARMS: Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3.)

Roper, Matthew, review of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon,  Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1990.  (FARMS: Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3.)

Tvedtnes, John A., review of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon,  Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1990.  (FARMS: Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 3.)

Nibley, Tom, review of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon,  Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1990.  (FARMS: Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 5.)  "A Look at Jerald and Sandra Tanner's Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon."

• Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?

Roper, Matthew, review of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?,  5th ed. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987.  (FARMS: Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4.)