In this wide-ranging interview, Sandra Tanner discusses her complex history with D. Michael Quinn, from being arch-enemies due to their clashing views on Mormon history, to gaining an appreciation for Quinn’s tireless research into difficult aspects of LDS history, even as she remains puzzled by his persistent belief in Mormonism despite uncovering many factual problems. Sandra highlights Quinn’s lifelong quest to reconcile his faith with the uncomfortable realities he uncovered, his struggles with Church leadership over his historical writings, the irony of him publishing an anti-Tanner pamphlet, and the sadness of his eventual excommunication which rejected both him as a person due to his sexuality and his meticulously researched historical analysis which the Church disliked. Ultimately, Sandra expresses a wish that Quinn was still alive to have an open discussion given their intertwined, conflicted past.
Chosen Path: A Memoir — Signature Books
Confessions of a Mormon Historian — Signature Books
Show Notes:
- Chosen Path by D. Michael Quinn
- Lighthouse: Jerald & Sandra Tanner, despised and Beloved Critics of Mormonism
- The Diaries of Leonard J. Arrington
- September Six by Sara M. Patterson
- Barbara Brown Jones
- Utah Lighthouse Ministry
- Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power by Quinn
- Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power by Quinn
- Mormon Hierarchy: Wealth and Corporate Power by Quinn
- Early Mormonism and the Magic Worldview by Quinn
- Dan Vogel YouTube channel
- Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Dan Vogel
- Early Mormon Documents Vol. 1 by Dan Vogel
- Early Mormon Documents Vol. 2 by Dan Vogel
- Early Mormon Documents Vol. 3 by Dan Vogel
- Early Mormon Documents Vol. 4 by Dan Vogel
- Early Mormon Documents Vol. 5 by Dan Vogel
- Book of Abraham Apologist by Dan Vogel
- D Michael Quinn Dissertation
- Benchmark Books
- Ken Sanders Bookstore
- Louis Midgley
Mormon Stories Related
- 1867: Reflections of a Mormon Historian – Sandra Tanner Reviews “Chosen Path”
- 1838: Mountain Meadows Massacre w/ Barbara Jones Brown | MSP Book Club
- 1693: Jerald & Sandra Tanner – Despised and Beloved Critics of Mormonism | MSP Book Club
- 472-475: Sandra (and Jerald) Tanner
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