The 16th annual FairMormon Conference was held on August 7 and 8, 2014 at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, Utah. Transcriptions of the presentations are available at the links below.

The Book of Abraham and Unnoticed Assumptions

Kerry Muehlstein

Blacks in the Scriptures

Marvin Perkins

Joseph Smith Among the Early Christians (links to video on YouTube)

Barry Bickmore

Earl Wunderli’s Imperfect Book

Bob Rees

Scriptural Style in Early Nineteenth Century American Literature

Matt Roper & Paul Fields

“Mormons can BE gay, they just can’t DO gay”?: Deconstructing Sexuality and Identity From an LDS Perspective

Ty Mansfield

Why, Yes! I am a Mormon, Thank You Very Much!

Ann Cannon

Shouldering the Cross, or How to Condemn Racism and Still Call Brigham Young a Prophet

Russell Stevenson

The Preposterous Book of Mormon: A Singular Advantage (PDF) (YouTube)

Robert F. Smith

“This Is a Woman’s Church”

Sharon Eubank

The Story Behind the Revelations: Using the Joseph Smith Papers to Better Understand the Doctrine and Covenants

Matt Grow & Matt Godfrey

Religious Liberty: What Latter-day Saints Need to Know to Preserve Our First Freedom

Hannah Smith

Some Reflections on That Letter to a CES Director

Dan Peterson

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