The Mormon Mirage, Latayne C. Scott
The Mormon Mirage, Latayne C. Scott
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The Mormon Mirage
A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today

Author: Latayne C. Scott

Narrator: Tamara Marston

Abridged: 14 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 09/01/2009

Synopsis

In the first edition of The Mormon Mirage, Latayne C. Scott shared her remarkable journey out of Mormonism as she uncovered shocking inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and contradictions in the faith she had loved and lived.Thirty years later, Mormonism and Mormon scholarship have evolved with the times. In this third, revised and updated edition of her well-known book, Scott keeps pace with changes and advances in Mormonism, and reveals formidable new challenges to its claims and teachings.The Mormon Mirage provides fascinating, carefully documented insights into• DNA research’s withering implications for the Book of Mormon• the impact of new “revelations” on Latter-day Saint (LDS) race relations• new findings about Mormon history• increasing publicity about LDS splinter groups, particularly polygamous ones• recent disavowals of long-held doctrines by church leadership• the rise of Mormon apologetics on the InternetMore than a riveting, insider’s scrutiny of the Mormon faith, this book is a testimony to the trustworthiness of Scripture and the grace of Jesus Christ.

About Latayne C. Scott

Latayne C. Scott was a faithful and happy Mormon for ten years, attending Brigham Young University on a writing scholarship and working as a staff member for two of BYU’s weekly magazines. She is the author of fourteen published books, including Latter-Day Cipher, Why We Left Mormonism, and The Hinge of Your History: The Phases of Faith. She has also published articles and poems in secular magazines and in major Christian magazines, and she is the recipient of Pepperdine University's "Distinguished Christian Service Award" for her writing. Latayne is a representational thinker and a full-time writer, living in New Mexico with her husband of thirty-seven years, and has two married children. Her Web sites are www.latayne.com and www.representationalresources.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by drowningmermaid on September 30, 2014

I feel so torn about this one. On the one hand, it's the first 'anti-Mormon' book I've encountered in which a genuine love for Mormonism and the LDS people shines through. But that's not the only thing that shines through. Scott converted from devout Mormonism to equally devout Bible-belt Christiani......more

Goodreads review by Bishop on July 05, 2010

Latayne is a very good writer and her book on her Mormon experience is very well written and compelling. As is often said about a very good book, "I could not put it down." I learned much from this book of the Morman experience as seen through the eyes of the author. Her own story was quite moving a......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on September 30, 2011

Writing with skill and grace, former Mormon Latayne Scott offers a loving treatise on why she left Mormonism. Her writing is skillful, at times even entertaining. Her documentation is outstanding. What impressed me most of all, though, was that while she pulled no punches in her presentation of the......more

Goodreads review by Katie on June 24, 2023

There was so much information packed into this book, I’d be lucky if I walked away knowing half of it. But it was incredibly fascinating and the author was so kind in explaining her testimony and presenting the facts. Thank you Dr. Knowles for letting me borrow it 😁......more

Goodreads review by Joel on December 17, 2023

read a bit more like a textbook than I anticipated, but very thorough and informative!......more

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