Podcasts

402: Brian Hales Pt. 1 – A Refutation of Grant Palmer’s Treatment of Sexual Allegations Against Joseph Smith (Feb. 21, 2013).

403: Brian Hales Pt. 2 – 12 Myths Regarding Joseph Smith’s Polygamy (Feb. 21, 2013).

404: Brian Hales Pt. 3 – The Naturalistic vs. Faithful View of Joseph Smth’s Polygamy (March 14, 2013).

405: Brian Hales Pt. 4 – Reconciling Belief with Polygamy (March 14, 2013).

 

With NickGallieti:

Dissenters: Portraying the Church As Wrong So They Can Be Right Without It (posted May 5, 2014).

On GOOD WORD RADIO, Episode 134 (posted May 25, 2013).

 

The Mormon Book Review Podcast

Part 1 of An Interview with Brian C. Hales “Joseph’s Smith’s Polygamy” (Episode 19)

Part 2 of An Interview with Brian C. Hales “Joseph’s Smith’s Polygamy” (Episode 20)

 

 With Sarah Collett on A THOUGHTFUL FAITH (posted February 18, 2013).

 

YouTube Video Presentations:

Controversies of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy, by Dr. Brian Hales

Benchmark Presentation February 23, 2013

Joseph Smith’s Polygamy –Dr. Brian Hales– Fair Mormon Podcast

 

Articles by Brian C. Hales:

(Articles less than two years since publication are not yet available for download.)

“The Practice of Polygamy” and “Joseph Smith’s Practice of Plural Marriage,” chapters in Forward in Faith: Navigating LDS History and Doctrine, ed. Laura Harris Hales, Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2016.

“John Taylor’s 1886 Revelation,” in The Persistence of Polygamy: Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy, vol. 5, Independence, Missouri: John Whitmer Books, 2015.

“A Response to Denver Snuffer’s Essay on Plural Marriage, Adoption, and the Supposed Falling Away of the Church – Part 2: Façade or Reality?” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 16 (2015): 31-61.

“A Response to Denver Snuffer’s Essay on Plural Marriage, Adoption, and the Supposed Falling Away of the Church – Part 1: Ignoring Inconvenient Evidence,” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 16 (2015): 1-29.

“John C. Bennett and Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Addressing the Question of Reliability, Journal of Mormon History, vol. 41 (April 2015) no. 2, 131–181.

“Identifying Joseph Smith’s Plural Wives” Journal of Mormon History, vol. 40 (Summer 2014) 155–68.

“A Response to Grant Palmer’s ‘Sexual Allegations against Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Polygamy in Nauvoo,’” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 12 (2014): 183-236, with Gregory L. Smith.

“Big Trouble in River City: American Crucifixion and the Defaming of Joseph Smith,” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 11 (2014): 177–207, with Craig Foster.

“LDS Joseph vs. RLDS Joseph: The Battle to Control the Public Memory of Joseph Smith,” with Don Bradley, in Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster, eds., The Persistence of Polygamy: Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy, vol. 2, Independence, Missouri: John Whitmer Books, 2013, 99-151.

“Joseph Smith’s Plural Wives after the Martyrdom,” Mormon Historical Studies 13, no. 2 (Fall 2012), 255–69.

“‘A Continuation of the Seeds’: Joseph Smith and Spirit Birth” Journal of Mormon History 38, no. 4 (Fall 2012): 105–30.

“Review of Andrew H. Hedges, Alex D. Smith, and Richard Lloyd Anderson, eds., Journals, Volume 2: December 1841April 1843, The Joseph Smith Papers”  Journal of Mormon History 38, no. 3 (Summer 2012): 236–53.

“Joseph Smith’s Personal Polygamy,” Journal of Mormon History 38, no 2 (Spring 2012):  163228.

“Encouraging Joseph Smith to Practice Plural Marriage:The Accounts of the Angel with a Drawn Sword,” Mormon Historical Studies  11, no. 2 (Fall 2010): 2339.

“The Latest Word,” Review of “George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: “… but we called it celestial marriage.” (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008) Dialogue 42 (Winter 2009): 21335.

“Fanny Alger and Joseph Smith’s Pre-Nauvoo Reputation,” Journal of Mormon History 35, no. 4 (Fall 2009): 11290.

“Emma Smith, Eliza R. Snow, and the Reported Incident on the Stairs,” Mormon Historical Studies 10, no. 2 (Fall 2009): 6375.

“’Guilty of Such Folly?’: Accusations of Adultery and Polygamy Against Oliver Cowdery,” Mormon Historical Studies 9, no. 2 (Fall 2008): 4157.

“The Joseph Smith – Sylvia Sessions Plural Sealings: Polyandry or Polygyny,” Mormon Historical Studies 9, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 1928.

Brian C. Hales,  “John T. Clark: The ‘One Mighty and Strong.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 39, no. 3 (Fall 2006): 4663.

Joseph Smith’s Sexual Polyandry and the Emperor’s New Clothes: On Closer Inspection, What Do We Find?