Brian C. Hales

BRIAN C. HALES {[email protected]} is the author or co-author of seven books dealing with plural marriage including the three-volume Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: History and Theology (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2013). He works as an anesthesiologist and has served as president of the Utah Medical Association and the John Whitmer Historical Association. His current research focuses on the origin of the Book of Mormon, producing articles for BYU Studies and Interpreter along with a couple of book-length manuscripts.

Automatic Writing and the Book of Mormon An Update

Articles/Essays – Volume 52, No. 2

Dialogue 52.2 (Spring 2019):1–58Attributing the Book of Mormon’s origin to supernatural forces has
worked well for Joseph Smith’s believers, then as well as now, but not so
well for critics who seem certain natural abilities were responsible. For over
180 years, several secular theories have been advanced as explanations.

John T. Clark: The “One Mighty and Strong”

Articles/Essays – Volume 39, No. 3

Nauvoo Polygamy: The Latest Word Nauvoo Polygamy: “…but we called it celestial marriage.” by George D. Smith

Articles/Essays – Volume 42, No. 4