Apologetics
Reasoned defense of the faith and its truth claims in response to criticism and competing views.
Also known as: LDS Apologetics · Defending the Faith
51 documents · 6 libraries · 1977–2026
Emphasis over time
Peak: 7 documents in 2016
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- Interpreter32 documents
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies7 documents
- BYU Studies5 documents
- General Conference5 documents
- BYU Speeches1 document
- Liahona Articles1 document
Latest
Interpreter
A Fresh Investigation of Latter-day Saint Theology (opens in a new tab)
Spencer Kraus · 2026
Interpreter
Jeff Lindsay · 2025
Interpreter
Gregory L. Smith · 2025
BYU Speeches
False Dichotomies, Paired Aspirations, and “Becoming BYU” (opens in a new tab)
C Shane Reese · Mar 2024
Liahona Articles
How and When Should You Defend Your Beliefs on Social Media? (opens in a new tab)
Emily Abel and Chelsea Kern · Sep 2021
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
How to Do Things with Doubt (opens in a new tab)
Rosalynde Welch · 2019
General Conference
God’s Compelling Witness: The Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Tad R. Callister · Oct 2017
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture · 2016
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
Worthy of Another Look: The Historicity of the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Dallin H. Oaks · 2012
BYU Studies
The Four Discourses of Mormonism (opens in a new tab)
Joseph M. Spencer · 2011
Earliest
General Conference
It Was a Miracle! (opens in a new tab)
Mark E. Petersen · Oct 1977
Most frequent voices
- Daniel C. Peterson9 documents
- Kevin Christensen4 documents
- Jeff Lindsay3 documents
- Louis C. Midgley3 documents
- Stephen O. Smoot2 documents
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