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I am looking for books on church issues and history that are not the church white washed version and are not the biased anti propaganda. I want the most objective info possible. I have seen a few book suggestions here and have started compiling my new library. I have checked out the media section here but finding it hard to navigate to what I want. Is there a general rule of how to find this objective and balanced stuff I am after? Can anyone recommend certain authors who are known for that? Thanks for any help! 
I have heard very good things about the classic “Mormonsim” By Jan Shipps. She is a preeminent academic about Mormonism. The best book I have personally read is “Religion and Sexuality” which isn’t what the title sounds like. It goes into a few religions that have similar beginnings and put them into a historical and cultural context; Mormonism, Society of Friends and other groups. I read it in an anthropology class at BYU that studied familial relationships in their anthropological setting. I read it years ago so I don’t know if it is still in print.
Look in the Books and Media section. There is one thread in particular that I remember having some really good suggestions. I’ll find it and bump it up for further commentary.
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