Not to be confused with
Hartford Seminary's Hartford Institute for Religious Research.
The Institute for Religious Research is a United States Christian apologetics organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It declares itself to be a non-denominational, non-profit Christian foundation for the study of religious claims,[1] and was formerly known as Gospel Truths Ministries.[2] IRR is a member of Evangelical Ministries to New Religions and was headed by Luke P. Wilson[2] until his death in 2007.[1] Concurrent with the release of The DaVinci Code, the Baptist Press noted IRR's Ronald V. Huggins and his apologetic analysis of the film.[3] IRR's current staff includes Robert M. Bowman, Jr., director of research, and Joel Groat, ministry director (specializing in Latin America).
Controversy and Mormonism[edit]
IRR was also noted by the Salt Lake Tribune for its documentary critique of the Book of Abraham, entitled "The Lost Book of Abraham: Investigating a Remarkable Mormon Claim".[4] The University of Utah's student newspaper observed the absence of opportunity for LDS to respond in the film;[5] additionally, the Deseret News pointed out IRR's criticism of the efforts of Richard Mouw of Fuller Seminary to repent for the actions of evangelicals.[6] In an article for a journal published by Brigham Young University's Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, John Gee considered IRR's publication By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri by Charles M. Larson to be a "deliberate deception."[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Who We Are: The People of IRR and What We Are All About", iir.org (Institute for Religious Research), retrieved 2014-02-03
- ^ a b "Missions: Gospel Truths Ministries", bhbconline.org (Blythefield Hills Baptist Church, Rockford, MI), archived from the original on 2001-01-18
- ^ Boatwright, Phil (January 12, 2005). "FIRST-PERSON: Begin preparing for ‘The Da Vinci Code’". Baptist Press (Southern Baptist Convention).
- ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher (August 8, 2002). "Film Challenges LDS Translation". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. E5. Article Archive ID: 100E47F89C27BAB3 (NewsBank).
- ^ Winstead, Chris (August 28, 2002). "Matters of Faith: New Documentary Questions the Authenticity of LDS Scripture". The Daily Utah Chronicle.
- ^ Moore, Carrie A. (January 15, 2005). "Speaker's apology to LDS stirs up fuss". Deseret News.
- ^ Gee, John (1992). "A Tragedy of Errors". Review of Books on the Book of Mormon (Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, Brigham Young University) 4 (1): 93–119.
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