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== LDS Apologetics ==

== LDS Apologetics ==

Like other notable LDS apologists such as Jeff Lindsay, Michael R. Ash, and Daniel C. Peterson, Shirts work is often featured through websites and other online resources. Since 2007, blogging particularly among Latter-day Saints arose in part in response to Elder M. Russell Ballard’s admonishment to use the internet as a tool to share the beliefs of the LDS Church.<ref>{{cite web|last=Russell |first=Elder M. |url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=72443645a2cba110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD |title=Ensign Article - Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet |publisher=LDS.org |date=2007-12-15 |accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref>  

Like other notable LDS apologists such as Jeff Lindsay, Michael R. Ash, and Daniel C. Peterson, Shirts work is often featured through websites and other online resources. Since 2007, blogging particularly among Latter-day Saints arose in part in response to Elder M. Russell Ballard's admonishment to use the internet as a tool to share the beliefs of the LDS Church.<ref>{{cite web|last=Russell |first=Elder M. |url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=72443645a2cba110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD |title=Ensign Article - Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet |publisher=LDS.org |date=2007-12-15 |accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref>  

In addition to publishing several articles through his blog, Shirts also maintains a [[YouTube]] Channel featuring over eight-hundred<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBackyardProfessor |title=Kanaal van TheBackyardProfessor |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref> self-made videos on subjects relating to LDS apologetics, the [[Book of Mormon]], and various Near Eastern topics. Shirts is a strong critic of anti-Mormonism<ref>{{cite web|author=Russell C. McGregor, and Kerry A. Shirts |url=http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=11&num=1&id=310 |title=Letters to an Anti-Mormon - Russell C. McGregor, and Kerry A. Shirts - FARMS Review - Volume 11 - Issue 1 |publisher=Maxwellinstitute.byu.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref>  and has been published author for the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/authors/?authorID=276 |title=Viewing Author: Kerry A. Shirts |publisher=Maxwellinstitute.byu.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref>  Shirts is also a researcher for the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairlds.org/Reviews/Rvw01011.html |title=Through the Maze of Anti-Mormonism: |publisher=Fairlds.org |date= |accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref>

In addition to publishing several articles through his blog, Shirts also maintains a [[YouTube]] Channel featuring over eight-hundred<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBackyardProfessor |title=Kanaal van TheBackyardProfessor |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref> self-made videos on subjects relating to LDS apologetics, the [[Book of Mormon]], and various Near Eastern topics. Shirts is a strong critic of anti-Mormonism<ref>{{cite web|author=Russell C. McGregor, and Kerry A. Shirts |url=http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=11&num=1&id=310 |title=Letters to an Anti-Mormon - Russell C. McGregor, and Kerry A. Shirts - FARMS Review - Volume 11 - Issue 1 |publisher=Maxwellinstitute.byu.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref>  and has been published author for the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/authors/?authorID=276 |title=Viewing Author: Kerry A. Shirts |publisher=Maxwellinstitute.byu.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref>  Shirts is also a researcher for the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairlds.org/Reviews/Rvw01011.html |title=Through the Maze of Anti-Mormonism: |publisher=Fairlds.org |date= |accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref>