Английская Википедия:FAIR (Mormon apologetics organization)

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox organization

FAIR (Faithful Answers, Informed Response), formerly known as FairMormon and the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that specializes in Mormon apologetics and responds to criticism of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).[1] FAIR comprises volunteers who seek to answer questions submitted to its web site. It was founded in November 1997 by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who wanted to defend their faith on AOL message boards.[2] The members of FAIR are international volunteers. FAIR holds an annual conference where topics of current apologetic issues are presented.[3][4] The organization also publishes a monthly electronic newsletter (the FairMormon Journal) and a daily news-clipping service (the FairMormon Front Page).

FAIR is not officially affiliated with the LDS Church, though its members are "all committed to defending the Church".[5]

Name

At its inception, FAIR was known as the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research (FAIR).[6] However, because of widespread unfamiliarity with the meaning of apologetics as reasoned argumentation, in August 2013 the organization announced it would change its name from FAIR to FairMormon.

Steven Шаблон:Proper name, vice-president at the time, explained:

“We have changed our name and are updating our websites in order to make them more easily accessible. The name has been simplified. Instead of The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research, it is now simply FairMormon. Hopefully this will be easier to remember and will allow us to spend more time doing apologetics rather than spending our time explaining what apologetics is. Our mission has not changed, but hopefully, with the name change and the changes with the websites, our organization will be more effective."[7]

In February 2021, the organization announced an official rebranding effort, including a new name, website, and logo, in response to requests from church president Russell M. Nelson to avoid using the colloquial term "Mormon" to refer to the church or to Latter-day Saints.[6] The group returned to the name FAIR, though it changed the acronym to stand for "Faithful Answers, Informed Response".[6][8]

Officers

FAIR is led by a president, who is elected by a board of directors, and assisted by a vice-president and secretary. The current president is Scott Gordon. Several editors provide submitted documents and articles with editorial review, and a bookstore is maintained to sell apologetic articles and scholarly books to the public. All of these positions are handled by volunteers. The only paid part-time position currently associated with FAIR is the bookstore manager, which requires management.

Websites

Mormon Voices is a website run by FAIR which seeks to defend representations of the LDS Church in the media.[9][10]

Mormon FAIR-Cast

FAIR also sponsors a podcast called the Mormon FAIR-Cast.[11] In 2011 and 2013, it won an award for best podcast in the Religion Inspiration category of the People's Choice Podcast Awards.[12]

See also

Шаблон:Portal

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Latter-day Saints

Партнерские ресурсы
Криптовалюты
Магазины
Хостинг
Разное

  1. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ "FAIR originated as an internet-based group in the late 90s …. What happened was that there were religious discussions on the old AOL message boards, and the Mormons were getting pushed around. They were the 98 pound weaklings because they didn’t control the venue. The people that did, limited their access and things like that. So FAIR originated as a group of people banding together electronically for self defense." Kevin Barney, Notes on Apologetics, FAIR Blog, last modified 17 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ "We're not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, the members of FairMormon are all committed to defending the Church and helping people to maintain their testimonies." https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/about/faq-html
  6. ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 Шаблон:Cite news
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  10. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  11. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  12. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
Источник — http://wikihandbk.com/ruwiki/index.php?title=Английская_Википедия:FAIR_(Mormon_apologetics_organization)&oldid=14636829