Louis C. Midgley (born March 12, 1931)[1] is a Mormon apologist[2] and retired professor of political science at Brigham Young University.
[7]: 9–10 Thomas G. Alexander responded, stating that positivism is a miscategorization, because New Mormon Historians usually accepted spiritual experiences like Joseph Smith's visions, rather than attributing them to mental illness or fabrication as a positivist might.
"[9] David Bohn wrote an essay for Sunstone about Mormon historiography, which Thomas Alexander critiqued at length.
[10] Scott C. Dunn, an editor at Sunstone, stated that "a number of historians had gone to great lengths to discourage the publication of this manuscript [...] they sought to prevent distribution of ideas contrary to their own.
[13] Other topics Midgley has studied included the abandonment of a belief in the Book of Mormon as an ancient document by members of the Community of Christ.