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3771
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English
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The Successful Marketing of the Holy Grail
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Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Winter 1987
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20
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97-104
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Sillitoe briefly explores why people accepted the Hofmann forgeries, and the trust Hofmann was able to create. She shows that historians, Church leaders, and many others had many reasons for believing. She concludes that there is a temptation to belittle those who 'should have been' smarter, better trained, or more inspired. 'In that way we may continue the damage that has been done personally, professionally, spiritually, or financially. Or as we undo the stories, we can search for our own reflections in their shiny surfaces. We can reach for understanding with an accuracy that recognizes courage and integrity, sees clearly human deception, cowardice, and rage, and accepts the vulnerability that makes all of us human.'