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==Table of Contents==Many articles from ''The Truth Seeker'' have been transcribed elsewhere.
===Feature ''The Truth Seeker'' edition, vol 1, no. 3, July/August 1989 and its various articles===became the progenitor of future [[intactivist]] literature.
====''Social-Cultural Perspectives''====
====''Medical Perspectives''====* [[George C. Denniston]]. First do no harm.
* Paul M. Fleiss, David S. Bate & John A. Erickson. Letters. ====''Legal Perspectives''====
* [https://issuu.com/mgmbill/docs/crimesofgenitalmutilation/54 Digital Publication]{{ABBR}}
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[[File:TheTruthSeekerCircumcisionPoem.jpg|thumb|Jul/Aug 1989 issue of The Truth Seeker]]
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The July/August 1989 issue of '''The Truth Seeker''' was dedicated to articles about circumcision and genital mutilation. It contains the core proceedings of the [[First International Symposium| First International Symposium on Circumcision]]. It is an early example of [[intactivist]] literature.
[[James W. Prescott]], {{PhD}}, Ph.D. was the editor of ''The Truth Seeker''. He and [[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], R. N.{{RN}}, Executive Director of the [[Genital Autonomy America| National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC)]], jointly edited the circumcision issue.
==Feature articles== ===''Religious-Psychological Perspectives''====
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* {{REFweb
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* [[Paul M. Fleiss]], David S. Bate & [[John A. Erickson]]. Letters.
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* Hardebeck, John W. "Newborn circumcision resolution".
==Philosophical/Social Transformations==
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* [http://www.nocirc.org/declare.php Declaration of the First International Symposium on Circumcision]
===Philosophical/Social Transformations=Departments==* James Harvey Johnson. Superior Men, Chapter IV.* Acknowledgements and Resources
==Center insert==* [{{REFdocument |title=Circumcision: the legal and Constitutional issues |url=http://www.nocircnoharmm.org/declarebonner.htm |last=Bonner |first=Charles A.php Declaration of the First International Symposium on Circumcision] |author-link= |last2=Kinane |first2=Michael |author2-link= |publisher=The Truth Seeker |location= |format= |date=1989 |accessdate=}}* {{REFweb |url=http://fgmnetwork.org/articles/duffy.htm |title=Clitoridectomy: A Nineteenth Century Answer to Masturbation |last=Duffy |first=John |accessdate=}}* {{REFweb |url=http://www.violence.de/prescott/letters/Social-Behavioral_Characteristics.pdf |title=Social-Behavioral Characteristics Of Affectionate/Nurturant And Non-Affectionate/Non-Nurturant Primitive Cultures |last=Prescott |first=DepartmentsJames W. |init=JW |author-link=James W. Prescott |accessdate=}}
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''The Truth Seeker'' is available on the Internet in two versions, a digital book edition and a PDF file;
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* {{URLwebsite|http://thetruthseeker.net/|2021-01-08}}
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