Mormon Polygamy: A HistorySignature Books, 1989 - 255 Seiten In this comprehensive survey of Mormon Polygamy, Richard Van Wagoner details, with precision and detachment, the tumultuous reaction among insiders and outsiders to plural marriage. In an honest, methodical way, he traces the origins, the peculiarities common to the midwestern and later Utah periods, and post-1890 new marriages. Drawing heavily on first-hand accounts, he outlines the theological underpinnings and the personal trauma associated with this lifestyle. What emerges is a portrait that neither discounts nor exaggerates the historical evidence. He presents polygamy in context, neither condemning nor defending, while relevant contemporary accounts are treated sympathetically but interpreted critically. No period of Mormon history is emphasized over another. The result is a systematic view that is unavailable in studies of isolated periods or in the repetitions of folklore that only disguise the reality of what polygamy was. Scattered throughout the western United States today are an estimated 30,000 fundamentalist Mormons who still live "the principle." They, too, are a part of Joseph Smith's legacy and are included in this study. |
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... Quinn in his 1985 analysis of post- Manifesto marriages presents intriguing circumstantial evidence that on 17 June 1896 in the Salt Lake Temple Joseph F. Smith sealed Lillian Hamlin to the deceased and previously unmarried David H ...
... Quinn has docu- mented the editing steps in which Woodruff's handwritten manifesto of 510 words was cut to 356 words on 24 September 1890. That morning the First Presidency was busy with other matters and asked George Reynolds , Charles ...
... Quinn points out that John W. Taylor was correct in 1911 when he said he had the original 1886 revelation in his possession . Taylor's brother , Frank Y. Taylor , donated it to the First Presidency on 18 July 1933 ( 1985 , 28-29 ) . 4 ...
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THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS | 1 |
STIRRINGS IN NAUVOO | 17 |
PROTECTING THE LORDS ANOINTED | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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