Mormon Polygamy: A HistorySignature Books, 1986 - 307 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. ... Publisher description. |
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... Smith and later to Brigham Young , for example , uses " spiritual wife " as a reference to herself and others ... Hyrum Smith , when asked , " did you understand from Hyrum Smith in 1843 that polygamy & spiritual wifery was identical ...
... Smith and later to Brigham Young , for example , uses " spiritual wife " as a reference to herself and others ... Hyrum Smith , when asked , " did you understand from Hyrum Smith in 1843 that polygamy & spiritual wifery was identical ...
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... Hyrum & Wm Clayton . " And the 25 August 1843 entry in the History of the Church reads : " My brother Hyrum in the office conversing with me about the new revela- tion upon celestial marriage . " " Furthermore , Smith's nephew , Joseph F.
... Hyrum & Wm Clayton . " And the 25 August 1843 entry in the History of the Church reads : " My brother Hyrum in the office conversing with me about the new revela- tion upon celestial marriage . " " Furthermore , Smith's nephew , Joseph F.
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... Hyrum Smith " referred to the revelation , read to the High Council of the Church , which has caused so much talk about a multiplicity of wives ; that said revelation was in answer to a question con- cerning things which transpired in ...
... Hyrum Smith " referred to the revelation , read to the High Council of the Church , which has caused so much talk about a multiplicity of wives ; that said revelation was in answer to a question con- cerning things which transpired in ...
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THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS | 1 |
STIRRINGS IN NAUVOO | 17 |
PROTECTING THE LORDS ANOINTED | 29 |
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