Mormon Polygamy: A HistoryIn 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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... reproached with the crime of fornication , and polygamy ; we declare that we believe , that one man should have one wife ; and one woman , but one husband , except in the case of death , when either is at liberty to marry again .
... reproached with the crime of fornication , and polygamy ; we declare that we believe , that one man should have one wife ; and one woman , but one husband , except in the case of death , when either is at liberty to marry again .
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Several others narrowly escaped death . The first known act of violence during this period occurred at Los Molinos , Mexico , a small hamlet founded by Joel LeBaron some years earlier . Ervil's " Lambs of God , " as they liked to be ...
Several others narrowly escaped death . The first known act of violence during this period occurred at Los Molinos , Mexico , a small hamlet founded by Joel LeBaron some years earlier . Ervil's " Lambs of God , " as they liked to be ...
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( Ervil LeBaron ) did solicit , request , command , encourage or intentionally aid others to intentionally or knowingly cause the death of Rulon Clark Allred " - murder in the first degree . The vote was eleven to one for conviction .
( Ervil LeBaron ) did solicit , request , command , encourage or intentionally aid others to intentionally or knowingly cause the death of Rulon Clark Allred " - murder in the first degree . The vote was eleven to one for conviction .
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Nutzerbericht - wickenden - LibraryThingVan Wagoner writes a compelling account of early Mormon polygamy. A fascinating look at how one modern American religion's culture evolved from it's beginnings with in the mid-1800's until it's ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - amydross - LibraryThingA truly fascinating work. I bought this book in a mainline LDS-run bookstore, so I can only imagine that it must have been approved by the church hierarchy. That said, it appears to be irreproachably ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Inhalt
THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS | 1 |
STIRRINGS IN Nauvoo | 17 |
PROTECTING THE LORDS ANOINTED | 29 |
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| Titel | Mormon Polygamy: A History |
| Autor/in | Richard S. Van Wagoner |
| Ausgabe | 2 |
| Verlag | Signature Books, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0941214354, 9780941214353 |
| Länge | 307 Seiten |
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