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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... Abraham H. Cannon , and Abraham O. Woodruff were post - Manifesto polygamists . In addition , George Q. Cannon , Joseph F. Smith , John Henry Smith , Anthon H. Lund , and Heber J. Grant either approved of or performed plural marriages ...
... Abraham H. Cannon with Lillian Hamlin . George Q. Cannon had been deeply grieved by the death of his missionary - son David . His sorrow was the more poignant because the young man had not yet married and hence would have no king- dom ...
... Abraham's was also in our party and was a witness to all our pastime and enjoyments . " Despite the explanation , Smoot harbored reservations on the mat- ter . Two years later he seemed to be playing the devil's advocate in a 10 May ...
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THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS | 1 |
THE NAUVoo Expositor and MartyrdOM | 71 |
ANNOUNCING THE PRACTICE | 82 |
Urheberrecht | |
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