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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... John Taylor , the longtime champion of plural marriage , did not live to see ... Smith eulogized in the 26 July 1887 Deseret News . They lamented that Taylor ... Henry Smith Jour- nal , 3 Aug. 1887 , 20-26 March 1888 ) . Difficulties ...
... John Henry Smith to Mexico in 1901 to tell A. F. MacDonald that " if he was seal- ing plural wives to men his standing in the Church was in danger " ( John Henry Smith Diary , 27 May 1901 ) . Smith delivered the message , threatening ...
... John Henry Smith to Mexico to bring back Cowley , who was known by the pseudonym " Westlake . " The wayward apostle could not be found . Angered , Smith ordered church leaders in Mex- ico to " trace Westlake immediately . " The next day ...
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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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