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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... Joseph Smith & Council & others , I agreed to stand by Sarah Ann Whitney [ sealed to Smith 27 July 1843 ] as though I was supposed to be her husband and a pretended marriage for the purpose of shielding them from the enemy and for the ...
... Joseph Smith ( 1832-1914 ) . ” Serialized in Saints ' Herald , 1934-37 . Smith , Joseph F. " Polygamy in the United States - Has it Political Significance ? " North American Review , March 1903 , 450-58 . to Anthony W. Ivins , 6 Feb ...
... Joseph Smith and Polygamy . Salt Lake City : Modern Microfilm , n.d. Clayton's Secret Writings Uncovered : Extracts from the Diaries of Joseph Smith's Sec- retary William Clayton . Salt Lake City : Modern Microfilm , 1982 . Tanner ...
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THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS | 1 |
STIRRINGS IN NAUVOO | 17 |
PROTECTING THE LORDS ANOINTED | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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