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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... September 1890 diary that there was " considerable com- ment and fault - finding among some of the Saints . " Many longtime church members , steeped in the philosophy that plural marriage was essential for the highest degree of ...
... September 1898. His successor , Lorenzo Snow , sent out messages on new polygamy that for many Mormons were nearly as confusing as Woodruff's private and public utterances had been . Predictably , the result was chaotic division within ...
... September 1886 , the 1929 account specifically dates the incident as 26-27 September 1886. This expanded account details a visit to Taylor not only from Joseph Smith but from Jesus Christ as well . An eight - hour meeting is said to ...
Inhalt
THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS | 1 |
THE NAUVoo Expositor and MartyrdOM | 71 |
ANNOUNCING THE PRACTICE | 82 |
Urheberrecht | |
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