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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... Rigdon , Sidney told the family that Smith " could never be sealed to one of his daughters with his consent as he did not believe in the doctrine " ( " Life Story , " 167 ) . Rigdon preferred to keep his difficulties with Smith private ...
... Sidney Rigdon also swore out a refutation and employed an attorney to sue Markham . Bennett in his book ( p . 248 ) added that " the young men in the city came forward and gave certificates against Markham , stating that they believed ...
... Rigdon vented his dismay at the deceptive practices of church leaders : " How often these men and their accomplices ... Sidney Rigdon and his clique , under the ' dreadful splendor ' of ' spiritual wifery ' which is brought into the ...
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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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