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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... Cowley and Taylor , by the leaders of the Church , it will be because they are forced to do something . " Smoot suffered much pressure from his fellow senators . " If the Church is not guilty of new polygamy , why are the apostles ...
... Cowley and Taylor ] made at this late day would have an unfavorable effect upon the country and Senators , " but that he wanted to meet with the president of the United States and " tell him in confidence and - perhaps one or two ...
... Taylor interview with Nettie M. Taylor , 15 Jan. 1936 , 6 , Taylor Collection ) . Cowley expressed the same understanding to another of Taylor's sons in 1937 : " When we were in council relative to our trouble , brother [ Charles W ...
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THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS | 1 |
STIRRINGS IN NAUVOO | 17 |
PROTECTING THE LORDS ANOINTED | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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