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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... Wilford Woodruff , president of the Quorum of the Twelve and next in line for the church presidency , called the Twelve together and suggested that it was " about time to organize the First Presidency . " Controversy again sparked the ...
A History Richard S. Van Wagoner. united enough to sustain Wilford Woodruff as the fourth president of the church , and ... WILFORD WOODRUFF MANIFESTO The framers of the Edmunds 132 MORMON POLYGAMY THE WILFORD WOODRUFF MANIFESTO.
... Wilford Woodruff Man- ifesto , supported the measure ( Roberts 1930 , 6 : 401 ) . Though the 1904 Manifesto sought and obtained Mormon confirma- tion of President Smith's statements before the Smoot hearings , most Saints knew little of ...
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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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