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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... Zina D. Huntington , lived in the Smith home . Henry B. Jacobs married the twenty - year - old Zina in March 1841. According to family records , when the Jacobs asked Smith why he had not honored them by performing their marriage ...
... Zina had gone to Salt Lake City to live with President Young's family " ( Firmage ) . Oliver dashed off a letter to Zina , lamenting that " Henry is here and herd the letter . He says all is right , he don't care . He stands alone as ...
... Zina in great anguish of mind to ask , " Does the fault lie in myself that I am so miserable ; or is the system to blame for it ? " Zina reportedly replied , “ Sister , you are not to blame , neither are you the only woman who is ...
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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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