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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... added that " the young men in the city came forward and gave certificates against Markham , stating that they believed Markham willfully and maliciously lied to injure the character of Miss Rigdon , and to help Smith out of the dilemma ...
... added in an 8 February 1902 statement . Brigham Young secretly sealed the two in February 1842 when Mary was eight months pregnant with her son , George Algernon Lightner . She lived with Adam Lightner until his death in Utah many years ...
... added that " If Bro . Wm . W. Cluff and Abraham [ sic ] Hatch and other lead- ing men had gone into this order 18 months or more ago Zion would today have been upon a higher place than now " ( p . 421 ) . Neither Summit Stake president ...
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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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