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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... called " Cochranites " and disdainfully described in his 11 October 1832 journal the group's " Wonderful lustful spirit , because they believe in a ' plurality of wives ' which they call spiritual wives , knowing them not after the ...
... called the State Legislature , " the time will come when " we shall be called the Kingdom of God . " Young felt sure that while " our government is going to pieces , the time will come when we will give laws to the nations of the earth ...
... called degraded ladies of Mormondom are quite equal to the Women's Rights women of the East " ( in MS 32 [ 8 March 1870 ] : 151 ) . One month later , on 14 February , Utah became the second terri- tory to grant female suffrage , a move ...
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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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