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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... counselor William Law , was also blacklisted for rejecting Smith's polyandrous proposal . Mrs. Law said she was told by the prophet in 1844 that " the Lord had commanded that he should take spiritual wives , to add to his glory . " She ...
... counselor William Law , Nauvoo stake president William Marks , and High Council members Leonard Soby and Austin A. Cowles could not see the hand of God in the revelation . Law , a prominent Nauvoo businessman , was solidly devoted to ...
... counselor , Willard Richards , secretary of state , and his second counselor , Heber C. Kimball , chief justice . But federal officials were not in the mood to allow Mormons full control over their own affairs , as they had enjoyed in ...
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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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