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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... given him E [ mily ] and E [ liza ] P [ artridge ] but he knew if he took them she would pitch on him & obtain a divorce & leave him . He however told me he should not relinquish any thing . " Five days later , after Smith had promised ...
... given to the Church . It proves nothing only that he was a transgressor against the rule , and the civil law . From my view polygamy could not and never did emanate by command from God . It had [ an ] other source . Hence , Joseph Smith ...
... given . From the personal knowledge of some of us , from the uniform and common recollection of the presiding quorums of the Church , from the absence in the Church Archives of any evidence whatsoever justifying any belief that such a ...
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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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