Mormon Polygamy: A HistoryIn 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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The principle of Celestial Marriage was considered the capstone of the Mormon religion . ... 66.3 percent married only two wives , 21.2 percent married three , 6.7 percent married four , and a scant 5.8 percent married five or more ...
Two years earlier on 24 October 1871 , Young expressed what seems the opposite point of view when he explained that " a Man may Embrace the Law of Celestial Marriage in his heart & not take the Second wife & be justified before the Lord ...
The post - Manifesto plural marriage most talked about in Washington during the hearings was the June 1896 union of ... His sorrow was the more poignant because the young man had not yet married and hence would have no kingdom in the ...
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Nutzerbericht - wickenden - LibraryThingVan Wagoner writes a compelling account of early Mormon polygamy. A fascinating look at how one modern American religion's culture evolved from it's beginnings with in the mid-1800's until it's ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - amydross - LibraryThingA truly fascinating work. I bought this book in a mainline LDS-run bookstore, so I can only imagine that it must have been approved by the church hierarchy. That said, it appears to be irreproachably ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS | 1 |
STIRRINGS IN Nauvoo | 17 |
PROTECTING THE LORDS ANOINTED | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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| Titel | Mormon Polygamy: A History |
| Autor/in | Richard S. Van Wagoner |
| Ausgabe | 2 |
| Verlag | Signature Books, 1989 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Jan. 2010 |
| ISBN | 0941214796, 9780941214797 |
| Länge | 255 Seiten |
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