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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... meeting to explain the unusual events . The official account of the meeting states that Smith “ gave the public a general outline of John C. Bennett's conduct " ( Ms History , 15 July 1842 ) . Brigham Young , who was probably at the meeting ...
... meeting did not go smoothly . Several of the apostles took advantage of the opportunity to lodge complaints against the actions of George Q. Cannon , who had essentially been running the church during Taylor's years of declining health ...
... meeting on 2 April 1891 , for example , Woodruff announced that " the principle of plural marriage will yet be restored to this church , but how or when I cannot say " ( Quinn 1985 , 61 ) . Furthermore , during a 7 October 1891 meeting ...
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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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