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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... Prophet admitted to [ Pratt ] the attempt he made on his wife's virtue , but that it was only done to see whether she was true to her absent husband . " In several other cases Smith " tested " an apostle by asking him for the hand of ...
... prophet and commented that it was in contradic- tion to the Doctrine and Covenants . Smith noted that the section on mar- riage in the Doctrine and Covenants was " given when the Church was in its infancy , when they were babes , and ...
... prophet with living with Maria Lawrence " in an open state of adultery " from 12 October 1843 to 23 May 1844. Smith ... prophet was apparently his final attempt to get Smith to abandon polygamy . On 8 January 1844 , nearly five ...
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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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