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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... recorded in 1872 as having said that " while Joseph and Oliver were translating the Book of Mormon , they had a revelation that the order of Patriarchal Marriag and the Sealing was right . " Cowdery , according to Young , proposed to ...
... recorded as saying , " or some plan whereby men and women can live together under sacred ordinances and vows until they can be married . " Woodruff responded to Cannon's suggestion , " If men enter into some practice of this character ...
... recorded , " I had not done it . I satisfied her I had not . They appeared to be from E [ liza ] R. Snow . . . E [ mma ] seemed vexed and angry . " Two days later Smith dropped Emma off at the Lucian Woodworth home while he attended to ...
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THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS | 1 |
STIRRINGS IN NAUVOO | 17 |
PROTECTING THE LORDS ANOINTED | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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