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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... wrote , Emma " kept close watch of us . If we were missing for a few minutes , and Joseph was not at home , the house was searched from top to bottom and from one end to the other , and if we were not found , the neighborhood was ...
... wrote to his wife Rose in Utah on 9 April 1905 , " I would not be in Senator Smoot's shoes for one million cold cash - to be candid , I would not now " ( Badger Collection ) . Smoot , obviously reaching the same conclusion as his ...
... wrote back one week later on 15 December to advise , " You may feel at perfect liberty to use the resigna- tions ... where you need to use them . They were not given for your benefit , but for the relief of the church " ( Lyman ...
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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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