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. ... Publisher description. |
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Some of the speeches give evidence that in general knowledge in logic and in rhetoric the so - called degraded ladies of Mormondom are quite equal to the Women's Rights women of the East " ( in MS 32 [ 8 March 1870 ] : 151 ) .
Some of the speeches give evidence that in general knowledge in logic and in rhetoric the so - called degraded ladies of Mormondom are quite equal to the Women's Rights women of the East " ( in MS 32 [ 8 March 1870 ] : 151 ) .
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Apostle Smith , who described Senator Edmunds as a man with the " face of a monkey " who " looks to me as if he would take the cat's paw to put in the fire , " was greatly dismayed on 14 March when the House passed the bill by a vote of ...
Apostle Smith , who described Senator Edmunds as a man with the " face of a monkey " who " looks to me as if he would take the cat's paw to put in the fire , " was greatly dismayed on 14 March when the House passed the bill by a vote of ...
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Notes to Chapter 7 ' In a 1 March 1845 letter Isaac Scott wrote of this confusion : " The Church is now divided , and part go for Sidney Rigdon and William Law , the only Presidents left the Church . The other part hold to the Twelve ...
Notes to Chapter 7 ' In a 1 March 1845 letter Isaac Scott wrote of this confusion : " The Church is now divided , and part go for Sidney Rigdon and William Law , the only Presidents left the Church . The other part hold to the Twelve ...
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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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