Mormon Polygamy: A HistorySignature Books, 1986 - 307 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. ... Publisher description. |
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... polygamy issue . They suggested that he appoint Joseph Smith III as governor of Utah , reasoning that such a move would launch a missionary campaign in the territory which would encourage a grassroots anti - polygamy revolt in the ...
... polygamy issue . They suggested that he appoint Joseph Smith III as governor of Utah , reasoning that such a move would launch a missionary campaign in the territory which would encourage a grassroots anti - polygamy revolt in the ...
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... polygamy to Prime Minister John A. MacDonald . The contingent made an appeal on behalf of polygamous Saints in Alberta to bring their plural families into the province . " We would respectfully ask the government of the Dominion of ...
... polygamy to Prime Minister John A. MacDonald . The contingent made an appeal on behalf of polygamous Saints in Alberta to bring their plural families into the province . " We would respectfully ask the government of the Dominion of ...
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... polygamy . " We never believed polygamy was wrong , " the church president said , " and never will . " Despite the fact that Grant had violated his 1891 amnesty agreement with the government , had attempted unsuccessfully to take Fanny ...
... polygamy . " We never believed polygamy was wrong , " the church president said , " and never will . " Despite the fact that Grant had violated his 1891 amnesty agreement with the government , had attempted unsuccessfully to take Fanny ...
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