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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A second - hand story remembered many years after the event by a " Mrs. Alexander " contended that Polly Beswick , a color- ful two - hundred - pound Smith domestic , told her friends that " Jo Smith said he had a revelation to lie with ...
A second - hand story remembered many years after the event by a " Mrs. Alexander " contended that Polly Beswick , a color- ful two - hundred - pound Smith domestic , told her friends that " Jo Smith said he had a revelation to lie with ...
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I told him , " she reported , " that if he ever took another wife , when he brought her in the front door I would go out the back . And when I told his mother what I said she told me , ' If I had only a quilt , you would be welcome to ...
I told him , " she reported , " that if he ever took another wife , when he brought her in the front door I would go out the back . And when I told his mother what I said she told me , ' If I had only a quilt , you would be welcome to ...
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When they asked what inquiry he had made into the situation , the frustrated investigators were told , “ I made no inquiry at all . " " Did you not have any interest in finding out " whether there had been a marriage , attorney Robert ...
When they asked what inquiry he had made into the situation , the frustrated investigators were told , “ I made no inquiry at all . " " Did you not have any interest in finding out " whether there had been a marriage , attorney Robert ...
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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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| Titel | Mormon Polygamy: A History |
| Autor/in | Richard S. Van Wagoner |
| Ausgabe | 2 |
| Verlag | Signature Books, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0941214354, 9780941214353 |
| Länge | 307 Seiten |
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