Revelation, Resistance, and Mormon Polygamy : The Introduction and Implementation of the Principle, 1830-1853 /

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In this book, a historian explores the introduction of polygamy in Nauvoo, a development that unfolded amid scandal and resistance. The author considers the ideological, historical, and even psychological elements of the process and captures the emotional and cultural detail of this exciting and vol...

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Main Author: Smith, Merina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Smith, Joseph, > Jr., > 1805-1844.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > Doctrines.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Mormon Church.
Polygamy.
Mormon Church > Doctrines.
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
Polygamie > Illinois > Nauvoo > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Polygamie > Aspect religieux > Église mormone > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Polygamie > Aspect religieux > Église de Jesus-Christ des saints des derniers jours > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Polygamy > Illinois > Nauvoo > History > 19th century.
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Mormon Church > History > 19th century.
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > History > 19th century.
Illinois > Nauvoo.
Nauvoo (Ill.) > Church history > 19th century.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mormon millenarian expectations : the restoration of all things and the resacralization of marriage, 1830-1841
  • Nauvoo secrets and the rise of a Mormon salvation narrative, 1841-1842
  • Scandal and resistance, 1842
  • Integration, 1843
  • A perfect storm, 1844
  • Polygamy and the succession crisis, 1844-1846
  • Living openly in polygamy : customs and mores develop, 1846 and beyond.

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