Emotional and Priestly Logic of Plural Marriage, The /

Kathleen Flake, associate professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt University examines the logic of those women who thrived, rather than suffered, in early Mormon polygamy, and finds that the marriage covenant granted them priestly rights and independence through the powers of heaven.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flake, Kathleen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Mormon Church.
RELIGION > General.
RELIGION > Christianity > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Polygamie > Aspect religieux > Église mormone.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Kathleen Flake, associate professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt University examines the logic of those women who thrived, rather than suffered, in early Mormon polygamy, and finds that the marriage covenant granted them priestly rights and independence through the powers of heaven.
Physical Description:1 online resource (22 pages): illustrations.
ISBN:9780874218039

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