(2014). A Foreign Kingdom: Mormons and polygamy in American culture, 1852–1890CHRISTINE TALBOT. Women's History Review: Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 826-828. doi: 10.1080/09612025.2014.901025doi:10.1080/09612025.2014.901025CopeRachelWomens History Review...
Not all Mormon churches accept the label "Mormon," because the term has at times been used in a derogatory manner, and it does not allow for the variety of beliefs that exist among churches that follow the Book of Mormon and the teachings of Joseph Smith. HISTORY Vault: The Mormon Rebelli...
But Smith’s vices were beginning to bear fruit. Some years previously he had prevailed on several women to cohabit with him, and in order to pacify his lawful wife and silence the obligations of the saints he had a revelation on 12th July 1843 expressly establishing and approving polygamy. ...
The authors of these documents, male and female, not only celebrate but speak critically and question mainline LDS teachings on sexuality, politics, gender, race, polygamy, and other issues. Selections largely focus on the Salt Lake--based LDS tradition, with a section on the post--Joseph ...
January 26 —No Mormon Polygamy Means No Salvation.Exodus 15:2“The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”
The period between 1850 and 1858, during which the Mormons defied the authority of the Federal Government, is one of the least creditable chapters of their history. One reason given for the persistent hostility to the Mormons was the dislike caused by the acrimonious controversy over polygamy ...
232 I DIALOGUE: A Journal of Mormon Thought POLYGAMY Foster, Lawrence. Religion and Sexuality. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. Kern, Louis J. An Ordered Love: The Sex Roles and Sexuality in Victorian Utopias—The Shakers, the Mormons and the Oneida Community. Chapel Hill, North ...
Everything about Mormon beliefs. At the core of a Mormon's beliefs is is faith in God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, and Joseph Smith's restoration of the gospel.
the Mountain-Meadow massacre, the reign of terror in Utah, the doctrine of human sacrifice, the political, domestic, social, and theological influences of the Saints, the facts of polygamy, the colonization of the Rocky Mountains, and t...
For Latter-day Saints, mortal existence is seen in the context of a great sweep of history, from a pre-earth life where the spirits of all mankind lived with Heavenly Father to a future life in His presence where continued growth, learning and improving will take place. Life on earth is...