Nauvoo polygamy :--but we called it celestial marriage /George D. Smith.

Book

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Nauvoo polygamy :"--but we called it celestial marriage" /George D. Smith.

Description

Introduction -- Anticipation : "the restoration of all things" -- Joseph's wives : "comfort me now" -- A pause, more wives, and a revelation : "ten virgins ... given by this law" -- Sharing favors : "all the wives you want" -- A surge in plural families : "I have six wives ... and am not afraid of another" -- How plural marriage worked -- "It was whispered ... the authorities were getting more wives" -- A silenced past : "no man shall have but one wife" -- In search of lost history : a record of unpublicized marriages -- Antecedents and legacy -- Appendix A: The 1843 revelation : excerpts -- Appendix B: Nauvoo polygamous families. xix, 705 p. :ill., map, ports.,24 cm.

Book Details

Author

Smith, George D.

Place Published

City

Salt Lake City

Date Published

2008

Publication Subjects

Polygamy--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Marriage--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Polygamy--Religious aspects--Mormon Church. Marriage--Religious aspects--Mormon Church. Polygamy--Illinois--Nauvoo--History--19th century.

Call No.

BX8641 .S65 2008

ISBN

9781560852018 (alk. paper), 1560852011 (alk. paper), 1560851996 (alk. paper), 9781560851998 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2008036757

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 657-689) and index.