In Defense Of Plural Marriage

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Polygamy
ISBN : 131633015X

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Author : Ronald C. Den Otter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107458102

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In Defense of Plural Marriage by Ronald C. Den Otter Pdf

With over half of Americans now in favor of marriage equality, it is clear that societal norms of marriage are being quickly redefined. The growing belief that the state may not discriminate against gays and lesbians calls into question whether the state may limit other types of marital unions, including plural marriage. While much has been written about same-sex marriage, as of yet there has been no book-length legal treatment of unions among three or more individuals. The first major study on plural marriage and the law, In Defense of Plural Marriage begins to fill this lacuna in the scholarly literature. Ronald C. Den Otter shows how the constitutional arguments that support the option of plural marriage are stronger than those against. Ultimately, he proposes a new semi-contractual marital model that would provide legal recognition for a wide range of intimate relationships.

Author : Helen Mar Whitney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Latter Day Saint churches
ISBN : HARVARD:32044004605739

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Why We Practice Plural Marriage by Helen Mar Whitney Pdf

Author : George Dempster Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1560852070

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Nauvoo Polygamy by George Dempster Smith Pdf

Mormon Mormon polygamy began in Nauvoo, Illinois, a river town located at a bend in the Mississippi about fifty miles upstream from Mark Twain's Hannibal, Missouri. After church founder Joseph Smith married some thirty-eight women, he introduced this "celestial" form of marriage to his innermost circle of followers. By early 1846, nearly 200 men had adopted the polygamous lifestyle, with an average of nearly four women per man--717 wives in all. After leaving Nauvoo, these husbands would eventually marry another 417 women. In Utah they were the polygamy pioneers who provided a model for thousands of others who entered into plural marriages in the nineteenth century. Their story is colorful, wrapped in images of people in the next life piloting celestial worlds. Plural marriage was not initiated all at once, nor was it introduced though a smooth progression of events but rather in fits and starts, though defenses and denials, hubris and mea culpas. The story, as told here, emphasizes the human drama, interspersed with underlying historiographical issues of uncovering what has hidden--of explaining behavior that was once allowed and then denied as circumstances changed.

Author : Ronald C. Den Otter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107087712

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In Defense of Plural Marriage by Ronald C. Den Otter Pdf

This book outlines the constitutional argument in favor of plural marriage in the United States.

Author : Brian C. Hales,Laura Harris Hales
Publisher : Greg Kofford Books, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1589587235

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Joseph Smith's Polygamy by Brian C. Hales,Laura Harris Hales Pdf

In the last several years a wealth of information has been published on Joseph Smith's practice of polygamy. For some who were already well aware of this aspect of early Mormon history, the availability of new research and discovered documents has been a wellspring of further insight and knowledge into this topic. For others who are learning of Joseph's marriages to other women for the first time, these books and online publications can be both an information overload and a challenge to one's faith. In this short volume, Brian C. Hales (author of the 3-volume Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology) and Laura H. Hales wade through the murky waters of history to help bring some clarity to this episode of Mormonism's past. As Joseph Smith's participation in plural marriage involved more than just the Prophet and his first wife Emma, this volume also includes short biographical sketches of the 35 other women who were sealed to Joseph but whose stories of faith, struggle, and courage have been largely forgotten and ignored over time. While we may never fully understand the details and reasons surrounding this practice, Brian and Laura Hales provide readers with an accessible, forthright, and faithful look into this challenging topic so that we can at least come toward a better understanding. Praise for Joseph Smith's Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding "Few matters of LDS history have proven to be as faith-sensitive as Joseph Smith's plural marriages. While a number of efforts have been made in recent years to shed light on this challenging phenomenon, nothing has brought greater clarity, enlightenment, and, particularly for believing Saints, spiritual reassurance, than has the work of researcher Brian Hales. He and his wife Laura have now rendered a monumental service to Mormons and interested observers by bringing clarity and better understanding to this topic. I for one am grateful for the context, perspective, and both straightforward and faithful answers provided for so many of the questions surrounding Nauvoo polygamy. It is a book that will be read and discussed for years to come." - Robert L. Millet, Professor Emeritus of Religious Education, Brigham Young University

Author : Sarah M. S. Pearsall
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Polygamy
ISBN : 9780300226843

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Polygamy by Sarah M. S. Pearsall Pdf

A groundbreaking examination of polygamy showing that monogamy was not the only form marriage took in early America Today we tend to think of polygamy as an unnatural marital arrangement characteristic of fringe sects or uncivilized peoples. Historian Sarah Pearsall shows us that polygamy's surprising history encompasses numerous colonies, indigenous communities, and segments of the American nation. Polygamy--as well as the fight against it--illuminates many touchstones of American history: the Pueblo Revolt and other uprisings against the Spanish; Catholic missions in New France; New England settlements and King Philip's War; the entrenchment of African slavery in the Chesapeake; the Atlantic Enlightenment; the American Revolution; missions and settlement in the West; and the rise of Mormonism. Pearsall expertly opens up broader questions about monogamy's emergence as the only marital option, tracing the impact of colonial events on property, theology, feminism, imperialism, and the regulation of sexuality. She shows that heterosexual monogamy was never the only model of marriage in North America.

Author : Helen Mar Whitney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Polygamy
ISBN : OCLC:77684943

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Why We Practice Plural Marriage by Helen Mar Whitney Pdf

Author : Philip L. Kilbride,Douglas R. Page
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-17
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780313384790

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Plural Marriage for Our Times by Philip L. Kilbride,Douglas R. Page Pdf

This thoroughly revised second edition offers a child-centered, international perspective as it urges America to de-stigmatize alternate family forms. In this book's first edition, Philip L. Kilbride showed polygamy as the preferred marriage pattern in most parts of the nonwestern world and explained how plural marriage is surfacing in western countries to address economic and spiritual crises. In Plural Marriage for Our Times: A Reinvented Option? Second Edition, Kilbride and his coauthor, Douglas R. Page, update and enhance this thesis in light of contemporary circumstances, new studies, and current legal debates. This new edition examines plural marriage's benefits for children. It extends the discussion of polygamy and religion, especially the Muslim perspective on marriage and family; considers the illegal polygamy of immigrants; and looks at multiple marriage in African American communities, where "crisis polygamy" is a growing phenomenon. The authors suggest Americans consider plural marriage as a viable practice that can help reduce the divorce rate, better protect women and children, and serve as an alternative to the "fractured family" so prevalent in America today.

Author : LuAnn Faylor Snyder,Phillip A. Snyder
Publisher : Life Writings Frontier Women
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCBK:C098693279

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Post-Manifesto Polygamy by LuAnn Faylor Snyder,Phillip A. Snyder Pdf

These letters among two women and their husband offer a rare look into the personal dynamics of an LDS polygamous relationship during the years when polygamy and its more prominent advocates came under federal judicial assault and made Utah statehood possible. Abraham "Owen" Woodruff was a young Mormon apostle, the son of President Wilford Woodruff, remembered for the Woodruff Manifesto, which called for the divinely inspired termination of plural marriage.

Author : Janet Bennion,Lisa Fishbayn Joffe
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874219975

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The Polygamy Question by Janet Bennion,Lisa Fishbayn Joffe Pdf

The practice of polygamy occupies a unique place in North American history and has had a profound effect on its legal and social development. The Polygamy Question explores the ways in which indigenous and immigrant polygamy have shaped the lives of individuals, communities, and the broader societies that have engaged with it. The book also considers how polygamy challenges our traditional notions of gender and marriage and how it might be effectively regulated to comport with contemporary notions of justice. The contributors to this volume—scholars of law, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and religious studies—disentangle diverse forms of polygamy and polyamory practiced among a range of religious and national backgrounds including Mormon and Muslim. They chart the harms and benefits these models have on practicing women, children, and men, whether they are independent families or members of coherent religious groups. Contributors also address the complexities of evaluating this form of marriage and the ethical and legal issues surrounding regulation of the practice, including the pros and cons of legalization. Plural marriage is the next frontier of North American marriage law and possibly the next civil rights battlefield. Students and scholars interested in polygamy, marriage, and family will find much of interest in The Polygamy Question. Contributors include Kerry Abrams, Martha Bailey, Lori Beaman, Janet Bennion, Jonathan Cowden, Shoshana Grossbard, Melanie Heath, Debra Majeed, Rose McDermott, Sarah Song, and Maura Irene Strassberg.

Author : Carol Lynn Pearson
Publisher : Pivot Point Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0997458208

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The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men by Carol Lynn Pearson Pdf

"Polygamy?" says the mainstream Mormon Church. "We gave that up long ago." Not so, claims noted LDS poet and author Carol Lynn Pearson, who examines the issue as it has never been examined before. Any member of the LDS Church today who enters the practice of polygamy is immediately excommunicated. However, Pearson claims, polygamy itself has never been excommunicated, but has an honored and protected place at the table. It has only been postponed, a fact confirmed by thousands of "eternal sealings" giving a man an assurance that he will claim as wives in heaven the two, three, or even more women he has sequentially married during his lifetime. No such opportunity is available to women. Through her own personal stories, those of her ancestors, and the thousands of stories that came to her through an Internet survey, Pearson shows the power of the Ghost of Eternal Polygamy as it not only waits on the other side to greet the most righteous in heaven, but also haunts the living-hiding in the recesses of the Mormon psyche, inflicting profound pain and fear, assuring women that they are still objects, harming or destroying marriages, bringing chaos to family relationships, leading many to lose faith in the church and in God. Mormon historian and author Dr. Gregory Prince says of The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: "Carol Lynn Pearson has hit a home run in her quest to illuminate both the damage that Mormonism's de facto practice of polygamy continues to inflict, and the route to a better, more humane place. Those who truly hope for eternal polygamy or who resent any call to institutional reform will be upset, but countless others will rejoice that she has shown 'a more excellent way.' "

Author : Cardell Jacobson,Lara Burton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199830220

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Modern Polygamy in the United States by Cardell Jacobson,Lara Burton Pdf

Few people realize that polygamy continues to exist in the United States. Thus, world-wide attention focused on the State of Texas in 2008 as agents surrounded the compound of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) and took custody of more than 400 children. Several members of this schismatic religious group, whose women adorned themselves in "prairie dresses," admitted to practicing polygamy. The state justified the raid on charges that underage marriage was being forced on young women. A year later, however, all but one of the children had been returned to their parents and only ten men were charged with crimes, some barely related to the original charges. This book reveals the history, culture, and sometimes an insider's look at the polygamous groups located primarily in the western parts of the United States. The contributors to this volume are historians, anthropologists, and sociologists familiar with the various groups. A legal scholar also addresses the legality of the Texas raid and a geneticist examines the paternity issues. Together, these authors provide a much needed understanding of the surprisingly large number of groups and individuals who live a quiet polygamous life style in the United States.

Author : Shane LeGrande Whelan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Marriage
ISBN : 0971770425

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More Than One by Shane LeGrande Whelan Pdf

Finally polygamy is brought out of the darkness and into the light. As a long-awaited approach to polygamy from a Mormon perspective, More Than One is a fascinating book from LDS author Shane LeGrande Whelan and is now regarded as one of the best resources about plural marriage in the Mormon Church and the confusing issues of its origin, purpose and future. More Than One contains a comprehensive collection of stories about life in early polygamous families with over 80 brief, first person accounts of pioneer life in plural marriage. It brings history to life by showing how couples met through divine intervention, how they chose another wife, and how husbands shared their time and affection. More Than One provides evidence that plural marriage was a fulfillment of biblical prophecy and paints an intriguing picture of how life would be today if we were to once again practice this divine principle. This unique book leaves the reader with a greater understanding of plural marriage as well as an appreciation for those who practiced it. More Than One enlightens the mind, touches the heart and moves the soul.

Author : Elisha J Israel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798601298353

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In Defense of Biblical Polygyny (Multiple Wives) by Elisha J Israel Pdf

In Defense of Biblical Polygyny (Multiple Wives) Elisha J. Israel makes a compelling case for the morality of plural marriage. In this book, Israel explains the prevalence of polygyny among the ancient Israelites. Israel also explains how Christians came to uphold monogamous marriage as the only legitimate marital structure. In Defense of Biblical Polygyny (Multiple Wives) also combats the most popular Biblical arguments against polygynous marriage. This book will undoubtedly challenge your beliefs about marriage. This book is a must read!