Sustaining Charisma Mormon Sectarian Culture and the Struggle for Plural Marriage, 1852–1890

Through the latter half of the nineteenth century, Mormons in the United States engaged in a highly charged struggle to defend a religious principle—plural marriage (polygyny)—against political and cultural opposition among non-Mormon groups and institutions. The practice of plural marriage, however...

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Main Author: Elisha, Omri (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2002
In: Nova religio
Year: 2002, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-63
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