American Polygamy
A History of Fundamentalist Mormon Faith
Published on 31. July 2020
147 pages
978-1-4396-6703-3 (ISBN)
Description
Today's Fundamentalist Mormons in the American West resist assimilation like their forefathers. Centered on faith, they survive despite efforts to permanently end their cherished plural family arrangements. While some Fundamentalists like Warren Jeffs go rogue and corrupt their beliefs in heinous crimes, most hold steadfastly to a religion they say is biblical and restored by the first Latter-day Saint prophet, Joseph Smith, in the early 1800s. Mormon historians Craig Foster and Marianne Watson present more than two hundred photos and exclusive insights to explain how an estimated thirty thousand Fundamentalist Mormons still venerate a much-debated legacy--despite its difficult challenges--and persist in living plural marriage.
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Craig L. Foster | Marianne Thompson Watson
American Polygamy
A History of Fundamentalist Mormon Faith
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06/2019
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
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A research specialist at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Craig L. Foster is the author/coauthor of three books and is the coeditor of the three-volume Persistence of Polygamy series. A graduate of the University of Utah history department and raised as a member of the Apostolic United Brethren, Marianne T. Watson has been widely published and presented at conferences, including the Mormon History Association, the Western History Association and the first Mormon history conference in Brazil in 2010.
Content
- Intro
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. A Matter of Faith
- 2. A Changing Mormon World
- 3. Early Development of Fundamentalist Mormonism
- 4. The Turbulent 1930s
- 5. The 1944 Raid and the Priesthood Split
- 6. The 1953 Short Creek Raid
- 7. A Time of Change, Conflict and Growth
- 8. Short Creek Changes: Centennial Park and the Making and Breaking of the FLDS
- 9. Twenty-First-Century Fundamentalism: Coming Out of the Shadows
- 10. Still a Matter of Faith
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Authors
