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The emotional and priestly logic of plural marriage
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Kathleen Flake, associate professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt University examines the logic of those women who thrived, rather than suffered, in early Mormon polygamy, and finds t...
Kathleen Flake, associate professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt University examines the logic of those women who thrived, rather than suffered, in early Mormon polygamy, and finds that the marriage covenant granted them priestly rights and independence through the powers of heaven.
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- by Kathleen Flake
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- English
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- Logan, Utah : Published by Special Collections and Archives, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University, [2010]
- ©2010
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- 1 online resource ( (v, 16 pages)
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- ISBNs
- 9780874218039, 0874218039, 0874218020, 9780874218022, 9780874218022, 9780874218022
- OCLC
- ocn794700664
- OldControl:muse9780874218039.
- "October 1, 2009."
- "Sponsored by Special Collections & Archives, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University, Logan, Utah."
- Introduction by F. Ross Peterson.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Introduction; About the Author; The Emotional and Priestly Logicof Plural Marriage
Subjects
- Latter Day Saint churches -- History -- 19th century.
- Latter Day Saints -- Marriage customs and rites -- Philosophy.
- Latter Day Saint women -- Marriage customs and rites -- Attitudes.
- Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Mormon Church -- Philosophy.
- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Mormon Church -- Public opinion.
- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Latter Day Saint churches.