American Polygamy: A History of Fundamentalist Mormon Faith, Hardcover - Craig L. Foster

Reducere. Today's Fundamentalist Mormons in the American West resist assimilation like their forefathers. Centered on faith, they survive despite efforts to ...

Reducere. DescriptionToday's Fundamentalist Mormons in the American West resist assimilation like their forefathers. Centered on faith, they survive despite ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe specter of polygamy haunts Mormonism. More than a century after the practice was banned, it casts a long shadow that obscures people...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Carol Lynn Pearson"Polygamy?" says the mainstream Mormon Church. "We gave that up long ago." Not so, claims noted LDS poet ...

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American Indians have long played a central role in Mormon history and its narratives. Their roles, however, have often been cast in support of tra...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Kristine L. HaglundNumber of pages: 152Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 157 x 236 x 20Cover type...

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Reducere. There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn ...

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DescriptionHope, sacrifice, and restoration: throughout the American Civil War and its aftermath, the Foster family endured all of these in no smal...

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