plural marriage in Nauvoo
Polygamy, politics and frontier justice: Why Nauvoo still matters
By Jana Riess — February 24, 2020
(RNS) — A new history of the Mormons' brief residency in Illinois in the 1840s shows how democracy has been neither assured nor safe for minority groups in America.
Mormon polygamy explodes in the news. Why now?
By Jana Riess — November 12, 2014
A number of Mormon blogs and websites discussed the polygamy statements when they came out in October. So why did it take the mainstream media three weeks to pursue the story?
5 facts about Mormon polygamy from controversial new LDS statement
By Jana Riess — October 23, 2014
Some used to consider it "apostate" to say that Joseph Smith married women who were already married to other men. Now the LDS Church has acknowledged it openly.
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