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Join John, Mike & Elisha Lee as they discuss common problematic apologies around the practice of polygamy in early Church History. From lies being called “carefully worded denials” and attempts to differentiate between “plural marriage” which God approved of or “spiritual wifery” which was not, and the fact that this is still current doctrine and what women have to look forward to in eternity and the harms caused past and present from this doctrine.

Special Guest: Elisha Lee

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LDS Discussion Essay on Polygamy Apologetics

• 1673: An Introduction to Mormon Polygamy w/ LDS Discussions – 24
• 1676: D&C 132 – Joseph Smith’s Polygamy “Revelation” w/ LDS Discussions – 25
• 1679: Joseph Smith’s Plural Marriage Proposals Pt 1 w/ LDS Discussions – 26
• 1682: Joseph Smith’s Plural Marriage Proposals Pt 2 w/ LDS Discussions – 27
• 1688: The Happiness Letter (Joseph Smith’s Proposition to Nancy Rigdon) w/ LDS Discussions – 28

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Show Notes:

Mormon Stories

• 317-318: BYU Professor Charles Harrell and the Evolution of Mormon Doctrine
• 042-046: Anne B. Wilde – Understanding Mormon Fundamentalist Polygamy
• 1555: Mormon Polygamy Apologetics w/ Sandra Tanner Pt. 1
• 1565: Mormon Polygamy Apologetics w/ Sandra Tanner Pt. 2
• 1577: The TRUTH About Joseph Smith’s Polygamy w/ Sandra Tanner – pt 3
• 503: Discussing the New LDS.org Polygamy Essays Part 1 — With Lindsay Hansen Park, John Hamer and J. Nelson-Seawright
• 512: Discussing the New LDS.org Polygamy Essays Part 2 – With Lindsay Hansen Park, J. Nelson-Seawright, and Joe Geisner
• 1365: The LDS Gospel Topics Essays – A History by Dr. Matt Harris

Official LDS Gospel Topics Essays on Polygamy:

• Plural Marriage in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo
• Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah
• The Manifesto and the End of Plural Marriage

Podcasts

• Year of Polygamy | Lindsay Hansen Park
• Sunstone History Podcast | Sunstone Magazine
• #55 The Line | Reply All Podcast

Books

• This Is My Doctrine: The Development of Mormon Theology | Charles R. Harrell
• In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith | Todd Compton
• The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men | Carol Lynn Pearson
• The LDS Gospel Topics Series: A Scholarly Engagement | Matthew L. Harris