Legendary researcher Sandra Tanner joins us for our third episode on Joseph Smith’s polygamy and how the LDS church deals with this controversial subject. In this final episode, we will discuss the final part of Doctrine and Covenants 132, which tends to go unnoticed by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Follow along with textual references to Doctrine and Covenants 132.
Join us for Part 1 with Sandra Tanner
And Part 2!
Show Notes:
- “Doctrine and Covenants 129-132 with Dr. Kate Holbrook,” on followHIM podcast
- An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins by Grant Palmer
- “Preguntas y Respuestas con Elder Bednar para JAS” (English audio), in which Bednar says Mormons do not have free agency because when they got baptized they agreed to follow their church leaders and God
- Full text of “The Happiness Letter,” Joseph Smith’s Alleged 1842 Letter to Nancy Rigdon
- “Your Divine and Eternal Destiny,” Dale G. Renlund addressing the Women’s Session of General Conference, April 2022
- The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men by Carol Lynn Pearson
- Carol Lynn Pearson on Mormon Stories
- Carol Lynn on Mormon Stories discusses her book, The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy
- The Black Menaces on TikTok
- The Black Menaces on Instagram
- Upcoming Events at Mormon Stories
- Lost and Found Club
- Utah Lighthouse Ministry
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Thank you so much bringing this excellent panel together.
At the 1:29 mark, Sandra makes a fascinating observation about section 132’s focus on virgins, noting that its likely the time when JS began focusing on younger women. And more importantly, its likely that Emma is aware of only those sealings that JS had.
Even as a TBM adolescent, I wondered about that focus on virgins. In my ward there were multiple couples who were on their second marriage which seem contradictory to section 132. Obviously, looking at the list of JS’s wives, he wasn’t paying attention to the virgin requirement.
In part, Section 132 is an after the fact justification of Smith’s affair with Fanny Alger. Since she was (as we suppose) a 17 year old virgin and not committed to any other man, Smith could not have committed adultery as charged by Oliver Cowdery. Convenient in the extreme.
Don’t cry. Change it.