Let’s take a break from polygamy, shall we?
Here’s what I’m reading or have read in the last few months:
Charles H. Spurgeon’s Treasury of David. (Ongoing: I’m almost halfway through. )
Tony Hillerman’s The Fallen Man.
Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad
Irene Spencer’s Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife
American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon
Amy Tan’s The [...]
If you’re confused about the roots and development of Mormon fundamentalism (the churches who regard themselves as true followers of Joseph Smith and who practice polygamy), there’s a helpful chart at mormonfundamentalism.com.
Also, if you’re interested in first-person accounts of what life is like in a polygamous marriage, google the name Carolyn Jessop. There’s a wealth [...]
From Janis Hutchinson comes this helpful explanation:
Why won’t the mothers in the FLDS Church say which of the children are
theirs? It may be because in many fundamentalist groups, ALL the women are
considered the mothers. I know, that doesn’t make sense. But I know, first
hand, that in one fundamentalist group in St. George, [...]
