Polygamy Discussion with Author, Carmon Hardy
Posted in Mormon Doctrine, Joseph Smith, Polygamy, Mormon History, All Podcasts by mormonmisc on July 25th, 2007 Polygamy Discussion with Author, Carmon Hardy My guest was B. Carmon Hardy, author of Doing the Works of Abraham: Mormon Polygamy, Its origin, practice, and demise. His book is a collection of important documents on polygamy throughout its history in 19th century Mormonism. Hardy includes his comments and footnotes throughout. It is an excellent work which I highly recommend.
We discussed a number of the controversial issues regarding the Mormon practice of polygamy in the 19th century, including:
the origin;
Book of Mormon references;
why there is almost no evidence that Joseph Smith had children by any wife but Emma;
why some women who were already married were sealed to Joseph Smith;
the 1879 Supreme Court ruling;
early denials of the practice;
the 1852 public announcement of the practice and subsequent defense of the principle, etc.
A number of listeners participated by phone and email.
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excellent show, I look forward to reading Carmon’s book.
This was very interesting, thanks.