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Modern polygamy in the United States : historical, cultural, and legal issues / edited by Cardell K. Jacobson with Lara Burton.

Contributor Jacobson, Cardell K., 1941-

Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Descriptionxxvi, 368 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Note:A repeat of history: a comparison of the Short Creek and Eldorado raids on the FLDS / Martha Sonntag Bradley -- One vision: the making, unmaking, and remaking of a fundamentalist polygamous community / Heber B. Hammon and William Jankowiak -- Twenty years of observations about the fundamentalist polygamists -- History, culture, and variability of Mormon schismatic groups / Janet Bennion -- Differing polygamous patterns: nineteenth-century LDS and twenty-first century FLDS marriage systems / Kathryn M. Daynes -- Demographic, social, and economic characteristics of a polygamist community / Tim B. Heaton and Cardell K. Jacobson -- The many faces of polygamy: an analysis of the variability in modern Mormon fundamentalism in the Intermountain West / Janet Bennion -- "What's love got to do with it?": earthly experience of celestial marriage, past and present / Carrie A. Miles -- Social scientific perspectives on the FLDS Raid and the corresponding media coverage / Ryan T. Cragun and Michael Nielsen -- Learning the wrong lessons: a comparison of FLDS, Family International, and Branch Davidian Child-Protection interventions / Gary Shepherd and Gordon Shepherd -- The international fight against barbarism: historical and comparative perspectives on marriage timing, consent, and polygamy / Arland Thornton -- Child protection law and the FLDS Raid in Texas / Linda F. Smith -- The intricacies and ethics of parental genetic testing / Deborah L. Cragun and Ryan T. Cragun.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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Jacobson, Cardell K., 1941-
Burton, Lara.
Subject:
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Polygamy -- United States.