Illicit Monogamy : : Inside a Fundamentalist Mormon Community / / William Jankowiak.

Angel Park is a Mormon fundamentalist polygamous community where plural marriages between one man and multiple women are common. In contrast to mainstream America’s idealization of the nuclear family and romantic love, its residents esteem notions of harmonious familial love, a spiritual bond that u...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • A NOTE TO RESIDENTS OF ANGEL PARK
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1 PLURAL MARRIAGE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN
  • 2 FUNDAMENTALIST POLYGAMY Contextual Background
  • 3 IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER Public Adoration, Private Qualification
  • 4 DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES FOR ORGANIZING A FAMILY
  • 5 PLACEMENT MARRIAGE OR SELF CHOICE Finding Your Soul Mate
  • 6 MANAGING A MARRIAGE Expectation, Duty, and Preference
  • 7 COWIFE JEALOUSY, REGRET, AND COOPERATIVE EXCHANGES
  • 8 FAMILY POLITICS REVEALED THROUGH NAMING PRACTICES
  • 9 THEOLOGY AND MOTHER CARE Full- Sibling and Half- Sibling Bonding
  • 10 THEOLOGICAL PARENTHOOD AND THE MAKING OF THE GOOD POLYGAMOUS TEENAGER
  • 11 THE LONELY WORLD OF POLYGAMOUS MEN
  • CONCLUSION Themes and Trends
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX