Plural Marriage

Defending Our Noble Heritage

About

While I don’t advocate living plural marriage, I can see the role it played in church history, as a system to bring children and welfare to the saints.

Books

Plural Marriage: A Positive View (PDF) (Does not encourage current practice of this principle.)

See also expert Brian Hales’ series on this subject.

Articles

2022

Plural Marriage in the Bible by Ogden Kraut – Book Highlights 09/12/2022

Celestial (Plural) Marriage by Orson Pratt – Highlights 09/12/2022

Abraham’s Plural Marriages: Resolving Concerns 08/25/2022

Problems with Michelle Stone’s “132 Problems” Lecture Series Against Plural Marriage 08/25/2022

The Angel with the Drawn Sword: Legitimate & Theologically Congruent 08/25/2022

David’s Plural Marriage: Comparing Jacob 2 and D&C 132 08/25/2022

Biblical Concubines as a Command of God 08/25/2022

2021

Plural Marriage in the Torah 12/28/2021

Overview of Plural Marriage as an Eternal Celestial Blessing 12/03/2021
Kimberly Smith Plural Marriage & The Patriarchal Order as Honoring and Exalting Women 12/03/2021

Highlights from J. Max Anderson’s book “The Polygamy Story: Fact & Fiction” – Refuting Fundamentalist Authority Claims 06/19/2023

Evidence that Plural Marriage was Practiced in the Book of Mormon 08/04/2021

2019

Polygamy’s Ancient Purpose & Legal History 12/24/2019

2018

A House Full Of Females: Plural Marriage And Women’s Rights In Early Mormonism by Laurel Ulrich, Notes 02/21/2018