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    Emotional and Priestly Logic of Plural Marriage, The
    Emotional and Priestly Logic of Plural Marriage, The
    Emotional and Priestly Logic of Plural Marriage, The
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    Emotional and Priestly Logic of Plural Marriage, The

    By Kathleen Flake

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    Kathleen Flake, associate professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt University examines the logic of those women who thrived, rather than suffered, in early Mormon polygamy, and finds that the marriage covenant granted them priestly rights and independence through the powers of heaven.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUtah State University Press
    Release dateMay 3, 2010
    ISBN9780874218039
    Emotional and Priestly Logic of Plural Marriage, The
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    Kathleen Flake

    Kathleen Flake practiced law for fifteen years and is now assistant professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.

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