Thursday, March 16, 2006
(10:10 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Polygamy and Sexual Politics: A Blogger's Blog Post
I would be remiss if I failed to link Scott McLemee's column yesterday, entitled "Paradise Lost?" In it, he discusses Mormonism, Milton, and second-century heresies with continual reference to polygamy -- truly a tour de force. (It may be regarded as an oblique confirmation of the radicality of the Puritan Revolution.)Since I'm thinking about Mormonism, here is an article I read a long time ago about the role of theater in the early Mormon movement. It features Brigham Young in the role of an Inca priest. And I've recently learned that apparently Joseph Smith discovered and translated a lost book of Scriptures, which is commonly called the Book of Mormon -- I encourage you to read this gripping tale of intrigue and self-discovery.
Finally, did you know that Engels wrote a piece On the History of Early Christianity, which is taken up in large part with an exegesis of the Book of Revelation? He does not, however, mention polygamy -- and with that, we've come full circle.
