Polygamy by Sarah M.S. Pearsall

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/46845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Polygamy Author: Sarah M.S. Pearsall Narrator: Holly Adams Format: mp3 Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins Release date: 03-08-22 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 11 ratings Genres: Sociology Publisher's Summary: In Polygamy: A Very Short Introduction, Sarah M.S. Pearsall explores what plural marriages reveal about the inner workings of marriage and describes the controversies surrounding it. The book emphasizes the diversity of historical polygamist societies, from the Shi'ite Muslims and Wendat men who practiced short-term marriages to the Mixteca, Maori, Inca, Algonquin, and Marta indigenous people of North America and the Pacific Islands. Pearsall also explains the divides within Christianity that led to Joseph Smith's establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.