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Journal of Mormon History Vol. 20, No. 1, 1994 Journal of Mormon History Volume 20 Issue 1 Article 1 1994 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 20, No. 1, 1994 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation (1994) "Journal of Mormon History Vol. 20, No. 1, 1994," Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 20 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol20/iss1/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Mormon History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Journal of Mormon History Vol. 20, No. 1, 1994 Table of Contents LETTERS vi ARTICLES PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS • --Positivism or Subjectivism? Some Reflections on a Mormon Historical Dilemma Marvin S. Hill, 1 TANNER LECTURE • --Mormon and Methodist: Popular Religion in the Crucible of the Free Market Nathan O. Hatch, 24 • --The Windows of Heaven Revisited: The 1899 Tithing Reformation E. Jay Bell, 45 • --Plurality, Patriarchy, and the Priestess: Zina D. H. Young's Nauvoo Marriages Martha Sonntag Bradley and Mary Brown Firmage Woodward, 84 • --Lords of Creation: Polygamy, the Abrahamic Household, and Mormon Patriarchy B. Cannon Hardy, 119 REVIEWS 153 --The Story of the Latter-day Saints by James B. Allen and Glen M. Leonard Richard E. Bennett --Hero or Traitor: A Biographical Story of Charles Wesley Wandell by Marjorie Newton Richard L. Saunders --Mormon Redress Petition: Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict edited by Clark V. Johnson Stephen C. LeSueur --Prisoner for Polygamy: The Memoirs and Letters ofRudger Clawson at the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, 1884-87 edited by Stan Larson Jessie L. Embry --The Church Through the Years. Volume 2: The Reorganization Comes of Age, 1860-1992 by Richard P. Howard Danny L. Jorgensen --All Are Alike Unto God edited by E. Dale LeBaron, and Tongan Saints: Legacy of Faith edited by Eric B. Shumway Jay M. Haymond --The Unsolicited Chronicler: An Account of the Gunnison Massacre: Its Causes and Consequences, Utah Territory, 1847-1859 by Robert Kent Fielding Ronald W. Walker --Presbyterian Missions and Cultural Interaction in the Far Southwest, 1850-1950 by Mark T. Banker John Sillito --Science, Religion, and Mormon Cosmology by Erich Robert Paul, and The Creationists: The Evolution of Scientific Creationism by Ronald Numbers Richard Sherlock --The Mormons' War on Poverty: A History ofLDS Welfare 1830-1990, by Garth L. Mangum and Bruce D. Blumell Garth N.Jones --Faithful History: Essays in Writing Mormon History edited by George D. Smith, and The New Mormon History: Revisionist Essays on the Past edited by D. Michael Quinn F. Ross Peterson --David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness, edited by Lyndon W. Cook Richard Lloyd Anderson --Frontiersman: Abner Blackburn's Narrative edited by Will Bagley Andrea Gayle Radke and Fred R. Gowans This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol20/iss1/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY SPRING 1994 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY SPRING 1994 COVER: Abstraction of the window tracery, Salt Lake City Tenth Ward. Design by Warren Archer. Articles appearing in this Journal are abstracted and indexed in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life, published by ABC-CLIO, and in Religion Index One: Periodicals, published by the American Theological Library Association. © 1994 Mormon History Association ISSN 0094-7342 After publication herein, copyright reverts to authors. The Mormon History Association assumes no responsibility for contributors' statements of fact or opinion. Staff of the Journal of Mormon History EDITORIAL STAFF Editor: Lavina Fielding Anderson Executive Committee: Lavina Fielding Anderson, Karl F. Best, William G. Hartley, Jeffery O.Johnson, Lynne WatkinsJorgensen, D. Michael Quinn, Patricia Lyn Scott, Jean Bickmore White Editorial Staff: Martha Dickey Esplin, Susan L. Fales, Susette Fletcher Green, Kenneth A. Hansen, Janet Jenson, Marti S. Lythgoe, Vaneese C. Nelson, Marianne Perciaccante, Elizabeth Shaw Smith Book Review Editor: Richard L.Jensen Letters Editor: Jean Bickmore White Editorial Manager: Patricia Lyn Scott Business Manager: Karl F. Best Abstracts Editors: Craig L. Foster and Suzanne L. Foster Compositor: Brent Corcoran Designer Warren Archer BOARD OF EDITORS Valeen Tippets Avery, Center for Colorado Plateau Studies, Flagstaff, Arizona M. Guy Bishop, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Mario S. De Pillis, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Susan L. Fales, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Norma Deny Hiles, Liberty Hall, Lamoni, Iowa Roger D. Launius, NASA, Washington, D.C. Dean L. May, University of Utah, Salt Lake City Susan Sessions Rugh, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota The Journal of Mormon History is published semi-annually by the Mormon History Association, P.O. Box 9010, University Station, Provo, UT 84602, (801) 378^048, and is distributed to members upon payment of annual dues: student, $12.50; regular, $15; sustaining, $20; Friend of Mormon History, $50; Mormon History Association Patron, $500 or more. Single copies $10. The Journal of Mormon History exists to foster scholarly research and publica- tion in the field of Mormon history. Manuscripts dealing with all aspects of Mormon history are welcome, including twentieth-century history, regional and local history, women's history, and ethnic/minorities history. First consideration will be given to those which make a strong contribution to knowledge through new interpretations and/or new information. The Board of Editors will also consider the paper's general interest, accuracy, level of interpretation, and literary quality. Papers for consideration must be submitted in triplicate, typed and double-spaced throughout, including all quotations. A preferred length is twenty pages, but longer manuscripts may considered. Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 13th edition (see a recent edition of the Journal and be prepared to submit accepted manuscripts in WordPerfect, Multimate, or Wordstar. Send manuscripts to thejournal of Mormon History, Box 581068, Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1068. JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY VOLUME 20, NO. 1 SPRING 1994 CONTENTS LETTERS vi ARTICLES PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Positivism or Subjectivism? Some Reflections on a Mormon Historical Dilemma Marvin S. Hill 1 TANNER LECTURE Mormon and Methodist: Popular Religion in the Crucible of the Free Market Nathan O. Hatch 24 The Windows of Heaven Revisited: The 1899 Tithing Reformation K Jay Bell 45 Plurality, Patriarchy, and the Priestess: Zina D. H. Young's Nauvoo Marriages Martha Sonntag Bradley and 84 Mary Brown Firmage Woodward Lords of Creation: Polygamy, the Abrahamic Household, and Mormon Patriarchy B. Cannon Hardy 119 REVIEWS 153 The Story of the Latter-day Saints by James B. Allen and Glen M. Leonard Richard E. Bennett CONTENTS V Hero or Traitor: A Biographical Story of Charles Wesley Wandell by Marjorie Newton Richard L. Saunders Mormon Redress Petition: Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict edited by Clark V. Johnson Stephen C. LeSueur Prisoner for Polygamy: The Memoirs and Letters ofRudger Clawson at the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, 1884-87 edited by Stan Larson Jessie L. Embry The Church Through the Years. Volume 2: The Reorganization Comes of Age, 1860-1992 by Richard P. Howard Danny L. Jorgensen All Are Alike Unto God edited by E. Dale LeBaron, and Tongan Saints: Legacy of Faith edited by Eric B. Shumway Jay M. Haymond The Unsolicited Chronicler: An Account of the Gunnison Massacre: Its Causes and Consequences, Utah Territory, 1847-1859 by Robert Kent Fielding Ronald W. Walker Presbyterian Missions and Cultural Interaction in the Far Southwest, 1850-1950 by Mark T. Banker John Sillito Science, Religion, and Mormon Cosmology by Erich Robert Paul, and The Creationists: The Evolution of Scientific Creationism by Ronald Numbers Richard Sherlock The Mormons' War on Poverty: A History ofLDS Welfare 1830-1990, by Garth L. Mangum and Bruce D. Blumell Garth N.Jones Faithful History: Essays in Writing Mormon History edited by George D. Smith, and The New Mormon History: Revisionist Essays on the Past edited by D. Michael Quinn F. Ross Peterson David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness, edited by Lyndon W. Cook Richard Lloyd Anderson Frontiersman: Abner Blackburn's Narrative edited by Will Bagley Andrea Gayle Radke and Fred R. Gowans LETTERS The Journal of Mormon History welcomes comments on articles and book reviews, series about Mormon history topics, additional information on subjects covered in the Journal, and ideas that will help us make future issues more interesting, stimulating, and valuable to readers. We will consider letters that are one or two typewritten, double-spaced pages: occasionally, a longer letter may be important enough to print as a exception to this policy. Because of limited space, we must reserve the right to select letters to be published and to edit them. Send letters to the Letters Editor, Journal of Mormon History, Box 581068, Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1068. New Light on Zina Family History Library, Salt Lake The 1848-50 diary of Zina D. H. City). Higbee later states that Young edited by Marilyn Higbee Young "forbade" Zina to corre- C'A Weary Traveler'. ." fall 1993 spond with Henry (p. 88). Again, issue) is a very important window this may be a family tradition; but into early Utah history and the in the light of documentary evi- practice of plural marriage from a dence to the contrary, I suggest very early participant. Its benefit to that Zina herself may bear more of many kinds of readers, now that it the responsibility for terminating is in print, will be enormous. the contact. My research on Zina was definitely a "people" Brigham Young provides no other person; and Higbee's efforts to cases where he intervened in a per- identify as many of the individuals emptory way to control his wives' as possible among the dozens behavior. Nine of Brigham Young's whom Zina names are commend- wives divorced him and all either able.
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