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Closed Off from the World

Closed Off from the World A new book catalogues the injustices of breakaway Mormon communities. MARTHA BAILEY The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in a Polygamous Mormon Sect Daphne Bramham Random House 432 pages, hardcover ISBN 9780307355881

Joseph Smith's revelation from the angel Moroni in 1822 marked the origin of what became the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. His revelation occurred during the "Second Great Awakening" in America, a period of much religious ferment and social experimentation. Evangelism was widespread. Abolition and women's rights movements developed. New religious sects and Utopian communities based on socialist ideals sprang up, ...

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