Bigamy, Religion, and the Law: the Sister Wives at Court

Analyzing the court’s opinion in Brown v. Buhman (2013), a constitutional case brought by the family from TLC’s hit show Sister Wives, I show that bigamy statutes in the United States enshrine Reformation-era Christian theologies of marriage into the law. I read Brown as part of an ongoing reshaping...

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Main Author: Smith, William E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2016]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 84, Issue: 4, Pages: 1110-1144
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Mormon Church / Bigamy / Religion / State / Church
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
KBQ North America
KDH Christian sects
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