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FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2014, file photo flowers bloom in front of the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) (AP)

Mormons and money

John Turner - The Conversation
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2014, file photo, the angel Moroni statue sits atop the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

A history of Mormon polygamy

Joanna Brooks - The Conversation
Joseph Smith (AP)

Joseph Smith: Polygamy & death

Alex Beam
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Joanna Brooks - Religion Dispatches
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