Modern Polygamy in the United States: Historical, Cultural, and Legal Issues Book

Prologue and Introduction: The Incident At Eldorado, Texas Cardell K. Jacobson and Lara Burton Section 1: Historical and Cultural Patterns of Polygamy in the United States: Estranged Groups
1. A Repeat of History: A Comparison of the Short Creek and El Dorado Raids on the FLDS Martha Sonntag Bradley
2. One Vision: The Making, Unmaking, and Remaking of a Fundamentalist Polygamous Community Heber B. Hammon and William Jankowiak
3. Life Among the FLDS: Not Perfect, But Not Deluded and Not Monsters Ken Driggs
4. History, Culture, and Variability of Mormon Schismatic Groups Janet Bennion
5. Differing Polygamous Patterns: Nineteenth Century LDS and Twenty-First Century FLDS Marriage Systems Kathryn Daynes Section 2: Social Scientists Examine Polygamy and the Seizure of the FLDS Children
6. Demographic, Social and Economic Characteristics of a Polygamist Community Tim B. Heaton and Cardell K. Jacobson
7. The Many Faces of Polygamy: An Analysis of the Variability in Modern Mormon Fundamentalism in the Intermountain West Janet Bennion
8. "What's Love Got to Do with It?": Earthly Experience of Celestial Marriage, Past and Present Carrie A. Miles
9. Social Scientific Perspectives on the FLDS Raid and the Corresponding Media Coverage Ryan T. Cragun and Michael Nielsen
10. Learning the Wrong Lessons: A Comparison of FLDS, Family International, and Branch Davidian Child-Protection Interventions Gary Shepherd and Gordon Shepherd
11. The International Fight Against Barbarism: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Marriage Timing, Consent, and Polygamy. Arland Thornton Section 3: Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding the Seizure of the FLDS Children
12. The Intricacies and Ethics of Parental Genetic Testing Deborah L. Cragun and Ryan T. Cragun
13. Child Protection Law and the FLDS Raid in Texas Linda F. Smith