
In part two of our deep dive into the Mormon Reformation, Lindsay and Bryan explore how the movement intensified under the leadership of Jedediah Morgan Grant, Brigham Young, and Heber C. Kimball. As the push for purity reached its peak, controversial doctrines like blood atonement and plural marriage took center stage, along with the surprising emphasis on the importance of bathing and physical cleanliness. With public confessions and strict enforcement, the early Saints faced growing pressure to conform, as the leaders drove the community toward extreme obedience and spiritual reform.
SHOWNOTES:
- Wilford Woodruff and the Mormon Reformation of 1855-57 by Thomas G. Alexander
- Shakers, Mormons, and Religious Worlds by Stephen Taysom
- The Mormon Reformation by Paul Peterson
- The Mormon Reformation A Historiographical Essay by Julie Harris Adams
- Confessions of a Revisionist Historian: David L. Bigler

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