Mitara

Kiongozi wakabilalaTobana wake zake,1892.

Mitara(pia:UpoliauUpali) ni hali ya watu zaidi ya wawili kuishi katikauhusiano wa kindoa.

Hali hiyo ilikuwa ya kawaidabaraniAfrika,ambapomwanamumemmoja aliweza kuwa nawanawakezaidi ya mmoja, lakini kwa sasa inazidi kupungua.

Ya nadra zaidi ni hali ya wanaume kadhaa kuchanga mwanamke mmoja.

Baadhi ya nchi zinakubali hali hiyo, lakini nyingi zinaikataza.

Vilevile baadhi yadinizinakubali mitara, hususanUislamu,lakini nyingine zinaikataza, hususanUkristo.

KatikaBibliatunakuta maendeleo yaufunuokuhusu hali hiyo kati yaAgano la KalenaAgano Jipya,ambapoYesualitoa msimamo wa mwisho.

Marejeo

• Cairncross, John (1974).After Polygamy Was Made a Sin: The Social History of Christian Polygamy.London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
• Campbell, James (1869).The History and Philosophy of Marriage.First published in Boston.{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help)
• Chapman, Samuel A. (2001).Polygamy, Bigamy and Human Rights Law.Xlibris Corp.ISBN1-4010-1244-2.
• Hillman, Eugene (1975).Polygamy Reconsidered: African Plural Marriage and the Christian Churches.New York: Orbis Books.ISBN0-88344-391-0.
• Korotayev, Andrey(2004).World Religions and Social Evolution of the Old World Oikumene Civilizations: A Cross-cultural Perspective(toleo la First). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press.ISBN0-7734-6310-0.
• Main Street Church (2007; Video Documentary).Lifting the Veil of Polygamy.Main Street Church.{{cite book}}:Check date values in:|year=(help)
• Van Wagoner, Richard S.(1992).Mormon Polygamy: A History(toleo la 2nd). Utah: Signature Books.ISBN0-941214-79-6.
• Wilson, E. O.(2000).Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.Harvard Univ Pr.ISBN0-674-00235-0.

Viungo vya nje

Simple English Wiktionary

Wikamusiya Kiswahili ina maelezo na tafsiri ya maana ya neno:

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• media kuhusuPolygamypaWikimedia Commons
• The Four Major Periods of Mormon Polygamy,essay byTodd M. Compton,hosted bySignature Books
• Polygamy in AfricaArchived7 Mei 2017 at theWayback Machine.
• History of Polygamy in JudaismArchived1 Oktoba 2006 at theWayback Machine.
• LIFE With Polygamists, 1944Archived5 Novemba 2010 at theWayback Machine.- slideshow byLife magazine

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