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The A to Z of the Shakers.

0810870568

1282521632

9780810870567

9781282521636

b602327

The A to Z of the Shakers.

[Book]

Stephen J Paterwic

Lanham

Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group

2009

(370 pages)

Contents; Editor's Foreword; Endorsement; Preface; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix A: List of Those Who Served in the Gospel Ministry; Appendix B: Covenant or Constitution of the Church of the United Society in the Town of New Gloucester, 3 December 1832; Appendix C: Conditional, Probationary, or Novitiate Covenant; Appendix D: Current Rules Governing How the Shakers Live; Appendix E: Daily Schedule of a Shaker; Appendix F: Format of a Shaker Worship Service; Bibliography; About the Author.

The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers, followed Mother Ann Lee to the United States in 1774 when life in England became difficult. In the United States, they established several colonies whose governing principals included celibacy and agrarian communal living. Even at its peak, however, Shakerism claimed only about 4,500 members. Today, except for one active community in Sabbathday, Maine, the great Shaker villages are diminished, but the Shakers leftan enduring impact on the religion and culture of the United States. The A to Z of the Shakers relates the history of this fascinating group through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on Shaker communities, industries, individual families, and important people. Every definition, biography, and point of history was submitted to the Shakers at Sabbathday Lake for their review before it was included for publication. As such, the voiceof the contemporary Shakers is found in the dictionary, and they have given it their unequivocal endorsement.

Stephen J Paterwic

Stephen J Paterwic

[Book]

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