Historical Dictionary of the Shakers

Stephen J. Paterwic

doi:10.5771/9781538102312

Summary

“Shakerism teaches God’s immanence through the common life shared in Christ’s mystical body.” Like many religious seekers throughout the ages, they honor the revelation of God but cannot be bound up in an unchanging set of dogmas or creeds. Freeing themselves from domination by the state religion, Mother Ann Lee and her first followers in mid-18th-century England labored to encounter the godhead directly. They were blessed by spiritual gifts that showed them a way to live the heavenly life on Earth. The result of their efforts was the fashioning of a celibate communal life called the Christlife, wherein a person, after confessing all sin, through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, can travel the path of regeneration into ever- increasing holiness. Pacifism, equality of the sexes, and withdrawal from the world are some of the ways the faith was put into practice.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Shakers contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on Shaker communities, industries, individual families, and important people. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Shakers.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-0230-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-0231-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 433
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Editor’s Foreword No access
3. Endorsement No access
4. Preface No access
5. Chronology No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 16
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C No access Pages 57 - 82
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Appendix A: List of Those Who Served in the Gospel Ministry No access Pages 349 - 356
Appendix B: Covenant or Constitution of the Church of the United Society in the Town of New Gloucester, 3 December 1830 No access Pages 357 - 368
Appendix C: Conditional, Probationary, or Novitiate Covenant No access Pages 369 - 370
Appendix D: Current Rules Governing How the Shakers Live No access Pages 371 - 380
Appendix E: Daily Schedule of a Shaker No access Pages 381 - 382
Appendix F: Format of a Shaker Worship Service No access Pages 383 - 384
Bibliography No access Pages 385 - 432
About the Author No access Pages 433 - 433