Author: United Society of Shirley (SHIRLEY, Mass.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Divine Afflatus: a Force in History
Author: United Society of Shirley (SHIRLEY, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Divine Afflatus: a Force in History
Author: Shirley (Mass.). United societyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The Divine Afflatus
Author: Daniel FraserPublisher:
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Category : Shakers
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Ohio Archæological and Historical Publications
Author: Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly
Author: Historical Dictionary of the Shakers
Author: Stephen J. PaterwicPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538102315
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
“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.
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly
Author: A Bibliography of Shaker Literature
Author: John Patterson MacLeanPublisher:
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Province of Prayer. By W. E. B.
Author: W. E. B.The A to Z of the Shakers
Author: Stephen J. PaterwicPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810870568
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
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 left an 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 voice of the contemporary Shakers is found in the dictionary, and they have given it their unequivocal endorsement.