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Books on: shakerism

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Bodies of Life: Shaker Literature and Literacies

Book by Etta M. Madden; Greenwood Press, 1998

Subjects:

American Literature--Shaker Authors--History And Criticism, Christian Communities In Literature, Christian Life In Literature, Christian Literature, American--History And Criticism, Christianity And Literature--United States, Sects In Literature, Shakers--In Literature, Shakers--United States--Books And Reading, Shakers--United States--Intellectual Life

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

The Shakers' "spiritual literacies," defined through an examination of their reading and writing practices, blur boundaries between traditionally masculine and feminine realms by using reason and emotion and by being innovative as well as traditional. This exploration of the relationship between ...
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The Shakers' "spiritual literacies," defined through an examination of their reading and writing practices, blur boundaries between traditionally masculine and feminine realms by using reason and emotion and by being innovative as well as traditional. This exploration of the relationship between literary practices and religious life in the 19th century, of such genres as autobiographies, elegies, histories, and doctrinal works, provides new insights into the many ways in which literacy enriches people's lives.
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An Ordered Love: Sex Roles and Sexuality in Victorian Utopias: The Shakers, the Mormons, and the Oneida Community

Book by Louis J. Kern; University of North Carolina Press, 1981

Subjects:

Free Love--United States--History--19th Century, Mormons--History, Oneida Community--History, Sex Customs--United States--History--19th Century, Sex Role, Shakers--United States--History, Utopias

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library
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Indian Shakers: A Messianic Cult of the Pacific Northwest

Book by H. G. Barnett; Southern Illinois University Press, 1957

Subjects:

Indian Shaker Church, Indians Of North America--Northwest, Pacific

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Christian, humble and tolerant, for to him Shakerism was a Christian religion. His knowledge...manner. This was the first inception of Shakerism, and from this the name is derived...made a lengthy statement regarding Shakerism in response to a letter of inquiry from...
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Women, Family, and Utopia: Communal Experiments of the Shakers, the Oneida Community, and the Mormons

Book by Lawrence Foster; Syracuse University Press, 1991

Subjects:

Christian Communities--United States--History--19th Century, Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints--History--19th Century, Mormon Church--United States--History--19th Century, Oneida Community--History, Sex Role--Religious Aspects--Christianity--History Of Doctrines--19th Century, Sex--Religious Aspects--Christianity--History Of Doctrines--19th Century, Shakers--History--19th Century, Women In Christianity--History Of Doctrines--19th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...20 A second key emphasis in early Shakerism was revivalism, which encompassed an...significance of the development of midwestern Shakerism during this period lies in the stimulus...return to the "true order" of initial Shakerism, and obey the leadership. 15 Brother...
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Shaker Furniture: The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect

Book by Edward Deming Andrews, Faith Andrews, William F. Winter; Dover Publications, 1964

Subjects:

Furniture--United States, Shakers--Industries

Collections: Entire Library

...and New York, build up the cause of Shakerism, and lay the foundations for a united...Father Joseph Meacham, the organizer of Shakerism on the basis of united interest, dies...from New Lebanon to spread the gospel of Shakerism in Ohio and Ken tucky. The ultimate...

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Journal Articles on: shakerism

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Dearly Loved Mother Eunice: Gender, Motherhood, and Shaker Spirituality

Journal article by Suzanne Thurman; Church History, Vol. 66, 1997

Subjects:

Church History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...particularly the spirituality, of Shakerism. Her work -- in the form of an autobiography...scholars disagree on just how liberating Shakerism was for women, and many have tempered initial assessments that Shakerism truly empowered women and promoted...
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The Quiet of the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and the Shakers: A Conversation with Janet A. Kaplan

Journal article by Janet A. Kaplan; Art Journal, Vol. 57, 1998

Subjects:

Art--Analysis, Artists--Attitudes, Maine--Religion, Shakers--Maine

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Quiet in the Land" focuses on living Shakerism and not just the material culture and...although the world often assumes that Shakerism is as static as the historical relics...both Sister Frances and Brother Arnold, "Shakerism always has to change, to move. The greatness...
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The "Return" of Religion in the Scholarship of American Art

Journal article by Sally M. Promey; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003

Subjects:

Art, American--Religious aspects, Church, Frederick Edwin--Works, Jarves, James Jackson--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Vision and Image in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Shakerism in 1993; John Beardsleys Gardens of Revelation...long-deceased charismatic founder of Shakerism, "Mother" Ann Lee. (71) FIGURE 11 OMITTED...Vision and Image in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Shakerism (Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University...
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Communal Viability and Employment of Non-Member Labor: Testing Hypotheses with Historical Data

Journal article by John E. Murray; Review of Social Economy, Vol. 58, 2000

Subjects:

Cooperatives--Personnel management, Employment--Analysis, Religious communities--19th century, Shakers--Employment

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...employment of hired labor ... was one harbinger of the decay of Shakerism, spiritual as well as temporal" (Andrews and Andrews 1974...there were examples of Shaker hired laborers converting to Shakerism and joining the Society as members, a sharp distinction was...
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From Millerism to Seventh-Day Adventism: "Boundlessness to Consolidation"

Journal article by Jonathan Butler; Church History, Vol. 55, 1986

Subjects:

Church History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...J. Hansen makes this application in Mormonism and the American Experience (Chicago, 1981 ), pp. 48-50. Mormonism, Shakerism, and Oneida Perfectionism flowered, as did the social movements for temperance, abolition, feminism, peace, and dietary...

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Magazine Articles on: shakerism

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Not Such Simple Gifts

Magazine article by Lynne Stembridge; History Today, Vol. 51, January 2001

Subjects:

Shakers--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...small but cohesive religious entity. However, by the 1830s Shakerism began to display signs of decay. More and more Brethren (15...Andrews poses the question, `who can say what contribution Shakerism made to a restless age of competitive individualism? The Shakers...
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The Shakers at the Millennium

Magazine article by Philip Davies; Contemporary Review, Vol. 277, August 2000

Subjects:

Lee, Ann--Biography, New England--Religious aspects, Religious communities--New England, Shakers--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...possible that some of this retrenchment might have been premature. Certainly Sister Mildred Barker, a vital and vibrant leader of Shakerism until her death in 1990 at the age of 92, was convinced that her beloved community of Alfred, Maine, had not merited closure...

Newspaper Articles on: shakerism

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Mover and Shakers; D.C. Collector Saves Rare Furniture

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 20, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...furniture pieces made today are reproductions by modern furniture makers. The surviving Shakers still hold to the tenets of Shakerism, including a commitment to common property, confession of sins, pacifism, celibacy, separation from the world and equality...
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Leap Day Offers Chance to Spring One on Beau

Newspaper article by Jennifer Harper; The Washington Times, February 29, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...born on the planet Krypton in an unspecified year, according to comic lore - as well as Dinah Shore, bandleader Jimmy Dorsey, Shakerism founder Ann Lee, Italian opera composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini and Frederic, the apprentice pirate in "Pirates of Penzance...

Encyclopedia Articles on: shakerism

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Shakers

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...formation of Shaker communities. By 1826 there were 18 Shaker communities in eight states, as far west as Indiana. After 1860, Shakerism began to decline; by 2000 it was almost nonexistent, with a tiny community in New Gloucester, Maine, constituting the only...

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