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Shaker religion valued women and men equally in religious leadership. The church was hierarchical, and at each level women and men shared authority. This was reflective of the Shaker belief that God was both female and male. They believed men and women were equal in the sight of God, and should be treated equally on earth, too.
Strict believers in celibacy, Shakers acquired their members through conversion, indenturing children, and adoption of orphans. Some children, such as Isaac N. Youngs , came to the Shakers when their parents joined, then grew up to become faithful members as adults.
It was a good living, and one that complied with all of the tenets of the Shaker religion. For 15 years, Levi Shaw lived in the Town of Windsor, and his hard work and nature won the respect of his ...
Ann Lee (29 February 1736 – 8 September 1784), commonly known as Mother Ann Lee, was the founding leader of the Shakers, later changed to United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing following her death. She was born during a time of the Evangelical revival in England, and became a figure that greatly influenced religion at this ...
The chronology of Shakers is a list of important events pertaining to the history of the Shakers, a denomination of Christianity. Millenarians who believe that their founder, Ann Lee, experienced the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the Shakers practice celibacy, confession of sin, communalism, ecstatic worship, pacifism, and egalitarianism.
The Shaker Order of Christmas. Oxford University Press. LCCN 54012701. Andrews, Edward (1961). The Hancock Shakers: The Shaker Community at Hancock, Massachusetts, 1780–1960. Shaker Community. LCCN 85114831. Andrews, Edward Deming; Andrews, Faith (1966). Religion in Wood: A Book of Shaker Furniture. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253173607.
In 1841, a spiritual message was perceived to inaugurate the "sweeping gift," or spiritual cleansing of the village. Other messages led the Shaker Ministry to outlaw the use of pork, tea, and coffee, causing dissension rather than the union Shakers valued. [2] In the effort to "purify" society, some believers were expelled by visionists.
Under Wright's administration, Shakers standardized and increased book and tract publishing for the widely-scattered religious society. Their first statement of beliefs was Testimony of Christ’s Second Appearing in 1810, followed by a hymnal which served much the same purpose in 1813. [12] Lucy Wright preached union among her followers.