Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
Shaker chairs were usually mass-produced because a great number of them were needed to seat all the Shakers in a community. Around the time of the American Civil War, the Shakers at Mount Lebanon, New York, increased their production and marketing of Shaker chairs. They were so successful that several furniture companies produced their own ...
Visiting Utopian Communities: A Guide to the Shakers, Moravians, and Others. U. of South Carolina Press, 1998. 230 pp. Kelly, Andrew. Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture, with an Emphasis on the Shaker Communities at Pleasant Hill and South Union. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8131-5567-8; Murray, John E.
Blended Together: Discoveries Along The Shaker Music Trail. Kisner, Jordan (September 5, 2024). "There Are Only Two Shakers Left. They've Still Got Utopia in Their Sights". The New York Times. Jeannine Lauber (2009). Chosen Faith Chosen Land: The Untold Story of America's 21st Century Shakers. ISBN 978-0-89272-903-6. Nan Thayer Ross (2003).
She was born during a time of the Evangelical revival in England, and became a figure that greatly influenced religion at this time, especially in the Americas. After nearly two decades of participation in a religious movement that became the Shakers, in 1774 Ann Lee and a small group of her followers emigrated from England to New York.
This article contains a list of inventions by the Shakers, officially known as the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearance. Founded in the 18th century, the Shakers, a celibate sect who lived a communal lifestyle, were known for their many innovative creations in varied fields including agriculture, furniture, housework, and ...
Ken Burns has said that he chose the topic of the Shakers in large part because his first project, the Oscar-nominated Brooklyn Bridge, was devoted to urban American history; Shakerism offered him an opportunity to explore rural American history. [4]
The Shakers of Canterbury also had laborsaving inventions of their own, which contributed greatly to their economy. The Canterbury Shakers patented a washing machine, an accomplishment that was recognized by mainstream society in the form of a gold medal at the Centennial Exposition in 1876. [8] Music was an important part of Shaker life at ...