The Shaker Experience in America; A History of the United Society of Believers

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ISBN: 9780300059335 | 0300059337
Cover: Trade Paper
Copyright: 2/23/1994

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The first general history of the Shakers, from their origins in 18th-century England to the present day. Drawing on written and oral testimony by Shakers over the past two centuries, Stein offers a full and often revisionist account of the movement. 57 illustrations.

List of Figures

(2)

List of Tables

xii

(1)

Preface

xiii

(6)

Acknowledgments

xix

PART ONE A New and Strange Religion: The Age of the Founders, 1747-1787

(38)

Background

(7)

Beginnings in America

(5)

An Apostate's View

(3)

Ann Lee's Public Ministry: An Insider's View

(7)

The Teachings of the First Witnesses

(7)

The Close of the Age of the Founders

(7)

PART TWO The Gathering and Building of the Church: The Establishment of the United Society, 1787-1826

(80)

The Beginnings of Communitarianism

(8)

The Ministration of Lucy Wright

(8)

Expansion into the West

(9)

The Origins of Shaker Theology

(10)

The Creation of a History

(11)

The Consolidation of the Millennial Church

(19)

The Close of the Formative Period

106

(13)

PART THREE Too Much of the Wind, Fire, and Earthquake: The Maturation and Revitalization of the Society, 1827-1875

119

(120)

A New Generation of Leaders

122

(11)

The Economics of Community

133

(15)

The Social Situation

148

(17)

The Spiritualistic Revivals

165

(19)

The Legacy of the Manifestations

184

(16)

The Changing Situation

200

(15)

The View from the Outside

215

(7)

The Closing of the Middle Period

222

(17)

PART FOUR In the Van of an Advancing Host: The Transformation of the Society, 1876-1947

239

(116)

Declining Membership and Geographical Retreat

242

(14)

The Feminization of the Society

256

(16)

The World of Finance Capitalism

272

(14)

The Impact of Modern Thought and Life

286

(18)

Reconciliation with the World

304

(16)

Varieties of Religious Experience

320

(17)

The Issue of Decline

337

(18)

PART FIVE I Almost Expect to Be Remembered as a Chair: The Rebirth of Shakerism, 1948 to the Present

355

(88)

Waiting for the End

358

(12)

The Beginnings of a Shaker Revival

370

(14)

Controversy among the Believers

384

(10)

The Selling of the Shakers

394

(15)

The Ecumenical Shakers

409

(13)

The Shaker Myth: A National Treasure

422

(10)

Looking to the Future

432

(11)

Abbreviations

443

(2)

Notes

445

(76)

Suggestions for Further Reading

521

(4)

Index

525

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The Shaker Experience in America; A History of the United Society of Believers

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