Author : Suzanne Skees
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,98 MB
Release : 1999-03-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780786883646
In the tradition of "Plain and Simple" and "The Cloister Walk", this book offers a rare, intimate account of one woman's journey into the world of the Shakers--a radical Christian sect whose belief in a Mother-Father God, equal rights for all, and direct interaction with the spirits of the dead shocked other established religious communities Print ads. NPR sponsorships .
Author : Amy Stechler
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 11,70 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780517033098
Highly pictorial presentation of "the history and vision of the United Society of Believers in Christ's second appearing from 1774 to the present."
Author : Stephen C. Taysom
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 21,93 MB
Release : 2010-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0253004896
Among America's more interesting new religious movements, the Shakers and the Mormons came to be thought of as separate and distinct from mainstream Protestantism. Using archives and historical materials from the 19th century, Stephen C. Taysom shows how these groups actively maintained boundaries and created their own thriving, but insular communities. Taysom discovers a core of innovation deployed by both the Shakers and the Mormons through which they embraced their status as outsiders. Their marginalization was critical to their initial success. As he skillfully negotiates the differences between Shakers and Mormons, Taysom illuminates the characteristics which set these groups apart and helped them to become true religious dissenters.
Author : Scott T. Swank
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,70 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
In this pioneering study, historian Scott T. Swank reveals the links between the daily life of the Shakers and their art and architecture. 250 illustrations, 150 in color.
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Publisher : B.E.S. Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,44 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780764157110
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Author : Jeannine Lauber
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0892729031
This book takes a look at the faith, philosophy, and way of life of the country's one remaining Shaker community. Lauber explores their spiritual and daily lives by weaving together proprietary Shaker quotations, interviews, and photographs. The result is a book that pierces many misconceptions, most notably that the Shakers and their faith are dead. Lauber places the topics of faith, community, work, and worship in the context of Shaker history and contemporary developments on the American landscape.
Author : Nardi Reeder Campion
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,68 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780874515275
Originally published in 1976 as Anne the Word, this is a popular biography of colorful and controversial Shaker founder Ann Lee.
Author : Lee Ezell
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 26,41 MB
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1441243151
Whether debilitating illness, divorce, financial hardship, emotional upheaval, or a loved one's death, life's injustice impacts everyone. When it does, questions arise: How can God allow such suffering? Why is he so silent? Can he be trusted? Finding Hope When Life's Not Fair chronicles Lee Ezell's own journey of hope and courage as she struggled with her faith during her darkest days. Offering no easy answers but plenty of hard-won wisdom, she writes honestly about how deep pain can run--and offers a compelling argument that God's love runs deeper still. Whatever their circumstances, readers will find their faith buoyed as this book affirms the reality of the Lord's grace awaiting them in their toughest times.
Author : Jean McMahon Humez
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,78 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Shaker women
ISBN : 9780253328700
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Author : Ann H. Gabhart
Publisher : Revell
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 19,1 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1441211845
Charlotte Vance is a young woman who knows what she wants. But when the man she planned to marry joins the Shakers--a religious group that does not marry--she is left dumbfounded. And when her father brings home a new wife who is young enough to be Charlotte's sister, it is more than she can bear. With the country--and her own household--on the brink of civil war, this pampered gentlewoman hatches a plan to avoid her new stepmother and win back her man by joining the Shaker community at Harmony Hill. Little does she know that this decision will lead her down a road toward unforeseen peace--and a very unexpected love. Ann H. Gabhart brings alive the strikingly different worlds of the Southern gentry, the simple Shakers, and the ravages of war to weave a touching story of love, freedom, and forgiveness that sticks with readers long after they have turned the last page.
