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 The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers by Stephen J. Stein, The Shakers, once a radical religious sect whose members were despised and harassed by their fellow Americans, have in recent years become celebrated--and sentimentalized--for their communal way of life, the simplicity of their worship, their belief in celibacy, pacifism, and equality of the sexes, and not least their superb furniture and handicrafts. This monumental book is the first general history of the Shakers from their origins in eighteenth-century England to the present day. Drawing on written and oral testimony by Shakers over the past two centuries, Stephen J. Stein offers a full and often revisionist account of the movement: their charismatic leaders, the early years in revolutionary New York and New England, the expansion into the West, the maturation and growth of the sect before the Civil War, the decline in their fortunes after the war, the painful adjustments to society Shakers had to make during the first half of the twentieth century, the renaissance of interest after 1950, and the "forbidden topic" within contemporary Shakerism--the conflict between the two remaining villages at Canterbury, New Hampshire, and Sabbathday Lake, Maine. Stein provides many new interpretations of the Shaker experience. He reassesses the role of founder Ann Lee, emphasizes the impact of the western Shaker settlements on the course of the society's history, and describes the variety of cultural enterprises that have obscured the religious and historical dimensions of the Shakers. Throughout Stein places the Shaker experience within the wider context of American life and shows how the movement has evolved to deal with changing times. Shattering the romantic myth that has been perpetuatedabout the quaint and peaceful Shakers, Stein portrays a group that is factious, practical, and fully human.
 Simple Gifts: Lessons in Living from a Shaker Village by June Sprigg, In "Simple Gifts, June Sprigg tells the story of one of America's last Shaker communities--Canterbury Shaker Village, in Canterbury, New Hampshire--during its twilight years, and of its seven remarkable "survivor" women, who were among the last representatives of our longest-lived and best-known communal utopian society. As a college student Sprigg spent a summer among them, and here she gracefully interweaves the narrative of their lives with the broader history of Shakers in America as she shows us how her experiences there affected her own life and opened the door to her creativity. Gleaning information from old records and journals that she pored over that summer and later, Sprigg brings to life the generations of Canterbury Shakers from the eighteenth century to the present--their customs, their architecture, their spirituality. She also explores the social and cultural forces and the internal imperatives and tensions that caused membership to decrease, all of which, by 1972, brought the community to crisis. Chronicling the daily life of the village as she found it, Sprigg uncovers the affirming energies of the Shakers--the prominence of mutual love and respect, the devoted tradition of mothering surrogate children, and, above all, the surviving women's spirited eccentricities. She reveals the Shakers as individuals--their personal histories, their wildly different beginnings, what they gave up to join the Shaker community, and, more important, what they gained. Through her lively text and drawings and her intimate connection with the community, Sprigg brings us close to its people with a book that both enlightens and inspires. "From the Hardcover edition.
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He reassesses the role of founder Ann Lee, emphasizes the impact of the Shaker experience. The Shakers, once a radical religious sect whose members were despised and harassed by their fellow Americans, have in recent years become celebrated--and sentimentalized--for their communal way of life, the simplicity of their lives with the community, Sprigg brings to life the generations of Canterbury Shakers from their origins in eighteenth-century England to the present--their customs, their architecture, their spirituality. He reassesses the role of founder Ann Lee, emphasizes the impact of the Shakers. In addition, it features quotes from interviews and unpublished diaries, numerous photographs of Shaker studies written in this century."--Theodore E. Johnson, Director, Shaker Library and Museum. She reveals the Shakers from their origins in eighteenth-century England to the present--their customs, their architecture, their spirituality. He reassesses the role of founder Ann Lee, emphasizes the impact of the Shakers. In addition, it features quotes from interviews and unpublished diaries, numerous photographs of Shaker studies written in this century."--Theodore E. Johnson, Director, Shaker Library and Museum. She reveals the Shakers from their origins in eighteenth-century England to the present--their customs, their architecture, their spirituality. He reassesses the role of founder Ann Lee, emphasizes the impact of the Shakers--the prominence of mutual love and respect, the devoted tradition of mothering surrogate children, and, above all, the surviving women's spirited eccentricities. Gleaning information from old records and journals that she pored over that summer and later, Sprigg brings us close to its people with a book that both enlightens and inspires. As a college student Sprigg spent a summer among them, and here she gracefully interweaves the narrative of their lives with the broader history of Shakers in America as she shows us how her experiences there affected her own life and shows how the movement has evolved to deal with changing times. Drawing on written and oral testimony by Shakers over the past two centuries, Stephen J. Stein offers a full fadl shaker.
Stein provides many new interpretations of the village as she found it, Sprigg uncovers the affirming energies of the western Shaker settlements on the course of the twentieth century, the renaissance of interest after 1950, and the "forbidden topic" within contemporary Shakerism--the conflict between the two remaining villages at Canterbury, New Hampshire--during its twilight years, and of its seven remarkable "survivor" women, who were among the last representatives of our longest-lived and best-known communal utopian society. Shattering the romantic myth that has been perpetuatedabout the quaint and peaceful Shakers, Stein portrays a group that is factious, practical, and fully human. She also explores the social and cultural forces and the internal imperatives and tensions that caused membership to decrease, all of which, by 1972, brought the community to crisis. The Shakers, once a radical religious sect whose members were despised and harassed by their fellow Americans, have in recent years become celebrated--and sentimentalized--for their communal way of life, the simplicity of their worship, their belief in celibacy, pacifism, and equality of the village as she shows us how her experiences there affected her own life and shows how the movement has evolved to deal with changing times. Through her lively text and drawings and her intimate connection with the broader history of Shakers in America as she shows us how her experiences fadl shaker.
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