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Three Months With The Shakers—Ii
Three Months With The Shakers—Ii
American Communal Societies Quarterly
Editor’s note: The following is the second and final installment of a reprint of a fourteen- part article first published in Bizarre: For Fireside and Wayside (Philadelphia) from October 5, 1853, through April 1, 1854. See the headnote to the first installment in the previous issue of ACSQ for more detail.
The Tate Family Of Shakers And Non-Shakers, M. Stephen Miller
The Tate Family Of Shakers And Non-Shakers, M. Stephen Miller
American Communal Societies Quarterly
Several years ago, I had the opportunity to purchase a group of letters from bookseller Scott De Wolfe, most of which were written by Caroline Tate, one of the last members of the Enfield, Connecticut, community— and “First in the Enfield Ministry” at the time of its closing in 1917. Several others were from a few of her close relatives, both Shakers and former Shakers. All twenty-four letters were addressed to Caroline’s biological sister, Martha Emily, one of a pair of twins (the other being Lucy A.). Neither twin ever became a Shaker. The final two were written to Martha’s …
The Rise And Fall Of Prince Michael Mills And The Detroit Jezreelites, Julieanna Frost
The Rise And Fall Of Prince Michael Mills And The Detroit Jezreelites, Julieanna Frost
American Communal Societies Quarterly
Michael Mills believed himself to be divinely commissioned to gather the lost tribes of Israel and claimed the mantle of the seventh messenger. Despite being convicted of having carnal knowledge of a girl between fourteen and sixteen in 1892, he along with his wife, Eliza Court, managed to lead a small colony of Christian Israelites at the God House in Detroit. Two followers of Mills were Benjamin and Mary Purnell. They soon laid claim to being the seventh messenger themselves, and established the House of David in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
Three Months With The Shakers—I
Three Months With The Shakers—I
American Communal Societies Quarterly
The following is the first installment of a reprint of a fourteen-part article first published in Bizarre: For Fireside and Wayside (Philadelphia) from October 5, 1853, through April 1, 1854. This is a remarkable account of a three-month residence with the Watervliet, N.Y., Shakers. The author was apparently residing at the Gathering Order (North Family) during the 1840s or early 1850s. The article was intended to conclude with its second installment, but continued for a total of fourteen installments.
Lunacy And Dissent Among The Shakers, Tom Sakmyster
Lunacy And Dissent Among The Shakers, Tom Sakmyster
American Communal Societies Quarterly
The events involving insanity and alleged insanity at White Water Shaker Village to be explored in this article can offer new insights into how Shakers dealt with the problems posed by the mentally deranged. This story, which involved a large family named Hobart that arrived at White Water in 1846, is unusually well documented in both Shaker and non-Shaker materials. I propose to use it as a case study to offer tentative answers to such questions as: How did Shakers define insanity? How did they respond when a Believer showed signs of mental derangement? What treatment was deemed appropriate? How …
The Nurturing Communities Project: Fostering Persistence And Emergence In Intentional Christian Communities, Margie Deweese-Boyd
The Nurturing Communities Project: Fostering Persistence And Emergence In Intentional Christian Communities, Margie Deweese-Boyd
American Communal Societies Quarterly
While social critics lament a culture bent on mobility, consumption, and hyper-individualism, there persist countercultural currents intent on commitment to geographic place, material simplicity, and authentic community. These subsectors of American life have repeatedly offered a countervailing response to the dominant, corporate- and consumption- oriented culture. This communitarian impulse is both persistent and emergent among American evangelical Christians: from the centuries-old Hutterite, Amish, and Mennonite communities; to the nearly centenarian Bruderhof communities and mid-twentieth century Anabaptist and Civil Rights-oriented communities; to the mere decade-old communities of the New Monasticism. No single endeavor captures this persistence and emergence as aptly as …
Writings Of Shaker Apostates And Anti-Shakers, 1782-1850: An Expanded Table Of Contents With Annotations And Notes, Carol Medlicott
Writings Of Shaker Apostates And Anti-Shakers, 1782-1850: An Expanded Table Of Contents With Annotations And Notes, Carol Medlicott
American Communal Societies Quarterly
An expanded table of contents with annotations and notes for Writings of Shaker Apostates and Anti-Shakers, 1782-1850, edited by Christian Goodwillie. London: Pickering & Chatto, April 2013. 3 volume set. 1088 pp.
Zion’S Whistleblowers: Reflections On Shaker Apostate And Anti-Shaker Writings, Carol Medlicott
Zion’S Whistleblowers: Reflections On Shaker Apostate And Anti-Shaker Writings, Carol Medlicott
American Communal Societies Quarterly
A review of: Writings of Shaker Apostates and Anti-Shakers, 1782-1850, edited by Christian Goodwillie. London: Pickering & Chatto, April 2013. 3 volume set. 1088 pp. 23.4 x 15.6 cm.
A Postscript To Writings Of Shaker Apostates And Anti-Shakers, 1782-1850: New Light On Benjamin West, William Scales, Benjamin Green, And Zebulon Huntington, Christian Goodwillie
A Postscript To Writings Of Shaker Apostates And Anti-Shakers, 1782-1850: New Light On Benjamin West, William Scales, Benjamin Green, And Zebulon Huntington, Christian Goodwillie
American Communal Societies Quarterly
The collection, annotation, and editorial writing associated with the set of apostate and anti-Shaker writings I published in 2013 consumed much of my free time for two years prior. Months of intensive research yielded quite a bit of new information about many heretofore obscure ex- or anti-Shakers, but I knew as I concluded my work that much was left to be found. This brief piece will share some of what has since come to light about Benjamin West, William Scales, and Benjamin Green (whose texts were in the collection), as well as the discovery of a previously unknown Shaker apostate …