Writings of Shaker Apostates and Anti-Shakers, 1782-1850 Vol 1

Goodwillie, Christian

Routledge（2013/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 334 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138766877
• DDC分類 289.80973

Full Description

The Shakers are perhaps the best known of American religious communities. Their ethos and organization had a practical influence on many other communities and on society as a whole. This three volume collection presents writings from a broad cross-section of those who opposed the Shakers and their way of life.

Contents

Rathbun, a Brief Account of a Religious Scheme; Taylor, a Narrative of the Strange Principles, Conduct and Character of the People Known by the Name of Shakers; P. A., Three Curious Pieces; West, Scriptural Cautions; Daniel Rathbun, A Letter; 'Spectator', 'The People Called Shakers'; Scales, 'Mystery of the People Called Shakers'; [Anon.], 'For The Western Star'; Rathbun, 'Caleb Rathbun Aged Nearly Seventeen Year'; Taylor, Letter; Valentine Rathbun, 'For the Western Star'; Rathbone, Reasons Offered for Leaving the Shakers; Smith, 'An Attempt to Develope Shakerism'; Smith, Remarkable Occurrences; [Anon.], 'Who are the Shakers?'; 'Mobbing the Shakers' and 'Expedition Against the Shakers'; [Anon.], 'Expedition Against the Shakers', Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA), 1 October 1810; Smith, Shakerism Detected; Bailey, Fanaticism Exposed