A fascinating introduction to the world of the early Shakers, this anthology documents the contributions to Shaker religion made by women during its first seventy years.
A fascinating introduction to the world of the early Shakers, this anthology documents the contributions to Shaker religion made by women during its first seventy years.
JEAN M. HUMEZ is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She is the editor of Gifts of Power: The Writings of Rebecca Jackson, Black Visionary, Shaker Eldress.
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Foreword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein Acknowledgments A Note on Manuscript Sources and Abbreviations General Introduction 1. "A Mother in Divinity": Ann Lee Imagery and Narrative, 1808-1851 Introduction Healing Stories by Women (1808) Testimonies of Ann Lee's Followers (1816) Ann Lee's Own Personal Experience Narratives, as Remembered by Her Followers (1816) Narrative of the Journey through New England (1816) Women's Testimonies in Defense of Ann Lee (1827) Jemima Blanchard's Stories as Recalled by Roxalana Grosvenor (1836) Elizabeth Wood's Testimony (1851) 2. "Your Parent in the Gospel": The Sayings and Correspondence of Lucy Wright Introduction Words Spoken by Mother Lucy...March 25th, 1815 Accounts of Two Visits with Mother Lucy Wright Sayings of Mother Lucy at Watervliet (1816) Sayings of Mother Lucy from Eldress Betsy Harrison's Book Counsel and Instruction Given by Mother Lucy... Mother Lucy's Last Visit to Watervliet Selected Correspondence 3. "Poor Child in a Distant Land": Selected correspondence of Shaker Sisters, West and East, 1805-1835 Introduction Selected Correspondence 4. "The Heavens Are Open": Women's Perspectives on Midcentury Spiritualism Introduction The Onset of the Revival (Watervliet Church Family Meeting Journal, (1838- 1840) A Visionary Dream Concerning Ann Eliza Goodwin (1840) Mother Lucy's Word to the Sisters (1841) Visits from ALien Spirits at Watervliet (Church Family Meeting Journal, 1842-1843) The Hancock Sweeping Gift (1843) Hancock Mountain Meeting (1843) Holy Mother Wisdom's Fold (n.d.) Paulina Bate's Divine Book of Holy and Eternal Wisdom (1849) Mary Hazzard's "Precious Crumbs of Heavenly Food..." (1839-1842) New Year's Verses for the New Lebanon Sisters (1846) A Selective Bibliography of Published Sources Index
Foreword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein Acknowledgments A Note on Manuscript Sources and Abbreviations General Introduction 1. "A Mother in Divinity": Ann Lee Imagery and Narrative, 1808-1851 Introduction Healing Stories by Women (1808) Testimonies of Ann Lee's Followers (1816) Ann Lee's Own Personal Experience Narratives, as Remembered by Her Followers (1816) Narrative of the Journey through New England (1816) Women's Testimonies in Defense of Ann Lee (1827) Jemima Blanchard's Stories as Recalled by Roxalana Grosvenor (1836) Elizabeth Wood's Testimony (1851) 2. "Your Parent in the Gospel": The Sayings and Correspondence of Lucy Wright Introduction Words Spoken by Mother Lucy...March 25th, 1815 Accounts of Two Visits with Mother Lucy Wright Sayings of Mother Lucy at Watervliet (1816) Sayings of Mother Lucy from Eldress Betsy Harrison's Book Counsel and Instruction Given by Mother Lucy... Mother Lucy's Last Visit to Watervliet Selected Correspondence 3. "Poor Child in a Distant Land": Selected correspondence of Shaker Sisters, West and East, 1805-1835 Introduction Selected Correspondence 4. "The Heavens Are Open": Women's Perspectives on Midcentury Spiritualism Introduction The Onset of the Revival (Watervliet Church Family Meeting Journal, (1838- 1840) A Visionary Dream Concerning Ann Eliza Goodwin (1840) Mother Lucy's Word to the Sisters (1841) Visits from ALien Spirits at Watervliet (Church Family Meeting Journal, 1842-1843) The Hancock Sweeping Gift (1843) Hancock Mountain Meeting (1843) Holy Mother Wisdom's Fold (n.d.) Paulina Bate's Divine Book of Holy and Eternal Wisdom (1849) Mary Hazzard's "Precious Crumbs of Heavenly Food..." (1839-1842) New Year's Verses for the New Lebanon Sisters (1846) A Selective Bibliography of Published Sources Index
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