The Shakers
By:Davis Mitchell and Michael Clore
The Shakers were one of the most successful utopian communities in the history of America. Another name for the Shakers was The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearance
The Founding of the Shakers
The Shakers were founded in England in 1770 by Ann Lee, whom they called Mother Ann.In 1774, nine shakers immigrated to America. They lived in New York until they raised enough money to buy a plot of land for themselves to settle in Western New York.
From there, the Shaker community prospered and grew.
Beliefs and Practices
The Shaker society was based on four main rules: they have to live communally, they must be celibate, they have to confess their sins regularly, and they must be completely separate from the world outside of their community.
Mother Ann believed that everyone must have an obligation to do some kind of work, so everyone in a Shaker village had a job to do.
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| The Shaker People doing their ritual dance |
The Shaker form of worship involved much shaking and gyrating. They would meet in plain meeting houses and begin singing, dancing, vibrating, jerking, etc. This type of worship is how the name "Shakers" was adopted.
Transcendentalism
ReplyDeleteTranscendentalists do not believe in the practice and beliefs that the Shakers follow. We believe that we can transcend the human mind. We do not believe in the shaking and gyrating worship that Shakers practice, we believe individualism is key.
Drew and Daniel
Cooper: He would have agreed with the Shakers first rule: live communally. Cooper wanted Americans and Native Americans to live in harmony without conflict. He believed it was wrong to push the Native Americans off of their own land.
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Hawthorne
ReplyDelete"The shakers are and must needs to be a filthy set." Their utter lack of privacy and close conjunction of man with man is hateful and disgusting to think of. The sooner the shakers are extinct, the better.
Mary and Will.
Joseph Smith: Smith agrees with the Shakers' ideal of an Utopian society. In 1831, Smith and his followers moved west, planning to build a communistic American Zion.
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Fuller: I do not agree with most of the rules the Shakers practiced, however, their religious based society was respectable. As a feminist, the Shakers probably would not like my thought provoking novels. Their public lifestyle is not my ideal way of living.
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Matthew Beaven and Brandon Lynn
ReplyDeleteWhitman: He would have agreed with the Shakers because he wanted to live with the Native Americans. He would not like the Native Americans losing their land. He would not like to be separated from the rest of the world though.
Charles Grandison Finney
ReplyDeleteYour views are much different from mine as a Presbyterian. I'm afraid your souls could be a lost cause due to your radical beliefs. You must repent and accept Christ as your savior and redeemer or eternal damnation awaits.
Nolan Mullican