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Author Paterwic, Stephen J

Title Historical Dictionary of the Shakers
Edition 2nd ed
Published Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (461 pages)
Series Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
Contents Editor's Foreword; Endorsement; Preface; Chronology; Introduction; THE DICTIONARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Appendix A: List of Those Who Served in the Gospel Ministry; Appendix B: Covenant or Constitution of the Church of the United Society in the Town of New Gloucester, 3 December 1830; Appendix C: Conditional, Probationary, or Novitiate Covenant; Appendix D: Current Rules Governing How the Shakers Live; Appendix E: Daily Schedule of a Shaker; Appendix F: Format of a Shaker Worship Service; Bibliography; About the Author
Summary This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Shakers contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on Shaker communities, industries, individual families, and important people
Notes Print version record
Subject Shakers -- History -- Dictionaries
SUBJECT Shakers fast
Genre/Form Dictionaries
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781538102312
1538102315