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Mother`s First–Born Daughters – Early Shaker Writings on Women and Religion

Autor Jean M. Humez
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 apr 1993
Offers an introduction to the world of the early Shakers, documenting the contributions to Shaker religion made by women during its first seventy years. This book highlights the ways in which gender can play an important role in the creation of a new religious institution.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253207449
ISBN-10: 0253207444
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

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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.

Cuprins

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

Notă biografică

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.