The Shakers: Two Centuries of Spiritual Reflection
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Overview
This volume studies the Shaker tradition from its origin in late eighteenth-century England to its flowering in nineteenth-century America. Here are the collected teachings of Ann Lee, Joseph Meacham, John Dunlavy and others on community, celibacy, union with Christ, faith as process, and the male/female aspects of God.
For a massive collection including over a hundred and twenty of the volumes in this series, see the Classics of Western Spirituality Bundle (126 vols.).
Key Features
- Unique Shaker perspectives on the nature of God and their mode of worship
- Fully integrates and cross references with other resources from your Logos library
- Primary sources spanning two hundred years, useful for research and historical study of this sect
About the Editor
Robley Edward Whitson is Distinguished Professor of Theological Anthropology. Following graduate study at Fordham and Yale Universities, he was elected Doctoral Fellow in anthropology of religion and awarded its AThD by the Academia Thyrologica. He also holds the PhD in theology from the GTF. After ordination and pastoral assignments in the New York Archdiocese, he was chair of the Fordham University theology department. After appointment as visiting scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary and advisory board member for the Princeton World Religions Project, he was professor of theology and anthropology of The Hartford Seminary Foundation. He is also dean of faculty of the Graduate Theological Foundation.