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Transcendentalism. In his 1794 book The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine advanced a religious philosophy called Deism that struck at the tenets of organized religions, particularly Calvinism as it was practiced by the Puritans.Paine claimed that churches were “set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.” These thoughts were shocking to Americans who were imbued with.
Inherent to the Shaker religion is a passion for perfection. Shaker craftsmen were perfectionists, and when making chairs, they took their time and focused on the details. Originally, they made chairs to meet their domestic needs. However, as early as 1789, they began making chairs to sell commercially.
Dynamic and creative exchanges among different religions, including indigenous traditions, Protestant and Catholic Christianity, and Islam, all with developing theologies and institutions, fostered substantial collective religious and cultural identities within African American communities in the United States. The New World enslavement of diverse African peoples and the cultural encounter.
From there, I just didn’t know what to believe; rocking back and forth between faith and fact. Agnosticism held a place in my spiritual life for a small period of time but I felt adrift with anger pulling me one way and the habit of identity with religion the other. Finally, Atheism became a safe harbor from the vitriol and venom of religion.
Religion is a vast subject. Actually, that’s an understatement. Religion touches on everything about the world around us, from the explanations we seek for the creation of the universe and our purpose within to the higher power behind these things to the way we behave, treat one another, and interact with society to the values, laws, and beliefs that govern us.
Rock My Religion The almost one-hour-long video essay Rock My Religion proffers a provocative theory on the relationship between religion and rock music in contemporary culture. As its point of departure it takes the puritan Shaker communities, a sect from.
The Shaker utopian community, or the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearance, is the quintessential commune to which all other utopian communities are compared. The Shakers, named after their ecstatic dancing as worship, are the longest-lived American utopian experiment.
What is racism, really? The word is thrown around all the time today by people of color and whites alike. Use of the term racism has become so popular that it’s spun off related terms such as reverse racism, horizontal racism, and internalized racism.
Quakers (Society of Friends) Quakers fast facts and introduction The Religious Society of Friends was founded by George Fox in England in the 1640's. Fox was a staunch critic of the mixing of faith and politics in the Church of England, especially as it related to war.
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers, followed Mother Ann Lee to the United States in 1774 when life in England became difficult. In the United States, they established several colonies whose governing principals included celibacy and agrarian communal living. Even at its peak, however, Shakerism claimed only about 4,500 members.
Today, except for one active community in Sabbathday, Maine, the great Shaker villages are diminished, but the Shakers left an enduring impact on the religion and culture of the United States. Historical Background: The origins of the Shakers, like many other religious sects that splintered off mainstream Protestantism, are found in the 17th.
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The Historical Dictionary of the Shakers relates the history of this fascinating group through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over two hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on Shaker communities, industries, individual families, and important people.
