Shakers
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title:
Shakers
text:
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a millenarian restorationist Christian sect founded c. 1747 in England and then organized in the United States in the 1780s. They were initially known as "Shaking Quakers" because of their ecstatic behavior during worship services. Espousing egalitarian ideals, women took on spiritual leadership roles alongside men, including founding leaders such as Jane Wardley, Ann Lee, and Lucy Wright. The S
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Christian monastic denomination
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers
date created:
2002-03-14T17:27:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T11:45:09Z
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