TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morse, Flo
TI  - The story of the shakers
SN  - 9781581573411
U1  - 289.8 22
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - The Countryman Press
KW  - Agitadores
KW  - Historia
KW  - Creencias Shakers
KW  - Shakers
KW  - Vida Comunitaria
KW  - Reforma Protestante
KW  - Denominaciones Protestantes
KW  - Siglos XVII y XVIII
KW  - Secta Protestante
N1  - Incluye Bibliography (p.99) e Indice; Acknowledgments.-- The Shaker Communities (map).-- preface The Shakers: A religious Community in an Américan Tradition.-- hands to Work and Hearts to God.-- The Gift of Community.-- Epologue Changes: The Shakers in the Shadow of a new Millennium.-- Afterword Chosen Land: 2016.-- Where to Find Shaker Collections in Museums and Libraries
N2  - The Protestant Reformation and technological advances led to new Christian sects outside of the Catholic Church and mainstream Protestant denominations into the 17th and 18th centuries. The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, commonly known as the Shakers, was a Protestant sect founded in England in 1747. The French Camisards and the Quakers, two Protestant denominations, both contributed to the formation of Shaker beliefs.

The French Camisards originated in southern France during the 17th century. They regarded some of their leaders as Prophets, believing that they heard the word of God. Heavily persecuted by French authorities, they fought the armies of King Louis XIV from 1702 to 1706. After losing, some Camisards fled to England to continue their religious practices. While in England, their preachers heavily influenced a group of Quakers in Manchester.
The Quakers, or Society of Friends, were founded in England in 1652 by George Fox. Early Quakers taught that direct knowledge of Christ was possible to the individual - without need from a Church, priest or
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