Shaking the Faith - Women, Family, and Mary Marshall Dyer's Anti-Shaker Campaign, 1815-1867 (Hardcover)

When Mary Marshall Dyer (1780-1867) joined the Shakers in 1813 with her husband and five children, she thought she had found salvation. But two years later, she fled the sect, calling them subversive of Christian morality and a danger to American society. When her husband and the Shaker authorities denied her request for the return of her children, Dyer joined forces with an aggressive anti-Shaker movement – an informal yet effective group linked together by their despisal of Shakerism and their determination to thwart the new faith. Distraught, angry, and alone, Dyer turned her anguish into action and embarked on a fifty-year campaign against the Shakers -- and was the centerpiece of the Shakers’ counterattack. The American public followed the debate with great interest, not least because it offered titillating details into the mysterious sect, but also because Dyer’s experiences reflected profound changes in the family, religion, and gender in antebellum America. In this compelling study of Dyer and her world, Elizabeth A. De Wolfe suggests that while neither the Shakers nor Dyer would agree, the latter, a mother without children and a wife without a husband, and the former, a celibate communal sect that disavowed the marriage bond, shared similar positions on the margins of antebellum society.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Elizabeth De Wolfe
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	233
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-29503-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General Books > Christianity > Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches Promotions
LSN:	0-312-29503-0
Barcode:	9780312295035

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