{"product_id":"mother-ann-lee-morning-star-of-the-shakers","title":"Mother Ann Lee: Morning Star of the Shakers","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMother Ann Lee: Morning Star of the Shakers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNardi Reeder Campion\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781684583386\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBrandeis University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e180\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of the founder of the Shaker movement, whose remarkable life is the subject of a new film, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Testament of Ann Lee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis acclaimed, accessible, and thoroughly researched biography documents the life of Ann Lee, a controversial, religious leader and early feminist figure. Lee established the Shaker movement in 1770 in Manchester, England. The core principles of the Shakers were radical: in an era when wives were the possession of their husband, Lee proclaimed the equality of men and women. The Shakers were dedicated to beliefs in absolute pacifism, equality of the sexes, absolute celibacy, and the cleansing of sin through dancing and chanting to shake away the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Shakers sought inner peace and harmony, but their unusual beliefs, including total abstinence from sex and their exhibitions of mystical ecstasy were considered suspect and led to the imprisonment of Lee and her followers. While jailed, Lee experienced a blinding, soul-splitting vision which reaffirmed her belief in celibacy and named her the second coming of Christ. Seeking religious freedom, she led her followers, known as the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, from England to settle in upstate New York, near Albany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMother Ann Lee died in 1784, but her movement continued to grow into the nineteenth century with at least eighteen utopian Shaker communities in Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Ohio. Today many of those Shaker settlements are museums. The last remaining Shaker community is at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village near Poland, Maine. \u003ci\u003eThe Testament of Ann Lee\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Amanda Seyfried, drew on this book among other sources to tell Lee's story.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Brandeis University Press","offers":[{"title":"Mother Ann Lee: Morning Star of the Shakers | Nardi Reeder Campion | Paperback | 9781684583386 | New | Religion \u0026 Spirituality 1729976","offer_id":48167770063000,"sku":"1729976","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71xAsUVogWL.jpg?v=1771954040","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/mother-ann-lee-morning-star-of-the-shakers","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}