Shaker communities

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:access required celibacy
required communal property
required confession of sins
voluntary membership
gptkbp:architecture functional simplicity
gptkbp:currentActiveCommunity gptkb:Sabbathday_Lake_Shaker_Village
gptkbp:currentActiveCommunityLocation gptkb:Maine
gptkbp:declinedAfter late 19th century
celibacy and lack of converts
gptkbp:diet vegetarianism (in some communities)
gptkbp:dressCode plain dress
gptkbp:education universal education for children
gptkbp:firstCommunityFounded 1774
gptkbp:firstCommunityLocation gptkb:Watervliet,_New_York
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:United_Society_of_Believers_in_Christ’s_Second_Appearing
gptkbp:governingBody elders and eldresses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shaker communities
gptkbp:influenced utopian socialism
American design
modern furniture design
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ann_Lee
gptkbp:knownFor agricultural innovation
pacifism
celibacy
simplicity
communal living
innovative furniture design
equality of the sexes
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Simple_Gifts
gptkb:Shaker_hymns
gptkbp:notableCommunity gptkb:Hancock_Shaker_Village
gptkb:Pleasant_Hill_Shaker_Village
gptkb:Mount_Lebanon_Shaker_Village
gptkb:Sabbathday_Lake_Shaker_Village
gptkbp:numberOfCommunitiesAtPeak about 19
gptkbp:peakMembership mid-19th century
gptkbp:property communal
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Shakerism
gptkbp:traditionalCraft gptkb:furniture
textiles
boxes
baskets
gptkbp:worshipStyle singing
ecstatic dancing
silent meditation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:shaker_cabinet
gptkb:Ann_Lee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5