The Shaker Quarterly

The Shaker Quarterly was a periodical published by the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village from 1961 to 1996. It served as a journal and newsletter about the Shakers, and at times also doubled as a mail order catalog advertising products created by the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake. It was the first regular Shaker publication since the Manifesto ceased publication in 1899.[1]

The Shaker Quarterly
DisciplineShakers, history, theology, religious studies, mail order catalog
LanguageEnglish
Edited byTheodore E. Johnson
Arnold Hadd
Wayne Smith
Publication details
History1961–1975, 1987–1996
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Shak. Q.
Indexing
ISSN0582-9348
LCCNsf80001422
OCLC no.1681198

The Quarterly was launched in 1961 by Theodore E. Johnson and Mildred Barker.[2] An attempt to keep Shaker doctrine alive,[3] its founding marked the beginning of a renewed interest in the Shakers during the 1960s.[1][4] Several Shaker industries were revived, including the Shaker herb industry, at Sabbathday Lake. In 1971, the Shaker community began stocking herbal products in the village store, and advertising herbal products in the Quarterly.[4] For instance, the Winter 1971 issue listed eighteen culinary herbs and eleven herbal teas for sale.[4]

The publication emphasized the history of the Shakers, but also published, and republished, articles discussing their religion and theology.[5] It featured devotionals and various theological and historical works written by the Shakers themselves, but also included book reviews and scholarly research from other contributors.[2][6] Among Barker's contributions was the regularly occurring column "Home Notes."[1][7] Johnson acted as the journal's original editor,[1][8] and after his death was replaced by Arnold Hadd and Wayne Smith.[7] The Quarterly suspended publication between 1975 and 1986, and ceased publication in 1996.[9][10]

References
  1. Paterwic, Stephen J. (2009). The A to Z of the Shakers. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870567.
  2. Patterson, Daniel (2007-04-14). "Shakers Appearing in the Film". Folkstreams. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  3. Kern, Louis J. (1981). An Ordered Love: Sex Roles and Sexuality in Victorian Utopias—The Shakers, the Mormons, and the Oneida Community. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. p. 335, n. 1. ISBN 1469620421.
  4. Miller, Amy Bess (1998). Shaker Medicinal Herbs: A Compendium of History, Lore, and Uses. Pownal, Vermont: Storey Books. pp. 97–99. ISBN 1-58017-040-4.
  5. Whitson, Robley Edward (1983). The Shakers: Two Centuries of Spiritual Reflection. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press. p. 38, n. 28. ISBN 9780809123735.
  6. "The Shakers". SILS Digital Project Repository. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. December 10, 2001. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  7. Stein, Stephen J. (1994). The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300059335.
  8. Goff, John (August 15, 2013). "Celebrating Shakerism each August". Salem Gazette. GateHouse Media. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  9. "LC Online Catalog – Item Information (Full Record): The Shaker quarterly". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  10. Bixby, Brian L. (February 1, 2010). Seeking Shakers: Two Centuries of Visitors to Shaker Villages (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Massachusetts Amherst. p. 211. OCLC 670107651.
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