Amanda Seyfried says no to sex in the dance-fueled film "The Testament of Ann Lee," which tells the real history behind the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the Shakers' early years, dance was one of the most distinct aspects of the Christian group's worship. Bettmann via Getty ...

The historic milestone will be marked with a kind of Shakerpalooza as more than 100 Shaker scholars, collectors and admirers will gather at the Shaker Historical Society on Saturday. Members of the ...

ALBANY — On May 4th, about 90 people in all representing 14 states, including Shaker historians, collectors, and enthusiasts, convened to examine the impact of the Shaker settlements. The event, ...

For Ann Lee, this passage and others in the Bible were signs. They were signs that Christians who wanted to withdraw from " the world" into their own communities could not only sing praises and thanks ...

Actress Amanda Seyfried invokes the adage rhythmically as the titular character in director Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of ...

Hundreds of visitors toured Shaker Village and its historic barn in New Gloucester, Maine, on Sunday during Open Farm Day. (Clarke Canfield/Courthouse News) NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine (CN) — At its peak ...

It is the second half of the 19th century, and there were great changes for the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. If you are not familiar with that name, you might be more ...

There’s something in Shaker history that not many people know about. It’s not a secret, per say; it’s more of an unusual societal quirk buried deep within personal journals and rarely documented. But ...