National Catholic Reporter

The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society — 250 years later, they're part of the sound of America

The trailer for the film "The Testament of Ann Lee" is riveting and unsettling — just as the celibate Shakers were to the ...
The Conversation

The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America

Christian Goodwillie is the Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. He was Curator of Collections at Hancock Shaker Village from 2001-2009, where ...