Dancing Divinity: Unraveling Shaker Theology in the Symphony of the Second Great Awakening

Step into the sacred world of the Shakers—a radical religious community that danced, worshiped, and lived as if heaven were already on earth. During a period of widespread revival and social upheaval, the Shakers appeared as one of early America's most radical religious movements. With their ecstatic dances, celibate communities, and a theology rooted in the belief in a dual-gendered God, the Shakers openly challenged the norms of church, state, and society.

In Dancing Divinity, historian Ki...