''The Shaker Quarterly'' was a

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published by the

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is a Shaker village near New Gloucester and Poland, Maine, in the United States. It is the last active Shaker community, with two members . With a new member, it had expanded to three members by 2021. The community ...

from 1961 to 1996. It served as a

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and

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about the

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, and at times also doubled as a

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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. The ''Quarterly'' was launched in 1961 by Theodore E. Johnson and Mildred Barker. An attempt to keep Shaker doctrine alive, its founding marked the beginning of a renewed interest in the Shakers during the 1960s. 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''. For instance, the Winter 1971 issue listed eighteen culinary herbs and eleven herbal teas for sale. The publication emphasized the history of the Shakers, but also published, and republished, articles discussing their religion and theology. It featured devotionals and various theological and historical works written by the Shakers themselves, but also included

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and scholarly research from other contributors. Among Barker's contributions was the regularly occurring column "Home Notes." Johnson acted as the journal's original editor, and after his death was replaced by Arnold Hadd and Wayne Smith. The ''Quarterly'' suspended publication between 1975 and 1986, and ceased publication in 1996.

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