In the trailer for The Testament of Ann Lee—the Amanda Seyfried drama in theaters now—you’ll see much of what you might expect from a film about early American religion. There’s spirited devotional ...

Two former Shaker communities are preserved historical sites in Kentucky — Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill near Lexington and ...

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 ...

A new film, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” is shining a spotlight on the religious group that established two villages in New Hampshire A new film playing in theaters now, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” is ...

South Union Shaker Village, located in Auburn, Kentucky, offers visitors a glimpse into the history of the Shaker community that thrived there from 1807-1922. The Shakers, a religious sect, built a ...

ALBANY — In 1776, something beyond the war for independence was happening in Niskayuna. During that year, Mother Ann Lee and her handful of followers, driven by a vision to establish a church in the ...

“The Testament of Ann Lee” refuses to be defined by a single genre. At once a historical drama, a psychological portrait and a folk musical, the film is powerful because it transcends definition. As a ...

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 ...