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Contents

• The Recovery of the Feminine in an Early American Pietist Community: The Interpretive Challenge of the Theology of Conrad Beissel
• A Religious and Geographical History of the Shakers, 1747-1988
• Indiana Amish Family Records
• Eel for Christmas: An Italian Tradition
• Recollections of Ninety-Two Years
• Those Old-Time Children's Days
• Aldes un Neies (Old and New)

ISSN

0031-4498

Publication Date

Winter 1990

City

Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Publisher

Pennsylvania Folklife Society, Inc.

Keywords

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, Conrad Beissel, Ephrata Cloister, communal societies, Pietism, theology, Sophia, feminine, masculine, Gnosticism, mysticism, Sophialogy, Shakers, Ann Lee, emigration, celibacy, missionaries, communes, Joseph Meacham, Amish, genealogy, family history records, folk art, birth records, marriage records, tinsel painting, wedding favors, death records, Italian Americans, Christmas customs, eel, fish, food, cookery, presepio, Novena di Natale, zampognari, reminiscences, Detwiler family, Montgomery County, summer kitchen, springhouse, farming, butchering, Port Indian School, Norristown, railroads, Children's Day programs, New Geneva

Language

English

Disciplines

American Art and Architecture | American Material Culture | American Studies | Christian Denominations and Sects | Cultural History | Ethnic Studies | Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts | Folklore | Genealogy | German Language and Literature | Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Religion | Linguistics | Social and Cultural Anthropology

Comments

MANAGING EDITOR: Nancy K. Gaugler

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: Thomas E. Gallagher, Jr., Richard P. Richter, Evan S. Snyder

EDITORIAL ADVISORS: Mac E. Barrick, Mrs. Arthur D. Graeff, Terry G. Jordan, Hilda Adam Kring, Alfred Hans Kuby, Monica Pieper, Antje Sommer, Paul R. Wieand, Don Yoder

FOLK FESTIVAL DIRECTOR: Mark R. Eaby, Jr.

FOLK FESTIVAL PUBLIC RELATIONS: Gail M. Hartmann

SUBSCRIPTIONS: Nancy K. Gaugler

Rights Statement

This publication is in copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ It may be used for educational purposes only.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 39, No. 2

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