Examples of shaker in the following topics:
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- One of the earliest utopian movements was the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers.
- In practice, men and women in Shaker communities were held as equals—a radical departure at the time—and women often outnumbered men.
- Members of Shaker communities held all of their possessions in common and lived in a prosperous, inventive, self-supporting society.
- Rapturous Shaker dances, for which the group gained notoriety, allowed for emotional release.
- New members only could come from conversions and from children brought to the Shaker villages.
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- The Second Great Awakening also prompted many religious utopias, like those of the Rappites, the Shakers, and the Mormons.
- The Shaker community of the nineteenth century was one of many groups established with a religious mission.
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- The experimenter would inoculate liquid broth with bacteria and let it grow overnight (they may use a shaker for uniform growth).
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- The first communal Shaker farm was established in this area of New York during this period.
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- Indeed, it would not be surprising if these three actors saw themselves as the movers-and-shakers, and the deal-makers that made things happen.
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- Some childless individuals are sometimes applauded on moral grounds, such as members of philosophical or religious groups, like the shakers.