Publications
Seeking Robert White: Quaker, Shaker, Husband, Father
By SANDRA A. SOULE
January 1, 2016
Tags Shaker Studies
Shaker Studies, no. 11. 428 pages, 2016. Illustrations (some color)
ISBN: 978-1-937370-18-3 ($35)
Robert White’s spiritual journey eventually led him to the Shakers, but, much to his dismay, his wife did not share his views and remained committed to Quakerism. As a married, celibate Believer, Robert White had to balance the often-conflicting roles he played in his two families, natural and Shaker. How he functioned as a Shaker convert living “in the world” is a story of faith and challenges; an exceptional Shaker experience in the mid-nineteenth century.
