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The Quakers, 1656-1723: The Evolution of an Alternative Community

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Penn State University Press
  • 16.1 x 23.4 x 2.8 cm

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This landmark volume is the first in a century to examine the "Second Period" of Quakerism, a time when the Religious Society of Friends experienced upheaval in theology, authority and institutional structures, and political trajectories as a result of the persecution Quakers faced in the first decades of the movement's existence.

The authors and special contributors explore the early growth of Quakerism, assess important developments in Quaker faith and practice, and show how Friends coped with the challenges posed by external and internal threats in the final years of the Stuart age not only in Europe and North America but in global locations such as the Caribbean. This groundbreaking collection sheds new light on a range of subjects, including the often-tense relations between Quakers and the authorities, the role of female Friends during the Second Period, the effect of major industrial development on Quakerism, and comparisons between founder George Fox and voices of the younger generation of Quakers such as Robert Barclay, George Keith, and William Penn.

Accessible, well researched, and seamlessly comprehensive, The Quakers, 1656-1723 promises to reinvigorate a conversation largely ignored by scholarship over the last century and to become the definitive work on this important era in Quaker history.

The Quakers, 1656-1723: The Evolution of an Alternative Community and Light In Their Consciences
Light In Their ConsciencesThe Quakers, 1656-1723: The Evolution of an Alternative Community
  • Author

    Rosemary Moore

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Penn State University Press

  • Published

    November 2018

  • Weight

    613g

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.4 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780271081205

  • ISBN-10

    0271081201

  • Eden Code

    4684327

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