Author: Society of Friends. Gainsborough Monthly Meeting
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Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Author: Gainsborough Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends
Publisher:
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Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Author: Society of Friends. Gainsborough Monthly Meeting
Publisher:
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Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Author: Richard C. Allen
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271085746
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 357

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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 upheavals 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 also in 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 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. In addition to the authors, the contributors are Erin Bell, Raymond Brown, J. William Frost, Emma Lapsansky-Werner, Robynne Rogers Healey, Alan P. F. Sell, and George Southcombe.

Author: Friends' Historical Society
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Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Author: Phyllis Mack
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520915589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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This study of radical prophecy in 17th-century England explores the significance of gender for religious visionaries between 1650 and 1700. Phyllis Mack focuses on the Society of Friends, or Quakers, the largest radical sectarian group active during the English Civil War and Interregnum. The meeting records, correspondence, almanacs, autobiographical and religious writings left by the early Quakers enable Mack to present a textured portrait of their evolving spirituality. Parallel sources on men and women provide a unique opportunity to pose theoretical questions about the meaning of gender, such as whether a "women's spirituality" can be identified, or whether religious women are more or less emotional than men.

Author: Society of Friends. Bristol Men's Two-weeks Meeting
Publisher: Bristol Record Society
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Author: W. B. Stephens
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719005053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Author: Richard S. Dunn
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512801968
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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A collection of 20 essays, by a distinguished panel of specialists in British and American history, that explores the complex political, economic, intellectual, religious, and social environment in which William Penn lived and worked.

Author: Stuart A. Raymond
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473883474
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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We all have Nonconformist ancestors. In the mid-nineteenth century almost half of the English population were Nonconformists. And there were very few villages where there was not at least one Nonconformist chapel. Local and family historians need to be aware of the diversity of Nonconformity, and of the many sources which will enable them to trace the activities of Nonconformist forebears.Stuart Raymond's handbook provides an overview of those sources. He identifies the numerous websites, libraries and archives that local and family historians need to consult. These are described in detail, their strengths and weaknesses are pointed out, and the contribution currently made by the internet is highlighted.Most Nonconformist denominations are discussed not just the mainstream Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Quakers and Methodists, but also obscure sects such as the Muggletonians and Glasites, and even the two groups who regularly appear on our doorsteps today Jehovahs Witnesses and the Mormons.The religious activities of our Nonconformist ancestors tell us a great deal about them, and provide fascinating insights into their lives.