Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I History of Quaker Faith and Practice
- 1 History of Quaker Faith and Practice: 1650–1808
- 2 Conflict and Transformation, 1808–1920
- 3 Global Quakerism 1920–2015
- Part II Expressions of Quaker Faith
- Part III Regional Studies
- Part IV Emerging Spiritualities
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
1 - History of Quaker Faith and Practice: 1650–1808
from Part I - History of Quaker Faith and Practice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2018
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I History of Quaker Faith and Practice
- 1 History of Quaker Faith and Practice: 1650–1808
- 2 Conflict and Transformation, 1808–1920
- 3 Global Quakerism 1920–2015
- Part II Expressions of Quaker Faith
- Part III Regional Studies
- Part IV Emerging Spiritualities
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
The first century-and-a-half of Quaker existence is presented through such metaphors as ‘the Lamb’s War’. This represented at first both a personal experience leading to overcoming evil within oneself and a corporate confrontation against evil in the larger world. By 1800, after a tumultuous series of revolutions and wars in the North Atlantic world, the Quaker Lamb’s War had changed to highly organized sectarianism distinct from mainstream society, and, among some notable Quakers, implied a humanitarianism impelled by ongoing commitment to the Inward Light. The Inward Light, revelation, spiritual equality, Quaker witness (also called ethics or ‘testimonies’), and group governance through discernment persisted through all three periods, and remain common to Friends today
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- The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism , pp. 13 - 30Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
References
Suggested Further Reading
Allen, R.C. and Moore, R.A. (forthcoming) The Quakers 1656–1723: The Evolution of an Alternative Community, State Park: Penn State University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Angell, S.W. and Dandelion, P. (eds.) (2015) Early Quakers and Their Theological Thought, 1647–1723, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Davies, A. (2000) The Quakers in English Society, 1655–1725, Oxford: Oxford University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Marietta, J.D. (2007) The Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748–1783, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.Google Scholar
Moore, R.A. (2000) The Light in Their Consciences: Early Quakers in Britain, 1646–1666, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.Google Scholar
Soderlund, J.R. (1985) Quakers & Slavery: A Divided Spirit, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.Google Scholar
Weddle, M.B. (2001) Walking in the Way of Peace: Quaker Pacifism in the Seventeenth Century, Oxford: Oxford University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar