The Oxford handbook of Quaker studies
This handbook provides an in-depth survey of historical readings of Quakerism; a treatment of its key theological premises and its links with wider Christian thinking; an analysis of its distinctive ecclesiastical forms and practices; chapters on its social, economic, political,…
The Oxford handbook of Quaker studies
by Dandelion, Pink, Angell, Stephen Ward
fromOxford Handbooks
This handbook provides an in-depth survey of historical readings of Quakerism; a treatment of its key theological premises and its links with wider Christian thinking; an analysis of its distinctive ecclesiastical forms and practices; chapters on its social, economic, political,…
"Quakerism began in England in the 1650s. George Fox, credited as leading the movement, had an experience of 1647 in which he felt he could hear Christ directly and inwardly without the mediation of text or minister. Convinced of the authenticity of this experience and its unive…
The earliest Quakers were convinced that they were living as the vanguard of an inward second coming of Christ. This volume considers the nature of Quaker liturgy and how it has changed since then, particularly in the liberal or unprogrammed tradition of Quaker worship.
Early Quakers and their theological thought
This book provides the most comprehensive theological analysis to date of the work of early Quaker leaders. Spanning the first seventy years of the Quaker movement to the beginning of its formalization, Early Quakers and their Theological Thought examines in depth the lives and …
Early Quakers and their theological thought
This book provides the most comprehensive theological analysis to date of the work of early Quaker leaders. Spanning the first seventy years of the Quaker movement to the beginning of its formalization, Early Quakers and their Theological Thought examines in depth the lives and …
Early Quakers and their theological thought
This book provides the most comprehensive theological analysis to date of the work of early Quaker leaders. Spanning the first seventy years of the Quaker movement to the beginning of its formalization, Early Quakers and their Theological Thought examines in depth the lives and …
This comprehensive theological analysis of leading early Quakers' work, offers fresh insights into what they were really saying.