The Beginnings of Quakerism

This is an account, from the original sources, of the early history of Quakerism, founded in England at the time of the Puritan revolution.

William C. Braithwaite (Author)

9780521082266, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 October 2008

640 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.6 cm, 0.8 kg

This is an account, from the original sources, of the early history of Quakerism, founded in England at the time of the Puritan revolution and the struggle for religious liberty. It is in part an account of its founder, George Fox, son of a weaver and apprentice to a shoemaker, whose learning extended little further than the pages of the Bible, but whose complete possession by this fresh truth transcended limitations of birth, health, education or occupation. It is also the account of Fox's disciples: James Naylor, William Dewsbury, Richard Farnsworth, Margaret Fell, and others who carried the word on as the movement gained force - of their conversion, their strength of conviction, and the punishments they were frequently forced to endure by those whom their faith outraged.

1. The Puritan Revolution
2. The Founder of Quakerism
3. Pioneer Work
4. The People in White Raiment
5. Swarthmore
6. Further Work in the North
7. Quakerism at the Beginning of 1654
8. The Mission to the South
9. Further Work in the South
10. The Wider Outlook
11. Nayler's Fall
12. Controversy
13. Church Organization
14. Itinerating Work of the Leaders in Great Britain, 1656–1660
15. Survey of the Growth of Quakerism
16. Work Beyond Seas
17. Relations with the State
18. The Restoration Year
19. Friends in Private Life
20. Quakerism at the end of 1660.

Subject Areas: History [HB]