A Vivifying Spirit : Quaker Practice and Reform in Antebellum America

Author/Creator:

Lindman, Janet Moore

Publication/Creation:

University Park : Penn State University Press, 2022

Format:

Book

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Full Title:

A Vivifying Spirit : Quaker Practice and Reform in Antebellum America

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Renouveau de l'eglise--Societe des Amis--Histoire--19e siecle
Spiritualite--Societe des Amis--Histoire--19e siecle
Quakers--États-Unis--Histoire--19e siecle
Societe des Amis--États-Unis--Histoire--19e siecle
Church renewal--Society of Friends--History--19th century
Spirituality--Society of Friends--History--19th century
Quakers--United States--History--19th century
Society of Friends--United States--History--19th century

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction : practical Friends -- "Inward and outward consolation" : Quaker piety -- "To cultivate tender minds" : educating children -- "The solemn close" : rituals of death -- "A dividing and separating spirit" : the Hicksite schism -- "Contentions, divisions, and subdivisions" : Gurneyites v. Wilburites -- "Practical righteousness" : reforming Friends -- "In advancement of piety" : Quaker manuscript and print culture -- "Tokens of remembrance" : Friends, memory, and history -- Conclusion : American Quakerisms.

Summary:

"Explores changes in American Quakerism in the antebellum period, with particular attention to the beliefs and practices of Quakers in Pennsylvania's Delaware Valley"--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937933748002486

ISBN:

9780271094175
0271094176
9780271094182
0271094184

OCLC Number:

1312148974

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.1515/9780271094182