Quakers, Christ, and the Enlightenment - Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs

In the first sustained account of the theological changes guiding the development of seventeenth-century Quakerism, Madeleine Pennington explores the Quakers' positive intellectual engagement with those outside the movement to offer a significant reassessment of the causal factors determining the development of early Quakerism.

List of contents

• Abbreviations


• Introduction


• Part I: Moving Beyond a Socio-Political Model


• 1: Religious Experience in Seventeenth-Century Quakerism


• 2: Explaining Continuity and Change


• Part II: The Quaker Christ, 1647-1700


• 3: Children of the Light: The Earliest Quaker Christology


• 4: The Effects of the Blood: Changes in Early Quaker Theology


• 5: The Christian Quaker: The 'Dialogues' of the Early 1670s


• 6: The Vehiculum Dei: Christ in Robert Barclay's Apology


• 7: Divine Reason: The Quakers and the Early Enlightenment


• 8: The Keithian Controversy: A Line in the Sand for the Quakers


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Madeleine Pennington is Head of Research at Theos, the UK's leading religion and society think tank. She holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Oxford, and from 2017 to 2018 she was the Henry J. Cadbury Scholar at Pendle Hill, Philadelphia. Her publications include The Christian Quaker: George Keith and the Keithian Controversy.

Summary

In the first sustained account of the theological changes guiding the development of seventeenth-century Quakerism, Madeleine Pennington explores the Quakers' positive intellectual engagement with those outside the movement to offer a significant reassessment of the causal factors determining the development of early Quakerism.

Additional text

This book makes a compelling case for this claim and offers a great role model for other scholars to follow in terms of how best to undertake this intellectual project.

Product details

• Authors: Madeleine Pennington, Madeleine (Head of Research At Theos) Pennington, Madeline Pennington, Madeline (Head of Research At Theos) Pennington
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780192895271
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289527-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / Quaker, c 1500 onwards to present day, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, History and Archaeology, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)