Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783

Informationen zum Autor Jack D. Marietta is Associate Professor of History at The University of Arizona. He is coauthor, with G. S. Rowe, of Troubled Experiment: Crime and Justice in Pennsylvania, 1682-1800, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Klappentext "The Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783" offers a detailed history of the withdrawal of the Society of Friends from mainstream America between 1748 and the end of the American Revolution. Marietta examines the causes, course, and consequences, social and political, of the Quakers' retreat from prominent positions in civil government. Zusammenfassung The Reformation of American Quakerism! 1748-1783 offers a detailed history of the withdrawal of the Society of Friends from mainstream America between 1748 and the end of the American Revolution. Marietta examines the causes! course! and consequences! social and political! of the Quakers' retreat from prominent positions in civil government. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures and Tables Preface THE SOCIAL REFORMATION 1. The Context of Reform: Quaker Discipline 2. 2. The Beginnings of Reform, 1748-1755 3. 3. Social Reforms: Personal Behavior and Families, 1755-1783 4. The Labors and Faith of the Reformers 5. the Fruits of Reformation: New Testimonies THE POLITICAL REFORMATION 6. Prologue to Reform, 1739-1755 7. Withdrawal from Government, 1756 8. Perfecting Pacificism, 1756-1758 9. Reformation Stalled, 1763-1765 10. The Exhaustion of Quaker Politics, 1765-1775 11. Beleaguered Quakers, 1775-1782 COSUMMATION 12. Reformation in the Revolution Abbreviations Sources Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Jack D Marietta, Jack D. Marietta
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2007
• EAN: 9780812219890
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-1989-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Geschichte der Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Religion - Church History, USA: Kolonisierung und Besiedlung (ca. 1600 bis 1775), HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), RELIGION / Christianity / Quaker