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A Portraiture Of Quakerism: Taken From A View Of The Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political And Civil Economy,

A Portraiture Of Quakerism: Taken From A View Of The Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political And Civil Economy,

Clarkson, Thomas

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General ChristianityGeneral World HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 9354501834
ISBN13: 9789354501838
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 544
Weight: 1.74
Height: 1.21 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before Quakerism became a shorthand for simplicity, it was a living experiment in faith, law, and community under pressure. Quiet power in plain speech. In A Portraiture Of Quakerism, Thomas Clarkson offers a lucid historical religious treatise that maps the Society of Friends from the inside out: quaker moral education in the home and meeting, society of friends customs, and the workings of quaker discipline and testimonies in daily life. He also traces the movement's religious principles and its political and civil economy, setting 18th century British Quakers within the tensions of Georgian England religious life. It speaks to debates on conscience, authority, war, and commerce, showing how a persecuted minority built habits of integrity and social trust in public life. Written with the curiosity of a reformer and the care of a church historian, this is church history nonfiction at its most concrete: practices, values, and the character they sought to form. Readers who know the George Fox Journal or Robert Barclay Apology will recognise the doctrinal and spiritual lineage; newcomers will find a grounded, humane portrait that resists caricature. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. A classic reprint edition with lasting relevance, it serves equally well as a primary source reference for theology students reading, historians of dissent, and classic-literature collectors who want a serious, enduring work on Quaker life.

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