A vivifying spirit: Quaker practice and reform in antebellum America

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, d...

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Main Author: Lindman, Janet Moore (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: University Park, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University Press [2022]
In:Year: 2022
Further subjects:B Church renewal Quakers History 19th century
B Spirituality Quakers History 19th century
B Quakers (United States) History 19th century
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Summary: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.
"Explores changes in American Quakerism in the antebellum period, with particular attention to the beliefs and practices of Quakers in Pennsylvania's Delaware Valley"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0271092653