'Some Account of the Progress of the Truth as it Is in Jesus': The White Quakers of Ireland
The White Quakers were a small but vocal sect of schismatic Quakers in Dublin, Waterford, Clonmel and Mountmellick, under the leadership of Joshua Jacob and Abigail Beale, between c. 1840-1854. The history of the sect, its connections with contemporary utopian leaders in England, its contemporary re...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2004
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Quaker studies
Year: 2004, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 68-94 |
| Further subjects: | B
White Quakers
B Utopianism B free-love B Religious Society of Friends in Ireland B Communism |
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| Summary: | The White Quakers were a small but vocal sect of schismatic Quakers in Dublin, Waterford, Clonmel and Mountmellick, under the leadership of Joshua Jacob and Abigail Beale, between c. 1840-1854. The history of the sect, its connections with contemporary utopian leaders in England, its contemporary reputation in the Quaker and non-Quaker world, and treatment in historiography are examined. White Quaker ideas on religious authority, gender and marriage, capitalist and commercial activity, are also outlined in the following study. |
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| ISSN: | 2397-1770 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Quaker studies
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