1st Edition

Margaret Fell, Letters, and the Making of Quakerism

By Marjon Ames Copyright 2017
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

Intensely persecuted during the English Interregnum, early Quakers left a detailed record of the suffering they endured for their faith. Margaret Fell, Letters, and the Making of Quakerism is the first book to connect the suffering experience with the communication network that drew the faithful together to create a new religious community. This study explores the ways in which early... Read more

Table of Contents

Introduction: Becoming Quaker

Chapter 1: The Making of Quakerism

Chapter 2: The Quaker Letter Network

Chapter 3: Margaret Fell Re-Examined

Chapter 4: Apostolic Epistolary Influences

Chapter 5: Suffering, Prison, and the Law in the Quaker Tradition

Chapter 6: The Afterlife of the Movement

Conclusion

Bibliography

Biography

Marjon Ames teaches at Appalachian State University, USA.

"Ames's analysis of the letter archive Fell created has resulted in an important reappraisal of the role of Margaret Fell as absolutely crucial to the growth and long-term stability of the Quakers."

- Teresa Feroli, New York University, Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal