Walking in the Way of Peace Quaker Pacifism in the Seventeenth Century

Name: Walking in the Way of Peace Quaker Pacifism in the Seventeenth Century
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ISBN: 9780195131383

ISBN-10: 019513138X

ISBN-13: 9780195131383

Edition: 2001

Authors: Meredith Baldwin Weddle

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This book investigates the historical context, meaning, and expression of early Quaker pacifism in England and its colonies. Weddle focuses primarily on one historical moment - King Philip's War, which confronted the New England Quakers with the practical need to define the parameters of their peace testimony. Weddle has uncovered records of many Quakers engaged in or abetting acts of violence, thus debunking the traditional historiography of Quakers as saintly pacifists. Weddle shows that Quaker pacifism existed as a doctrinal position before the 1660 crackdown on religious sectarians, but that it was a radical theological position rather than a pragmatic strategy. She thus convincingly…

Book details

List price: $180.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/3/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.09" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Preface


Methods and Terms


Walking in the Way of Peace


Introduction



The Peace Testimony


Prologue



And the Shout of a King is Amongst Us



The Peace Testimony



The Practice of Peace



New England



Quakers in Early New England



Rhode Island and Providence Plantations



Reacting to Fear of War, 1667-1673



The 1673 Exemption



The New England Tribes: Englishmen and Indians



War



The Rhode Island Government and King Philip's War



War, Continued



Ascribing Motives to a Quaker Government in Wartime



A Testimony from Rhode Island Quakers



The Individual Quaker in King Philip's War



Around the Periphery of War



All Things Have Their Beginnings



The 1660 Declaration



The 1673 Exemption



The Rhode Island Testimony



The Taste of the World in Our Own Mouths: Problems of Historical Interpretation


Notes


Bibliography


Index