QUAKERS AND QUAKERISM IN BOLTON, LANCASHIRE 1650-1995: The History of a Religious Community
Author: | Collins, Peter |
Year: | 2010 |
Pages: | 276 |
ISBN: | 0-7734-1414-2 978-0-7734-1414-3 |
Price: | $199.95 + shipping |
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This book traces the theoretical origins of social movements in the United States
and Great Britain to a single Quaker meeting house.
Reviews
From the Foreword
“This book by Peter Collins is a most
welcome and timely addition to the local histories of British Quakerism.”
-Prof. Ben Pink Dandelion,
University of Birmingham
"This is a substantial piece of research making use of all kinds of Quaker records from the earliest time to the time of writing. They are helpfully listed in a lengthy bibliography of manuscript sources and printed materials. Peter Collins describes his work as a labour of love, and it must have ocuppied a great deal of his time. The result is extremely interesting as a much fuller local Quaker history than one usually finds."
-Journal of the Friends Historical Society
Table of Contents
1. The First Bolton Friends 1650-1700
2. A Lively Quietism 1700-1760
3. A Blossoming at Edgworth 1760-1775
4. Finally a Preparative Meeting 1775-1795
5. Continuity and Change 1795-1851
6. Routine and Renewal 1851-1870
7. Education and Evangelicalism 1870-1895
8. Women Friends 1650-1918
9. Acting Locally, Thinking Globally 1895-1938
10. The Second World War and After 1938 -1995
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