Female Friends and the Making of Transatlantic Quakerism, 1650–1750 (Cambridge Studies In Early Modern British History )

Synopsis

Quaker women were unusually active participants in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century cultural and religious exchange, as ministers, missionaries, authors and spiritual leaders.

Drawing upon documentary evidence, with a focus on women's personal writings and correspondence, Naomi Pullin explores the lives and social interactions of Quaker women in the British Atlantic between 1650 and 1750. Through a comparative methodology, focused on Britain and the North American colonies, Pullin examines the experiences of both those women who traveled and preached and those who stayed at home. The book approaches the study of gender and religion from a new perspective by placing women's roles, relationships and identities at the centre of the analysis. It shows how the movement's transition from 'sect to church' enhanced the authority and influence of women within the movement and uncovers the multifaceted ways in which female Friends at all levels were active participants in making and sustaining transatlantic Quakerism.

The first comprehensive history of early transatlantic Quakerism Provides historical agency to women traditionally excluded from Quaker history.

Uses rich documentary evidence to reveal women's relationships within the family, the local Quaker community, as Friends, and with the non-Quaker world.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781108245364

Related ISBNs:

9781316510230, 9781316510230

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Date of Addition:

06/15/18

Copyrighted By:

Naomi Pullin

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Religion and Spirituality

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Bookshare Staff

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