The Beacon Controversy and Challenges to British Quaker Tradition in the Early Nineteenth Century: Some Responses to the Evangelical Revival by Friends in Manchester and Kendal

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Edwin Mellen Press, 2004 - 313 pagina's
This work poses the question: why did evangelism become so important to certain leading Quakers in the early nineteenth century? The work is set against the background of fear of revolution spreading to Britain, the industrial boom and population explosion in manufacturing towns, and religious revival among a cross-section of.

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Introduction
1
The American Hicksites and A Beacon to The Society of Friends
37
Evangelical Weight Confronts Traditionalist Spirit
69
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Rosemary Mingins is now an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University.

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