First among Friends: George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism

Ingle, H. Larry

ISBN 10: 0195101170 / ISBN 13: 9780195101171

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996

About this Item

Lightly read copy in Very Good + condition (almost Near Fine). No marking or writing in the book - text is completely clean. Covers are clean and show only slight shelf wear. Binding is firm.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1780954487901

Bibliographic Details

• Title: First among Friends: George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195101170
• ISBN 13: 9780195101171
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 15.49W x 23.39H x 3.2D centimeters 15.49 centimeters width by 23.39 centimeters height by 3.2 centimeters depth
• Weight: 658 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Christianity
  • Church History
  • English History

About this title

Synopsis

In First Among Friends, the first scholarly biography of George Fox (1624-91), H. Larry Ingle examines the fascinating life of the reformation leader and founding organizer of the Religious Society of Friends, more popularly known today as the Quakers.
Ingle places Fox within the upheavals of the English Civil Wars, Revolution, and Restoration, showing him and his band of "rude" disciples challenging the status quo, particularly during the Cromwellian Interregnum. Unlike leaders of similar groups, Fox responded to the conservatism of the Stuart restoration by facing down challenges from internal dissidents, and leading his followers to persevere until the 1689 Act of Toleration. It was this same sense of perseverance that helped the Quakers to survive and remain the only religious sect of the era still existing today.
This insightful study uses broad research in contemporary manuscripts and pamphlets, many never examined systematically before. Firmly grounded in primary sources and enriched with gripping detail, this well-written and original study reveals unknown sides of one who was clearly "First Among Friends."

About the Author

H. Larry Ingle is at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.