Under Quaker Appointment

Emily Cooper Johnson

ISBN 10: 1512803235 / ISBN 13: 9781512803235

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, US, 1953

About this Item

If you are a Quaker, you will naturally want to read this portrayal of the remarkable woman-teacher, minister, writer-whose life was synonymous with the Philadelphia Race Street Yearly Meeting and the Friends General Conference. Quaker or not, you will find deep interest and everything to admire in the record of a personality so matter-of-factly devoted to religious tolerance and social progress. Jane Rushmore's life covers nearly three-quarters of the period during which American Quakerism has been divided into "Hicksite" and "Orthodox" branches. While there has been endless discussion and analysis concerning the Separation, little attention has been paid the independent accomplishments of each group of their mutual efforts toward reconciliation. More than the biography of one person, Under Quaker Appointment also tells the neglected, impressive story of how the two groups worked their way back to organic union. Here is the absorbing study of an outstanding American and of great events in the history of an organization whose expression of Christianity is universally unique.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Under Quaker Appointment
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, US
• Publication Date: 1953
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1512803235
• ISBN 13: 9781512803235
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

If you are a Quaker, you will naturally want to read this portrayal of the remarkable woman—teacher, minister, writer—whose life was synonymous with the Philadelphia Race Street Yearly Meeting and the Friends General Conference. Quaker or not, you will find deep interest and everything to admire in the record of a personality so matter-of-factly devoted to religious tolerance and social progress.

Jane Rushmore's life covers nearly three-quarters of the period during which American Quakerism has been divided into "Hicksite" and "Orthodox" branches. While there has been endless discussion and analysis concerning the Separation, little attention has been paid the independent accomplishments of each group of their mutual efforts toward reconciliation. More than the biography of one person, Under Quaker Appointment also tells the neglected, impressive story of how the two groups worked their way back to organic union.

Here is the absorbing study of an outstanding American and of great events in the history of an organization whose expression of Christianity is universally unique.

About the Author

Emily Cooper Johnson was active in Quaker affairs, was the chairman of the editorial board of the Friends Intelligencer, and the author of Dean Bond of Swarthmore.