Publication
Imprint: Wallingford, Pa. : Pendle Hill Publications, 1983, c1972. Edition: Reprint 1993, edition of 2,000. Responsibility: Howard H. Brinton. OCLC Number: 585131. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xiv, 130 pages 23 cm. Features: Includes bibliography.
Call number
GT-C-P / Brint
ISBN
0875749089 / 9780875749082
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Because Quakerism is primarily a religion based on inner personal experience rather than on creed and ritual, writes Howard Brinton, the religious autobiography, usually called a 'Journal, ' has been the most characteristic form of Quaker writing. For three centuries the journeys into the innermost souls of these writers record the wellsprings of Quaker conscience.
Table of Contents: Characteristics of the Quaker journalists
Divine revelations in childhood
Youthful frivolity
The divided self
Unification through silence
The spoken ministry
Adoption of plain speech, plain dress, and simple living
The peace testimony
Restriction of business
Other social testimonies
Quakers and animals
Dreams of the Quaker journalists
The religious philosophy of Friends
FY1995 / FY2015 /
Table of Contents: Characteristics of the Quaker journalists
Divine revelations in childhood
Youthful frivolity
The divided self
Unification through silence
The spoken ministry
Adoption of plain speech, plain dress, and simple living
The peace testimony
Restriction of business
Other social testimonies
Quakers and animals
Dreams of the Quaker journalists
The religious philosophy of Friends
FY1995 / FY2015 /
Physical description
xiv, 130 p.; 22 cm
Description
Because Quakerism is primarily a religion based on inner personal experience rather than on creed and ritual, writes Howard Brinton, the religious autobiography, usually called a 'Journal, ' has been the most characteristic form of Quaker writing. For three centuries the journeys into the innermost souls of these writers record the wellsprings of Quaker conscience.
Language
Original language
English