First among Friends: George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism

by H. Larry Ingle

Other authorsEgbert van Heemskerk (Cover artist)
Paperback, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

B FOX ING/1

Publication

Oxford University Press (1996), Edition: 5th or later Edition, Paperback, 424 pages

ISBN

0195101170 / 9780195101171

Description

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 survive--the only religious sect of the era still existing today. Firmly grounded in primary sources and enriched with gripping detail, this well-written and original study reveals hitherto unknown sides of one who was clearly "First Among Friends."… (more)

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