Quaker Crosscurrents

Three Hundred Years Of New York Friends In The Yearly Meetings

EDITED BY HUGH BARBOUR, CHRISTOPHER DENSMORE, ELIZABETH MOGER, ARTHUR WORRALL & NANCY C. SOREL.

Brief Description:
A history of friends in the New York area from their earliest appearances in the 1650's to the present. . Shows the internal religious life of the Quaker community and its widespread influence on broader society through issues like abolition, women's rights, education and peace activism. The 19th century Hicksite/Orthodox split is covered in detail and the affect of the wider evangelical and holiness movements on Quakerism.

Syracuse University Press 1995 432 PP. Paper

$19.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)