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The Quakers in America / Thomas D. Hamm.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamm, Thomas D.
- Series:
- Columbia contemporary American religion series.
- Columbia contemporary American religion series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Society of Friends--United States.
- Society of Friends.
- Quakers--United States.
- Quakers.
- Society of Friends--United States--History.
- Society of Friends--Doctrines.
- Society of Friends--Customs and practices.
- Quaker women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 293 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Provides a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends, an introduction to its beliefs and practices, and a vivid picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends today.
- Contents:
- Meeting for worship and meeting for business
- The origins of American Quakerism, 1640-1800
- Their separate ways: American friends since 1800
- Quaker faiths and practices
- Contemporary Quaker debates
- Quakers and the world
- "A quarterly meeting in herself": Quaker women, marriage and the family.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Digitalia, viewed March 4, 2024)
- ISBN:
- 9786613791191
- 9781281793959
- 1281793957
- 9780231508933
- 023150893X
- OCLC:
- 527355594
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