Holy Nation : The Transatlantic Quaker Ministry in an Age of Revolution / Sarah Crabtree.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Crabtree, Sarah, Author.

Series:

• American Beginnings, 1500-1900

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Quakers--United States--History.
• Society of Friends--United States--History.
• Quakers--Political activity--United States--History.
• Religion and civil society--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Early American Quakers have long been perceived as retiring separatists, but in Holy Nation Sarah Crabtree transforms our historical understanding of the sect by drawing on the sermons, diaries, and correspondence of Quakers themselves. Situating Quakerism within the larger intellectual and religious undercurrents of the Atlantic World, Crabtree shows how Quakers forged a paradoxical sense of their place in the world as militant warriors fighting for peace. She argues that during the turbulent Age of Revolution and Reaction, the Religious Society of Friends forged a "holy nation," a transnational community of like-minded believers committed first and foremost to divine law and to one another. Declaring themselves citizens of their own nation served to underscore the decidedly unholy nature of the nation-state, worldly governments, and profane laws. As a result, campaigns of persecution against the Friends escalated as those in power moved to declare Quakers aliens and traitors to their home countries. Holy Nation convincingly shows that ideals and actions were inseparable for the Society of Friends, yielding an account of Quakerism that is simultaneously a history of the faith and its adherents and a history of its confrontations with the wider world. Ultimately, Crabtree argues, the conflicts experienced between obligations of church and state that Quakers faced can illuminate similar contemporary struggles.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Introduction. Holy Nation
• Part I: Combat, 1754-89
• Part II: Compromise, 1779-1809
• Part III: Concession, 1793-1826
• Conclusion: At Peace with the World, at War with Itself
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index

Notes:

• Includes index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

• 9780226255934
• 022625593X

OCLC:

910847984