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The reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783

The Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783 offers a detailed history of the withdrawal of the Society of Friends from mainstream America between 1748 and the end of the American Revolution. Marietta examines the causes, course, and consequences, social and political, of the Quakers' retreat from prominent positions in civil government.
Print Book, English, ©1984
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, ©1984
Church history
xvii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780812279221, 9780812219890, 0812279220, 0812219899
10183993
Part I : The social reformation
The context of reform : Quaker discipline
The beginnings of reform, 1748-1755
Social reforms : personal behavior and families, 1755-1783
The labors and faith of the reformers
The fruits of reformation : new testimonies
Part II : The political reformation
Prologue to reform, 1739-1755
Withdrawal from government, 1756
Perfecting pacifism, 1756-1758
Reformation stalled, 1763-1765
The exhaustion of Quaker politics, 1765-1775
Beleaguered Quakers, 1775-1782
Part III : Consummation
Reformation in the Revolution