William Penn And Early Quakerism

William Penn Is Justly Famous For His Part In The Political Development Of Colonial AmericaYet He Was Also One Of The Leading Quaker Theologians Of The Seventeenth Century And The Most Important Translator Of Quaker Religious Thought Into Social And Political Reality, And His Life And Works Cannot Be Fully Understood Without AKnowledge Of His Religious Hopes And IdealsMelvin Endy Goes Beyond The Political Histories, Biographies, And Histories Of Quakerism To Provide AComprehensive Account Of Penn's Religious Thought, Its Influence On His Political Thought And Activity, And The Significance Of His Life And Thought To The Quaker MovementHis Assessment Of Penn's Place In The Quaker Movement And His Discussion Of Penn's Thought In Relation To Puritan, SpiritualistAnglican, And Preenlightenment Developments Has Led To An Understanding Of Quakerism That Differs From The Recent Tendency To Stress Strongly Its Puritan Origins And AffinitiesBecause Of The Revisionist Nature Of This Interpretation And The Author's Conviction That Early Quaker Thought Has Never Been Adequately Related To Its Intellectual Milieu, This Study Of Penn Has Been Developed Into AVehicle For ANew Analysis Of Aspects Of Early Quaker ThoughtFinally, The Pennsylvania Venture Is Examined And Assessed As ALaboratory In Which The Vision Of ASociety Run According To The Principles Of ASpiritual Religion Was Put To The Test.originally Published In .the Princeton Legacy Library Uses The Latest Printondemand Technology To Again Make Available Previously Outofprint Books From The Distinguished Backlist Of Princeton University PressThese Editions Preserve The Original Texts Of These Important Books While Presenting Them In Durable Paperback And Hardcover EditionsThe Goal Of The Princeton Legacy Library Is To Vastly Increase Access To The Rich Scholarly Heritage Found In The Thousands Of Books Published By Princeton University Press Since Its Founding In .
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