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Loading... First among friends : George Fox and the creation of Quakerismby H. Larry Ingle
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Ingle places Fox within the upheavals of the English Civil War, Revolution, and Restoration, showing him and his band of "rude" disciples challenging the status quo, particularly during the Cromwellian Interregnum. Unlike leaders of similar groups, Fox responded to the conservatism of the Stuart restoration by facing down challenges from internal dissidents, and leading his followers to persevere until the 1689 Act of Toleration. It was this same sense of perseverance that helped the Quakers to survive and remain the only religious sect of the era still existing today.
This insightful study uses broad research in contemporary manuscripts and pamphlets, many never examined systematically before. Firmly grounded in primary sources and enriched with gripping detail, this well-written and original study reveals unknown sides of one who was clearly "First Among Friends."
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New Republic states that Ingle's work is "Valuable in reminding us of the most important dimension of the hisotry of the seventeenth century, which was the searing intensity of its religious beliefs."