As the Oracles of God

Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism
vii, 89 pp.
ISBN: 978-90-04-69397-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 89 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 163 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies

"As the Oracles of God" examines how Quakers in colonial America sought to control both the written and spoken word in their religious communities. It looks at the ways in which American Friends set up committees to censor texts deemed heterodox, as well as the ways Quakers sought to moderate the words of believers through encouraging self-censorship as a way to access personal revelation, while also paying particular attention to the experiences of those who ran afoul of Friends' rules in these regards, either by publishing works without the consent of their meetings or speaking in un-Quakerly fashion. Debates over freedom of speech, the work asserts, defined early modern religious communities just as much as it did more formal legal institutions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wells, S Spencer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medienethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Abstract

Keywords

Introduction

1 Policing Quaker Speech

2 Policing Quaker Print Ways

3 Disputing the Word

Conclusion

References

Über Autor(innen)

S. Spencer Wells, Ph.D. (2018), The College of William & Mary, is a lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies at Southern Utah University. His research focuses on church discipline in early America.