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As the Oracles of God: Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism

  • Paperback
  • 96 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 cm

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"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.

  • Title

    As the Oracles of God: Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism

  • Author

    S. Spencer Wells

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    February 2024

  • Weight

    164g

  • Page Count

    96

  • Dimensions

    15.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004693975

  • ISBN-10

    9004693971

  • Eden Code

    6490042

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