| The Story of Quakerism in Scotland: 1650-1850 Contributor(s): Burnet, George B. (Author), Marwick, William H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0718891767 ISBN-13: 9780718891763 Publisher: Lutterworth Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2007 Annotation: The history of the Society of Friends in Scotland has often been confined to occasional articles in periodicals and passages in Friends journals. Within this book the reader can learn more about the story of three hundred years of Scottish Quakerism. This Movement has never had a lot of followers, nevertheless it gave the Society its first theologian in the person of Robert Barclay. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Quaker - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 289.641 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.51" W x 8.65" (0.67 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Scottish - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
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| Publisher Description: Covering three hundred years of history, G.B. Burnet uncovers the beginnings and downfall of the Scottish Quaker movement, which, during its period of 1650-1850, had an estimated 1500 adherents. The story of Quakerism can be divided into four main periods: its rise during the few years of Cromwell's rule; the 'epic' period during the latter Stuart dynasty, during which it reached a height and simultaneously underwent its cruellest persecutions in Aberdeen; its gradual decline with occasional surges of social activity; and its dwindling activities in the nineteenth century. Burnet writes with clarity and depth on the four main periods, taking the reader along the movement's history from Edinburgh to Aberdeen, Angus, the Borders, the Highlands and beyond. As the study approaches the end of the nineteenth century, Burnet addresses the ultimate question of why Quakerism failed in Scotland. An Epilogue, written by William H. Marwick, Clerk to the Friends' General Meeting for Scotland, expands still further onthe progress of Quakerism from 1850-1950. 'The pioneer Quakers were nothing if not strong in zeal to win converts, and the Movement had hardly obtained a footing in England before the 'dark carnal people' of Scotland were marked down for missionary enterprise.' Extract from Chapter 1. |