John Woolman and the government of Christ : a Colonial Quaker's vision for the British Atlantic world /
John Woolman, a tailor, was a lay Quaker leader in religiously charged 18th century America. Led by his radical apocalyptic beliefs, Woolman encouraged social reforms and critiqued the burgeoning trans-Atlantic economy, slavery, and British imperial conflicts. Kershner argues that instead of the mil...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | John Woolman, a tailor, was a lay Quaker leader in religiously charged 18th century America. Led by his radical apocalyptic beliefs, Woolman encouraged social reforms and critiqued the burgeoning trans-Atlantic economy, slavery, and British imperial conflicts. Kershner argues that instead of the militant apocalypticism commonly associated with radical Christian groups, Woolman utilized Quaker and mystical sources to craft a spiritualized ""apocalypse of the heart."" |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 266 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190868086 0190868082 9780190868109 0190868104 0190868074 9780190868079 |