The Oxford handbook of Quaker studies
By: edited by Stephen W. Angell, Pink Dandelion
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 664
ISBN-13: 9780199608676
Description: This volume provides an indispensable reference work for the study of Quakerism. It is global in its perspectives and interdisciplinary in its approach whilst offering the reader a clear narrative through the academic debates. In addition to an in-depth survey of historical readings of Quakerism, the handbook provides a treatment of the group's key theological premises and its links with wider Christian thinking. Quakerism's distinctive ecclesiastical forms and practices are analysed, and its social, economic, political, and ethical outcomes examined. Each of the 37 chapters considers broader religious, social, and cultural contexts and provides suggestions for further reading and the volume concludes with an extensive bibliography to aid further research.