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A vivifying spirit : Quaker practice and reform in antebellum America / Janet Moore Lindman.

Author/creator Lindman, Janet Moore author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Descriptionxiii, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Society of Friends--United States --History --19th century.
Quakers--United States --History --19th century.
Spirituality--Society of Friends --History --19th century.
Church renewal--Society of Friends --History --19th century.
Contents Introduction : practical Friends -- "Inward and outward consolation" : Quaker piety -- "To cultivate tender minds" : educating children -- "The solemn close" : rituals of death -- "A dividing and separating spirit" : the Hicksite schism -- "Contentions, divisions, and subdivisions" : Gurneyites v. Wilburites -- "Practical righteousness" : reforming Friends -- "In advancement of piety" : Quaker manuscript and print culture -- "Tokens of remembrance" : Friends, memory, and history -- Conclusion : American Quakerisms.
Abstract "Explores changes in American Quakerism in the antebellum period, with particular attention to the beliefs and practices of Quakers in Pennsylvania's Delaware Valley"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9780271094182
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2021062432
ISBN9780271092652
ISBN0271092653 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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