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The Quakers in America / Thomas D. Hamm.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Columbia contemporary American religion seriesPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2003Description: 1 online resource (viii, 293 pages) : illustrations, 1 mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 023150893X
  • 9780231508933
  • 1281793957
  • 9781281793959
  • 9786613791191
  • 6613791199
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Quakers in America.DDC classification:
  • 289.6/73 22
LOC classification:
  • BX7635 .H26 2003eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
Meeting for worship and meeting for business -- The origins of American Quakerism, 1640-1800 -- Their separate ways : American Friends since 1800 -- Quaker faiths and practices -- Contemporary Quaker debates -- Quakers and the world -- "A quarterly meeting in herself" : Quaker women, marriage, and the family -- Quaker lives, past and contemporary.
Summary: Provides a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends, an introduction to its beliefs and practices, and a vivid picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends today.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)107200

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Meeting for worship and meeting for business -- The origins of American Quakerism, 1640-1800 -- Their separate ways : American Friends since 1800 -- Quaker faiths and practices -- Contemporary Quaker debates -- Quakers and the world -- "A quarterly meeting in herself" : Quaker women, marriage, and the family -- Quaker lives, past and contemporary.

Provides a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends, an introduction to its beliefs and practices, and a vivid picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends today.

Print version record.

English.