As the Oracles of God"" : Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism /
Wells, S. Spencer,
As the Oracles of God"" : Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism / Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism S. Spencer Wells. - 1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations. - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences ; Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2024 . - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences ; . Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2024. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / S. Spencer Wells -- Copyright Page / S. Spencer Wells -- Acknowledgments / S. Spencer Wells -- “As the Oracles of God”: Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism / S. Spencer Wells.
As the Oracles of God examines how Quakers in colonial America sought to control both the written and spoken word in their religious communities. It looks at the ways in which American Friends set up committees to censor texts deemed heterodox, as well as the ways Quakers sought to moderate the words of believers through encouraging self-censorship as a way to access personal revelation, while also paying particular attention to the experiences of those who ran afoul of Friends' rules in these regards, either by publishing works without the consent of their meetings or speaking in un-Quakerly fashion. Debates over freedom of speech, the work asserts, defined early modern religious communities just as much as it did more formal legal institutions.
English
9789004693982
10.1163/9789004693982 DOI
Society of Friends--History.
Society of Friends--Influence.
BX7631.2
289.6
As the Oracles of God"" : Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism / Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism S. Spencer Wells. - 1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations. - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences ; Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2024 . - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences ; . Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2024. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / S. Spencer Wells -- Copyright Page / S. Spencer Wells -- Acknowledgments / S. Spencer Wells -- “As the Oracles of God”: Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism / S. Spencer Wells.
As the Oracles of God examines how Quakers in colonial America sought to control both the written and spoken word in their religious communities. It looks at the ways in which American Friends set up committees to censor texts deemed heterodox, as well as the ways Quakers sought to moderate the words of believers through encouraging self-censorship as a way to access personal revelation, while also paying particular attention to the experiences of those who ran afoul of Friends' rules in these regards, either by publishing works without the consent of their meetings or speaking in un-Quakerly fashion. Debates over freedom of speech, the work asserts, defined early modern religious communities just as much as it did more formal legal institutions.
English
9789004693982
10.1163/9789004693982 DOI
Society of Friends--History.
Society of Friends--Influence.
BX7631.2
289.6