"As the Oracles of God": Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism (Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences) Paperback – February 6, 2024
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| Management number | 220809143 | Release Date | 2026/05/03 | List Price | $27.32 | Model Number | 220809143 | ||
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"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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 9004693971 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-9004693975 |
| Edition | vii, 89 pp. |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Dimensions | 6.16 x 0.23 x 9.27 inches |
| Item Weight | 5.7 ounces |
| Print length | 96 pages |
| Part of series | Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies |
| Publication date | February 6, 2024 |
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