John Woolman and the Government of Christ: A Colonial Quaker's Vision for the British Atlantic World

ISBN-13: 9780190868079 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 280 str.

Jon R. Kershner

Recenzje

A fascinating and original work that will prove indispensable for our understanding of Woolman. Kershner makes a compelling and convincing case for the centrality of apocalypticism in understanding the Quaker prophet's religious vision.

O autorze

Jon R. Kershner is Honorary Researcher at Lancaster University, UK. His recent publications include a chapter on global Christianity for The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism and numerous articles and chapters on John Woolman and eighteenth century Quaker theologies of antislavery reform. He serves as co-chair of the Quaker Studies Group at the American Academy of Religion and edits the journal Quaker Religious Thought.