Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-339) and index.
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Methods and Terms; Introduction; PART I: THE PEACE TESTIMONY; Prologue; 1. And the Shout of a King Is amongst Us -- 2. A Killinge Instrument We May neither Forme, nor Beare: The Peace Testimony; 3. Fire at the Mast: The Practice of Peace; PART II: NEW ENGLAND; 4. Bold Boyes and Blasphemers: Quakers in Early New England; 5. The Habitation of the Hunted-Christ: Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; 6. Times of Motion and Danger: Reacting to Fear of War, 1667-1673; 7. Fighting against the Minde of God: The 1673 Exemption
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8. ""Sin and Flesh"": The New England Tribes: Englishmen and IndiansPART III: WAR; 9. ""Midnight Shrieks and Soul-Amazing Moanes"": The Rhode Island Government and King Philip's War; 10. ""A Bulit out of Everi Bush"": War, Continued; 11. ""To Looke to Our Selefs"": Ascribing Motives to a Quaker Government in Wartime; 12. ""Witnesses to the Life of Innocency"": A Testimony from Rhode Island Quakers; 13. ""Run the Hazard"": The Individual Quaker in King Philip's War; 14. ""The Rectification of the Heart"": Around the Periphery of War; 15. ""All Things Have Their Beginnings""
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Appendix 1. The 1660 DeclarationAppendix 2. The 1673 Exemption; Appendix 3. The Rhode Island Testimony; Appendix 4. ""The Taste of the World in Our Own Mouths"": Problems of Historical Interpretation; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This text investigates the historical context, meaning and expression of early Quaker pacifism in England and its colonies. The text focuses primarily on King Philip's War, which allowed New England Quakers to define their peace testimony.
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Title
Walking in the way of peace.
International Standard Book Number
019513138X
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Society of Friends
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
King Philip's War, 1675-1676-- Religious aspects-- Society of Friends.
Quakers-- England-- History-- 17th century.
Quakers-- New England-- History-- 17th century.
Guerre du roi Philippe (1675-1676)
Pacifisme.
Quakers-- Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis)-- 17e siècle.
Quakers.
Quakers.
RELIGION-- Christian Life-- Social Issues.
RELIGION-- Christianity-- General.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
England, Church history, 17th century.
New England, Church history, 17th century.
England
England.
Neuengland
New England.
Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis), Église, Histoire, 17e siècle.