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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456809303321

Titolo

The Quaker condition [[electronic resource] ] : the sociology of a liberal religion / / edited by Pink Dandelion and Peter Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008

ISBN

1-282-19092-X

9786612190926

1-4438-0716-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DandelionPink

CollinsPeter (Peter Jeffrey)

Disciplina

289.641

Soggetti

Quakers - Great Britain

Society of Friends - Great Britain

Religion and sociology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART IV; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses primarily on what we have termed the 'Quaker Condition'. It looks sociologically at the condition of present-day British Quakerism. This original and innovative collection contributes to several different, though obviously connected, fields within the study of religion. It operates on five levels. In the first place, the volume is the first to represent, substantially, the contribution of social science to the study of Quakerism and therefore provides useful comparative mate...