Spirituality contends with autocratic religionists. In America..’a historical context from which it developed, which is a complicated, but interesting one–the period of the English Civil Wars.'
A good read (for a Sunday morning) for context: Early Quaker History http://homewoodfriends.org/2015/02/17/early-quaker-history-2/ http://homewoodfriends.org/2015/02/17/early-quaker-history-2/ Early Quaker History http://homewoodfriends.org/2015/02/17/early-quaker-history-2/ This information was originally presented to the meeting for a “Quakerism 101” course by Eva Hersh on 4/13/2003. It was later revised by other members of Ho... View on homewoodfriends.org http://homewoodfriends.org/2015/02/17/early-quaker-history-2/ Preview by Yahoo Quakers were not the first religious dissenters in England. They were part of a long tradition of dissent.
