Winner of the 1996 Albert C. Outler Prize in Ecumenical Church History of the American Society of Church History
This award-winning study of the Protestant nonconformists in Ireland from the restoration to the eve of the penal laws explains how the Scottish Presbyterians and the Quakers survived persecution and evolved from sects into incipient denominational churches.
A towering figure in the history of Irish Quakerism, and friend of William Penn, Anthony Sharp left England in 1669 to settle in Dublin and carve out a place for himself in the woolen trade. This book is not only a biography of Sharp but a detailed portrait of Dublin's community of Friends.
This timely and fascinating historical study of Protestant women will increase the appreciation of their continuing struggle for acceptance within their churches and of their contribution to the success of the Protestant movement. An introductory chapter traces the origins of female subordination and exclusion from the preaching ministry, a practice that was reinforced by Protestant interpretations of Scripture. In essays contributed by recogn...
