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The Early Quakers and the 'Kingdom of God': Peace, Testimony and Revolution
The Early Quakers and the 'Kingdom of God': Peace, Testimony and Revolution
The Early Quakers and the 'Kingdom of God': Peace, Testimony and Revolution
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Explores the genesis of the Quaker movement and its underlying foundation: its intimate vision of the Kingdom of God, in the midst of the turmoil of 17th century Britain.
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Release dateMay 1, 2012
ISBN9780983498049
The Early Quakers and the 'Kingdom of God': Peace, Testimony and Revolution
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Gerard Guiton

Gerard Guiton is the author of The Growth and Development of Quaker Testimony (2005), a spiritual direction work, Stillness (1994), and has co-edited Overcoming Violence in Asia: the Role of the Churches in Seeking Cultures of Peace (2011) for the Historic Peace Churches/WCC.  He was Henry J. Cadbury Scholar at Pendle Hill Quaker Study Centre (Philadelphia, 2004-5).

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