Primitivism, Radicalism, and the Lamb's War: The Baptist-Quaker Conflict in Seventeenth-Century England

by Ted LeRoy Underwood

Overview

The mid-seventeenth century saw both the expansion of the Baptist sect and the rise and growth of Quakerism. At first, the Quaker movement attracted some Baptist converts, but relations between the two groups soon grew hostile. Public disputes broke out and each group denounced the other in polemical tracts. Nevertheless in this book, Underwood contends that Quakers and Baptists had much in common with each other, as well as with the broader Puritan and Nonconformist tradition. By examining the Quaker/Baptist relationship in particular, Underwood seeks to understand where and why Quaker views diverged from English Protestantism in general and, in the process, to clarify early Quaker beliefs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195355307
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/22/1997
Series:	Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	741 KB

About the Author

University of Minnesota at Morris

Table of Contents

	Abbreviations	xi
1.	In a by-path he is resolv'd to go: Introduction	3
2.	The sacred Scripture is our just Confines: The Scripture	20
3.	Christ was in them, else were they Reprobates: The Person of Christ	34
4.	If there's salvation by the light within: Soteriology and Eschatology	51
5.	Fleshly forms we utterly deny: Baptism and the Lord's Supper	68
6.	From his Fold we will not turn aside: The Church	82
7.	A Guide within to lead all Men to Heav'n: The Light Within	101
8.	And by his Word, I've put them to flight: Conclusion	119
	Notes	125
	Bibliography	167
	Index	183

Editorial Reviews

Clarifies early Quaker views and explains how their beliefs came to differ so significantly from those of other English Protestants. Previously unused tracts and manuscripts<-->produced by the Baptist- Quaker disputes and filled with accusations, clarifications, and rebuttals<-->are used to shed new light on the beliefs of the antagonists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

"If significant books are those which rearrange our perception of some important matter of inquiry, then this is a significant book....Underwood's meticulously researched and carefully argued monograph is a major contribution to our understanding of radical religion in seventeenth-century England."—Church History

"The book makes a distinct contribution to our understanding of Puritan dissent and will be found useful by a broad range of readers."—Journal of Religion

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