The Religion of George Fox as Revealed by his Epistles

by Howard H. Brinton

Overview

The following pages are an attempt to describe George Fox’s religion in the usual sense of that word, rather than to deal with his advice to Friends regarding “dress, speech, and behavior.” In other words, we are here concerned with the inner sources of outward action, although outward action is as important an element in the whole of religion as is the inner source. Outward actions, just because they are outward, are better known than is the character of the inward feelings and thoughts which cause them or are caused by them

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148252382
Publisher:	Pendle Hill Publications
Publication date:	02/19/2014
Series:	Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #161
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	30
File size:	109 KB

About the Author

Howard Brinton (1884-1973) taught at several Quaker institutions, including Woodbrooke – a model for Pendle Hill. He served as co-director of Pendle Hill from 1936-1950, with his wife, Anna Cox Brinton.

In 1936, the Brintons faced the contingencies of a pioneer school-community. Howard Brinton was often seen on his way to negotiate the latest crisis, pursued by his rabbit Tibbar and the family dog Nuto. Gerald Heard, a staff member, watched this peaceable kingdom on the march with delight and saw in it a practical illustration of the philosophy of survival by reconciliation.

After retiring in 1952, Howard and Anna worked in Japan and Europe for the American Friends Service Committee. After Anna’s death in 1969, Howard married Yuki Takahashi, his Japanese secretary.

Howard Brinton wrote many Pendle Hill pamphlets and several books, including Friends for Three Hundred Years, a classic work of Quaker faith and history, republished as Friends for Three Hundred and Fifty Years with comments from the perspective of the Philadelphia Friends.