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The Prophethood of All Believers: George Fox, Prophecy, and the Quaker Quest for Respectability, 1647-1691

dc.contributor.authorPanneton, Cynthia
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorJustin Robertsen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerCynthia Nevilleen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerJustin Robertsen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorKrista Kesselringen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-01T14:40:35Z
dc.date.available2017-09-01T14:40:35Z
dc.date.defence2017-08-25
dc.date.issued2017-09-01T14:40:35Z
dc.description.abstractThe early years of the Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, were synonymous with erratic behaviour and ecstatic prophecy. Individual Friends let themselves be guided by the inward light (God’s spirit) to prophesy which led many to ‘go naked’ or interrupt church services to share Quaker doctrines. During the Interregnum Quakers were viewed as a threat by English society as their number surpassed those of all other Protestant non-conformists. This thesis studies the efforts by Quakerism’s founder, George Fox, to stop ecstatic prophecy and thus gain the respect of English society. It argues that Quaker prophecy was distinctive in allowing all members of the sect to connect directly with God. Fox, however, could not reconcile the practice of ecstatic prophecy with the new respectable image of Quakerism and abandoned the practice for a quiet, individual experience of prophecy that was no longer radical and not disturbing to English society.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/73257
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectprophecyen_US
dc.subjectprophesyen_US
dc.subjectQuakersen_US
dc.subjectFox, George, 1624-1691en_US
dc.subjectSociety of Friendsen_US
dc.subjectenglanden_US
dc.subjectseventeenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectrespectabilityen_US
dc.titleThe Prophethood of All Believers: George Fox, Prophecy, and the Quaker Quest for Respectability, 1647-1691en_US

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