Walking in the Way of Peace Quaker Pacifism in the Seventeenth Century

by Weddle, Meredith Baldwin

• ISBN13: 9780195131383
• ISBN10: 019513138X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

A synthesis of intellectual and social history, Walking in the Way of Peace investigates the historical context, meaning, and expression of early Quaker pacifism in England and its colonies. In a nuanced examination of pacifism, Weddle focuses on King Philip's War, which forced New EnglandQuakers, rulers and ruled alike, to define the parameters of their peace testimony.

Author Biography

Meredith Baldwin Weddle has taught at Yale.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Methods and Terms	p. xiii
Walking in the Way of Peace	p. 2
Introduction	p. 3
The Peace Testimony	p. 13
Prologue	p. 15
And the Shout of a King is Amongst Us	p. 17
The Peace Testimony	p. 39
The Practice of Peace	p. 55
New England	p. 75
Quakers in Early New England	p. 77
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations	p. 98
Reacting to Fear of War, 1667-1673	p. 113
The 1673 Exemption	p. 122
The New England Tribes: Englishmen and Indians	p. 132
War	p. 141
The Rhode Island Government and King Philip's War	p. 143
War, Continued	p. 159
Ascribing Motives to a Quaker Government in Wartime	p. 169
A Testimony from Rhode Island Quakers	p. 183
The Individual Quaker in King Philip's War	p. 197
Around the Periphery of War	p. 212
All Things Have Their Beginnings	p. 225
The 1660 Declaration	p. 234
The 1673 Exemption	p. 238
The Rhode Island Testimony	p. 242
The Taste of the World in Our Own Mouths: Problems of Historical Interpretation	p. 245
Notes	p. 255
Bibliography	p. 309
Index	p. 341
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