Early Quakers and Their Theological Thought

Introduction Pink Dandelion and Stephen W. Angell; 1. Seventeenth-century context and Quaker beginnings Douglas Gwyn; 2. Quakers and the printing press Betty Hagglund; 3. Unity and universality in the theology of George Fox Hilary Hinds; 4. The man who 'set himself as a sign': James Nayler's incarnational theology Carole Dale Spencer; 5. The witness of Richard Farnworth: prophet of light, apostle of church order Michael Birkel and Stephen W. Angell; 6. Margaret Fell and the Second Coming of Christ Sally Bruyneel; 7. 'Outcasts of Israel': the apocalyptic theology of Edward Burrough and Francis Howgill Pink Dandelion and Frederick Martin; 8. Renegade Oxonian: Samuel Fisher's importance in formulating a Quaker understanding of Scripture Stephen W. Angell; 9. 'That you may be perfect in love': the prophecy of Dorothy White Michele Lise Tarter; 10. The conventionality of the notorious John Perrot Carla Gardina Pestana; 11. Felt reality in practical living and innovative thinking: Mary and Isaac Penington's journey from Puritan anguish to Quaker truth R. Melvin Keiser; 12. Robert Barclay: the art of apologetics Hugh S. Pyper; 13. Elizabeth Bathurst: 'Tis not Inky Character can make a Saint' Mary Van Vleck Garman; 14. William Penn's contributions to early Quaker thought Melvin B. Endy; 15. Immediate revelation, Kabbalah, and magic: the primacy of experience in the theology of George Keith Michael Birkel; 16. From apocalyptic prophecy to tolerable faithfulness: George Whitehead and a theology for the eschaton deferred Robynne Rogers Healey; Afterword Rosemary Moore and Richard C. Allen.