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Timothy C. F. Stunt Has Gathered A Range Of His Essays, Both Published And Unpublished, In A Collection Of Largely Biographical Studies. His Subjects Range From Discontented Quakers Hesitating Over Their Identity, To Respectable Anglicans Who Were Fascinated With The Charismatic Phenomena Of Tongue Sapeaking And Healing. Some Of The Characters With Whom He Is Concerned Can Be Described As Mavericks On Account Of Their Strikingly Individualist Inclinations. Occasionally Their Unpredictability Takes On A Quasi-comic Identity, Which Could Even Qualify Them To Be Described As Loose Cannons. On The Other Hand, Some Of Them Like Edward Irving, Norris Groves, And John Darby Played A Crucial Part In The Development Of Nineteenth-century Evangelicalism. In Their Quest For The Ideal Church Of Their Dreams, They Were Often Disappointed But One Cannot But Admire The Single-mindedness Of The Quest -- Book Jacket. Quakers. The Changing Face Of Early Nineteenth-century Quaker Life -- Early Brethren And The Society Of Friends -- John Jewell Penstone, Quaker And Plymouth Brother -- Irvingites. Trying The Spirits: The Case Of The Gloucestershire Clergyman -- Trying The Spirits: Irvingite Signs And T

Author

Timothy C. F. Stunt

Publisher

Wipf and Stock

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781498209311

Subjects

Religion, Memoir, Christian