H. Larry Ingle

MISSING 06.25.2023

In this first scholarly biography of George Fox the author examines the fascinating life of the Reformation leader. He places folks within the upheavals of the English civil wars comic revolution, and restoration come on man showing him and his band of rude disciples challenging the status quo. That author has researched contemporary manuscripts and pamphlets, many never examined systematically before.

The Hicksite reformation, the single most influential development in American Quaker history, receives its definitive interpretation in this book. The author traces the schisms of 1827 and 1828, showing that the conflict was not only over matters of doctrine; it was also a struggle for power within the Society of Friends.