The Sorrows of the Quaker Jesus : : James Nayler and the Puritan Crackdown on the Free Spirit / / Leo Damrosch.
In October 1656 James Nayler, a prominent Quaker leader--second only to George Fox in the nascent movement--rode into Bristol surrounded by followers singing hosannas in deliberate imitation of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. In Leo Damrosch's trenchant reading this incident and the extraordi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (322 p.) :; 4 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Quotations
- Introduction: Receding Echoes of a Cause Célèbre
- 1 The Quaker Menace
- 2 God in Man: Theology and Life
- 3 Nayler’s Sign and Its Meanings
- 4 Trial and Crucifixion
- 5 Aftermath
- Notes
- Index