Outline:
Being a Quaker in
Bucks County, 1700-1850
I.
Overview: Living
according to Testimonies of Friends
A.
Friends committed to
peculiarity
B.
Necessary to protect
from temptations of “The World”
C.
Thus a certain logic
D.
Will look at:
1.
Plainness
2.
Peace
3.
Free Gospel Ministry
4.
Equality
5.
Integrity
6.
Antislavery
E.
Role of the
Discipline
II.
Plainness
A.
Rationale
B.
Dress
C.
Speech
D.
Avoiding vanity
E.
Shunning
paganism--calendar
III.
Peace
A.
Justifications for
Pacifism
B.
Manifestations
1.
Refusal to bear arms
2.
Militia
3.
War taxes
4.
Problems during
Colonial Wars
5.
Problems in American
Revolution
IV.
Free Gospel Ministry
A.
Quaker
understandings of ministry
B.
Condemnation of
hirelings
C.
Equality of women
D.
Experiences in
worship
V.
Equality
A.
Bases
B.
Manifestations
1.
Women’s roles
2.
Suspicion of
hierarchy
3.
Graveyards and
tombstones
VI.
Integrity
A.
Commitments to truth
B.
Manifestations
1.
Oaths
2.
One-price system
C.
Success and
temptations
VII.
Antislavery
A.
Quaker slaveholding
B.
Developing Doubts
1.
Benjamin Lay
2.
John Woolman
3.
Anthony Benezet
C.
Decision for
emancipation
VIII.
Conclusions
A.
Distinctiveness
B.
Contributions to
larger world