Quaker Epistemology

by Laura Rediehs

Quakerism (the Religious Society of Friends) emerged in the seventeenth century, during a time when philosophical debates about the nature of knowledge led to the emergence of modern science. The Quakers, in conversation with early modern philosophers, developed a distinctive epistemology rooted in their concept of the Light Within: a special internal sense giving access to divine insight. The Light Within provided illumination both to properly understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004419004
• ISBN13: 9789004419001
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"