William Penn and Early Quakerism

by Melvin B. Endy Jr.

Book Overview

William Penn is justly famous for his part in the political development of colonial America. Yet he was also one of the leading Quaker theologians of the seventeenth century and the most important translator of Quaker religious thought into social and political reality, and his life and works cannot be fully understood without a knowledge of his religious hopes and ideals. Melvin Endy goes beyond the political histories, biographies, and histories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691645957
• ISBN13: 9780691645957
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"