""As the Oracles of God""

Policing the Word in Colonial Quakerism

S. Spencer Wells

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Brill
06 February 2024

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends); Ethical issues: censorship

Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies

""As the Oracles of God"" examines how Quakers in colonial America sought to control both the written and spoken word in their religious communities. It looks at the ways in which American Friends set up committees to censor texts deemed heterodox, as well as the ways Quakers sought to moderate the words of believers through encouraging self-censorship as a way to access personal revelation, while also paying particular attention to the experiences of those who ran afoul of Friends' rules in these regards, either by publishing works without the consent of their meetings or speaking in un-Quakerly fashion. Debates over freedom of speech, the work asserts, defined early modern religious communities just as much as it did more formal legal institutions.

By: S. Spencer Wells
Imprint: Brill
Edition: vii, 89 pp.
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9789004693975
ISBN 10: 9004693971
Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 06 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Abstract Keywords Introduction 1 Policing Quaker Speech 2 Policing Quaker Print Ways 3 Disputing the Word Conclusion References

S. Spencer Wells, Ph.D. (2018), The College of William & Mary, is a lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies at Southern Utah University. His research focuses on church discipline in early America.