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Euan David McArthur

James Nayler and the Quest for Historic Quaker Identity

Euan David McArthur

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Brill
17 January 2024
History of religion; Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies
Scholars continue to dispute the foundations of Quakerism. James Nayler, his prophetic Bristol 'sign' of 1656, and George Fox's relation to him have been of especial interest in defining the movement's identity. Conventionally, historians and theologians have taken either a 'traditional' approach, which assesses Nayler by the standards of orthodoxy, or a 'revisionist' one, which absolves him by the standards of early Quaker relativism and Christology. This study by Euan David McArthur mediates between these positions, finding that Nayler and Fox developed an ambiguous theology, but adopted a consistent approach to Quaker performances. The latter dissuaded against performances such as Nayler's 'sign'; Nayler is argued, instead, to have diverged from other Quaker leaders following disputations between 1655 and 1656. The lessons his person and actions hold for us are concluded to be complex, but worthy of study for a wide range of historians and thinkers.
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Imprint:   Brill
Edition:   viii, 105 pp., 1 table
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 6mm
Weight:   206g
ISBN:   9789004534438
ISBN 10:   9004534431
Series:   Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies
Pages:   113
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Abstract Keywords  Introduction  1 Theology  2 Performances  3 Shifts in Approach  Conclusion References

Euan David McArthur, M.Phil. (2021), University of Cambridge, is a doctoral researcher at the University of St Andrews. He has published several articles about Quakerism and British history in academic journals.

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