Conflict of Conviction: A Reappraisal of Quaker Involvement in the American Revolution
- ISBN-10
- 0819178837
- ISBN-13
- 9780819178831
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Press of America
- Author
- William C. Kashatus
Description
Addresses the popular misconception that all Quakers, historically, have been absolutely against war and participation in civil government during a time of war. By examining the personal, theological and moral dilemmas and sacrifices of individual Friends and Quaker groups who, complied with the Revolutionary War effort, this book provides a new understanding of the diversity as well as complexity of the Quaker involvement in the American Revolution. Contents: Thomas Paine & the Ideology of the American Revolution; The Fighting Quaker-Nathanael Greene's Conflict of Conviction; Quakerism, Patriotism & Transformation in the Valley Forge Community, 1684-1778; and The Lamb's War Ethic of the Free Quakers.
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