THE VOICE OF THE WOMEN QUAKERS, SHAKERS, PROTESTANTS AND BAPTIST MOVEMENT
THE VOICE OF THE WOMEN
QUAKERS, SHAKERS, PROTESTANTS AND BAPTIST
MOVEMENT
CHLOE KIRKLAND
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
JANUARY 18, 2014
Religion has always been a trivial topic. Who is right? who is the closest to the truth? Many excursions and quest have started with the intent to bring awareness to a "higher power" and entity called God. In the late fifteenth century before the protestant reformation America was intensified with the reform of the Catholic church, also known as the counter reform. European settlement happened in the seventeenth century. Events of this error dictated and shaped the world of Christianity.1 As a result of this fervent need to break away from the Renaissance happening in Europe with Spanish influence.2 The new America 's was an opportunity to create a new identity and freedom towards religion raw materials, economic, intellectual and social expansion. 3 the catholic church was the major form of influence in the America 's and Christianity, however there was a great breaking away from traditional thinking which spawned many different movements like the Quakers, Baptist an other radical views towards traditional Christianity from women who aided in the founding of such prominent religions.
QUAKERS:
The Religious Society of Friends nicknamed as the "Quakers" came into being in the seventeenth century. 4 George Fox was the initial leader. The group kind of formed itself. The Quakers was birthed out of a hungriness for God and a strong passionate conviction to fill the void of what was missed in life due to a disconnection between man and God. Mary Pennington was an extraordinary women. Mary Pennington is best known in Quaker scholarship as William Penn 's mother-in-law. But her story was a fascinating one long before her daughter met William. Mary grew up in an upper class English household and was profoundly influenced by her foster-mother, who was a practicing
QUAKERS, SHAKERS, PROTESTANTS AND BAPTIST
MOVEMENT
CHLOE KIRKLAND
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
JANUARY 18, 2014
Religion has always been a trivial topic. Who is right? who is the closest to the truth? Many excursions and quest have started with the intent to bring awareness to a "higher power" and entity called God. In the late fifteenth century before the protestant reformation America was intensified with the reform of the Catholic church, also known as the counter reform. European settlement happened in the seventeenth century. Events of this error dictated and shaped the world of Christianity.1 As a result of this fervent need to break away from the Renaissance happening in Europe with Spanish influence.2 The new America 's was an opportunity to create a new identity and freedom towards religion raw materials, economic, intellectual and social expansion. 3 the catholic church was the major form of influence in the America 's and Christianity, however there was a great breaking away from traditional thinking which spawned many different movements like the Quakers, Baptist an other radical views towards traditional Christianity from women who aided in the founding of such prominent religions.
QUAKERS:
The Religious Society of Friends nicknamed as the "Quakers" came into being in the seventeenth century. 4 George Fox was the initial leader. The group kind of formed itself. The Quakers was birthed out of a hungriness for God and a strong passionate conviction to fill the void of what was missed in life due to a disconnection between man and God. Mary Pennington was an extraordinary women. Mary Pennington is best known in Quaker scholarship as William Penn 's mother-in-law. But her story was a fascinating one long before her daughter met William. Mary grew up in an upper class English household and was profoundly influenced by her foster-mother, who was a practicing
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