Margaret Fell, Letters, and the Making of Quakerism

Taylor & Francis

Margaret Fell, Letters, and the Making of QuakerismAuthor(s): Marjon Ames\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781409466987, 978-1409466987\nSynopsis\nIntensely persecuted during the English Interregnum, early Quakers left a detailed record of the suffering they endured for their [url] Fell, Letters, and the Making of Quakerismis the first book to connect the suffering experience with the communication network that drew the faithful together to create a new religious community. This study explores the ways in which early Quaker leaders, particularly Margaret Fell, helped shape a stable organization that allowed for the transition from movement to church to occur. Fells role was essential to this process because she developed and maintained the epistolary exchange that was the basis of the early religious community. Her efforts allowed for others to travel and spread the faith while she served as nucleus of the community.