From Quaker to Upper Canadian
Faith and Community among Yonge Street Friends, 1801-1850
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2006
- Category
- General, Denominations
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773531369
- Publish Date
- Oct 2006
- List Price
- $125.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773577619
- Publish Date
- Oct 2006
- List Price
- $110.00
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Description
From Quaker to Upper Canadian is the first scholarly work to examine the transformation of this important religious community from a self-insulated group to integration within Upper Canadian society. Through a careful reconstruction of local community dynamics, Healey argues that the integration of this sect into mainstream society was the result of religious schisms that splintered the community and compelled Friends to seek affinities with other religious groups as well as the effect of cooperation between Quakers and non-Quakers.
About the author
Robynne Rogers Healey is Professor of History and Codirector of the Gender Studies Institute at Trinity Western University. She is the author of From Quaker to Upper Canadian: Faith and Community Among Yonge Street Friends, 1801–1850, and the coeditor of Quaker Studies: An Overview; The Current State of the Field.