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Jun 1, 2001

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The story of the development of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the seventeenth century is a fascinating one. Many writers have sought to tell some portion of it. Some very good books on this period are long out of print, but much is currently available. I have not reviewed all of the books on this list, and inclusion in this list should not be taken as a statement about the quality of a book. The order of books also is no indicator of relative quality.

This listing limits itself to books which are readily available for purchase new. Many other books are available in libraries or used. Clicking on the title of any book on this listing will bring up more information on it, and will allow you to purchase it.

By or About George Fox

Journal of George Fox (Rufus Jones edition), Friends United Press, 1976.
Journal of George Fox (Penguin Classics edition), Penguin USA, 1999.
The Power of the Lord Is Over All: The Pastoral Letters of George Fox, edited by T. Canby Jones, Friends United Press, 1989.
Religion of George Fox as Revealed in His Epistles, Pendle Hill Publications, 1993.
New Light on George Fox and Early Quakerism: The Making and Unmaking of a God, by Richard Bailey, Edwin Mellen Press, 1992.
Atonement of George Fox, by Emilia Fogelklou-Norlind, Pendle Hill Publications, 1969.
Apocalypse of the Word: The Life and Message of George Fox (1624-1691), by Douglas Gwyn, Friends United Press, 1986.
First Among Friends: George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism, by H. Larry Ingle, Oxford University Press, 1996.
George Fox and the Quakers, by Cecil Sharman, Friends United Press, 1991.

Early Quaker Women

Margaret Fell and the Rise of Quakerism, by Bonnelyn Young Kunze, Stanford University Press, 1994.

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