{"product_id":"holy-nation-sarah-crabtree-9780226255767","title":"Holy Nation: The Transatlantic Quaker Ministry in an Age of Revolution","description":"Early American Quakers have long been perceived as retiring separatists, but in \u003ci\u003eHoly Nation\u003c\/i\u003e Sarah Crabtree transforms our historical understanding of the sect by drawing on the sermons, diaries, and correspondence of Quakers themselves. Situating Quakerism within the larger intellectual and religious undercurrents of the Atlantic World, Crabtree shows how Quakers forged a paradoxical sense of their place in the world as militant warriors fighting for peace. She argues that during the turbulent Age of Revolution and Reaction, the Religious Society of Friends forged a \"holy nation,\" a transnational community of like-minded believers committed first and foremost to divine law and to one another. Declaring themselves citizens of their own nation served to underscore the decidedly \u003ci\u003eun\u003c\/i\u003eholy nature of the nation-state, worldly governments, and profane laws. As a result, campaigns of persecution against the Friends escalated as those in power moved to declare Quakers aliens and traitors to their home countries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoly Nation\u003c\/i\u003e convincingly shows that ideals and actions were inseparable for the Society of Friends, yielding an account of Quakerism that is simultaneously a history of the faith and its adherents and a history of its confrontations with the wider world. Ultimately, Crabtree argues, the conflicts experienced between obligations of church and state that Quakers faced can illuminate similar contemporary struggles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Crabtree\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022625576X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226255767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016","brand":"Sarah Crabtree","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001094193407,"sku":"9780226255767","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7c2f4f2-3a69-4e24-8a88-431c1f441a37.jpg?v=1751600047","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/holy-nation-sarah-crabtree-9780226255767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}