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In less skillful hands much of the description of factional infighting and doctrinal niceties would read only as dull and worthy esoteric detail, for enthusiasts and denominational historians only. But Kennedy's graceful prose, balance, and fair-mindedness elevate the book to a much higher plane, of interest to a far broader band of social, political, and gender historians (his discussion of women in the Quaker Movement is especially fine). Canadian Journal of History ... first-rate, meticulously researched account. Canadian Journal of History This very well-documented study will be essential reading for scholars in future. Albion This book is an important contribution to Quaker history, because of its exhaustive use of original archives and correspondence. Albion Masterful account ... This book is a gift to British Quakers, providing us with an essential tool for undertaking a more informed analysis of how we became the Society we are today ... truly definitive work. The Friend A deeply thoughtful, authoritative portrait of British Friends' gradual, if sometimes exceedingly stormy, passage out of the Evangelical Nonconformist culture of the mid-19th century into a more profound engagement with the modern world. The Friend This is the book that historians of 19th and 20th-century British Quakerism have long desired and required. This superb study of one of the great transition periods in Quaker history will immediately take its rightful place alongside the classic William Braithwaite and Rufus Jones surveys of our past. The Friend Kennedy has forged an impressively coherent argument out of a mass of manuscript and printed sources; and his well-written book fills a major gap in our knowledge of the theological and political debates within late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Quakerism. English Historical Review An essential guide to one of the crucial chapters of modern Quaker history ... No historian of British Quakerism has done more to advance our understanding of this rather neglected period of the Society's past than Thomas Kennedy ... Kennedy's mastery of the literature of the era and his insight into its leading personalities is everywhere evident. With a strong sense of narrative that never overlooks important contradictions or exceptions, Kennedy's magnum opus is not only a major contribution to Quaker historiography but a compelling story of conflict and discovery, of questioning and conviction. Quaker Studies Kennedy's chapters on British Friends and the First World War are superbly crafted. It is unquestionably the finest account to date of that watershed in Quaker history ... His excellent chapter on women in the Society of Friends between 1860 and 1914 will make sobering reading for those Quakers disposed to think that their community has always been on the cutting edge of the struggle for equality between the sexes. Quaker Studies Punctiliously researched. Times Literary Supplement
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`A very useful addition to Quaker studies.' Journal of Theological Studies
`The Quaker renaissance of 1890-1914 lies at the heart of Thomas Kennedy's exploration ... Its leaders are critically evaluated with sympathy and insight ... The chapters on the war are among the most moving ... stimulating concluding survey and appraisal of the legacies of the Quaker transformation.' The Friend
`punctiliously researched' TLS, 9/11/2001
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In less skillful hands much of the description of factional infighting and doctrinal niceties would read only as dull and worthy esoteric detail, for enthusiasts and denominational historians only. But Kennedy's graceful prose, balance, and fair-mindedness elevate the book to a much higher plane, of interest to a far broader band of social, political, and gender historians (his discussion of women in the Quaker Movement is especially fine). Canadian Journal of History ... first-rate, meticulously researched account. Canadian Journal of History This very well-documented study will be essential reading for scholars in future. Albion This book is an important contribution to Quaker history, because of its exhaustive use of original archives and correspondence. Albion Masterful account ... This book is a gift to British Quakers, providing us with an essential tool for undertaking a more informed analysis of how we became the Society we are today ... truly definitive work. The Friend A deeply thoughtful, authoritative portrait of British Friends' gradual, if sometimes exceedingly stormy, passage out of the Evangelical Nonconformist culture of the mid-19th century into a more profound engagement with the modern world. The Friend This is the book that historians of 19th and 20th-century British Quakerism have long desired and required. This superb study of one of the great transition periods in Quaker history will immediately take its rightful place alongside the classic William Braithwaite and Rufus Jones surveys of our past. The Friend Kennedy has forged an impressively coherent argument out of a mass of manuscript and printed sources; and his well-written book fills a major gap in our knowledge of the theological and political debates within late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Quakerism. English Historical Review An essential guide to one of the crucial chapters of modern Quaker history ... No historian of British Quakerism has done more to advance our understanding of this rather neglected period of the Society's past than Thomas Kennedy ... Kennedy's mastery of the literature of the era and his insight into its leading personalities is everywhere evident. With a strong sense of narrative that never overlooks important contradictions or exceptions, Kennedy's magnum opus is not only a major contribution to Quaker historiography but a compelling story of conflict and discovery, of questioning and conviction. Quaker Studies Kennedy's chapters on British Friends and the First World War are superbly crafted. It is unquestionably the finest account to date of that watershed in Quaker history ... His excellent chapter on women in the Society of Friends between 1860 and 1914 will make sobering reading for those Quakers disposed to think that their community has always been on the cutting edge of the struggle for equality between the sexes. Quaker Studies Punctiliously researched. Times Literary Supplement
Review
`A very useful addition to Quaker studies.' Journal of Theological Studies
`The Quaker renaissance of 1890-1914 lies at the heart of Thomas Kennedy's exploration ... Its leaders are critically evaluated with sympathy and insight ... The chapters on the war are among the most moving ... stimulating concluding survey and appraisal of the legacies of the Quaker transformation.' The Friend
`punctiliously researched' TLS, 9/11/2001
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