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God's other children : Protestant nonconformists and the emergence of denominational churches in Ireland, 1660-1700 / Richard L. Greaves.

By: Greaves, Richard L
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Description: xii, 472 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0804728216 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Dissenters, Religious -- Ireland -- History -- 17th century | Presbyterian Church -- Ireland -- History -- 17th century | Society of Friends -- Ireland -- History -- 17th century | Ireland -- Church history -- 17th century | Church and state -- IrelandDDC classification: 280.4/0941509032 LOC classification: BX5203.2 | .G74 1997Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-453) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Roots of Irish nonconformity -- Nonconformity and the Restoration, 1660-1663 -- In search of a modus vivendi : nonconformists and the government, 1664-1685 -- Toleration, survival, and resurgence : nonconformists from the reign of James II to the eve of the penal laws -- The Presbyterians : a polity for survival -- The Presbyterian way : worship, discipline, and social responsibility -- Declining sects : Congregationalists and Baptists -- The Society of Friends and its work -- The Quaker way and the Friends' place in late Stuart society.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-453) and index.

Introduction : Roots of Irish nonconformity -- Nonconformity and the Restoration, 1660-1663 -- In search of a modus vivendi : nonconformists and the government, 1664-1685 -- Toleration, survival, and resurgence : nonconformists from the reign of James II to the eve of the penal laws -- The Presbyterians : a polity for survival -- The Presbyterian way : worship, discipline, and social responsibility -- Declining sects : Congregationalists and Baptists -- The Society of Friends and its work -- The Quaker way and the Friends' place in late Stuart society.

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