Quaccheri e cristiani non evangelici senza chiesa
Eunomia. Rivista semestrale di Storia e Politica Internazionali Eunomia VIII n.s. (2019), n. 1, 99-121
e-ISSN 2280-8949
DOI 10.1285/i22808949a8n1p99
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GUGLIELMO PIOMBINI
Cristianicontrolostato.Storialibertariadeiquaccheri
Abstract:Sinceitsbirthinthemid-600s,the“SocietyofFriends”,theofficialdenominationoftheQuakerreligion,manifestedapeculiarindividualistic,anti-authoritarianandlibertariancharacter.ThefirstQuakersintendedtorestoreearlyChristianity,andjustastheearlyChristiansrefusedtocooperatewiththeState.ForthesereasonstheywerepersecutedbytheEnglishcrownandtheNewEnglandpuritans.TheQuakerWilliamPennfoundedacolony,Pennsylvania,whichprosperedformanydecadesinconditionsoffreedom,tolerance,lackoftaxesandminimalgovernment.IntheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturiestheQuakersdistinguishedthemselvesintheentrepreneurial,commercialandbankingfields.Inthe1900stheyorganizedimpressivehumanitarianreliefoperationsforthecivilianpopulations
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