George Fox: The Quaker Peace Testimony

George Fox is regarded as the principal leader of the early Quaker movement during the 17th century. What part did he play in the development of the Quaker peace testimony? In his Journal he claims to have rejected all violence in the 1640s. However, he also seems to have tolerated Quakers within the army. How can we make sense of this?

Douglas Gwyn has written a number of books on historical Quaker theology, tracing the developments among seventeenth-century and twentieth-century Friends in relation to the wider social and historical currents around them.