TY  - BOOK
AU  - Calvert,Jane E.
TI  - Quaker constitutionalism and the political thought of John Dickinson
SN  - 9780521884365
AV  - E302.6.D5 C34 2009eb
U1  - 973.3/092 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Dickinson, John,
KW  - Quakers
KW  - Political activity
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Political science
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Biography
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - Activité politique
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - Histoire constitutionnelle
KW  - Parlementaires
KW  - Biographies
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - fast
KW  - Political and social views
KW  - 1775-1783
KW  - 1783-1809
KW  - 1775-1865
KW  - Delaware
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Pennsylvanie
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-363) and index; Quaker constitutionalism in theory and practice, c.1652-1763 -- Bureaucratic libertines : the origins of Quaker constitutionalism and civil dissent -- A sacred institution : the Quaker theory of a civil constitution -- "Dissenters in our own country" : constituting a Quaker government in Pennsylvania -- Civil unity and the "seeds of dissention" in the golden age of Quaker theocracy -- The fruits of Quaker dissent : political schism and the rise of John Dickinson -- The political Quakerism of John Dickinson, 1763-1789 -- Turbulent but pacific : "Dickinsonian politics" in the American Revolution -- "The worthy against the licentious" : the critical period in Pennsylvania -- "The political rock of our salvation" : the U.S. Constitution according to John Dickinson -- Epilogue: The persistence of Quaker constitutionalism, 1789-1963
N2  - In the late-seventeenth century, Quakers originated a unique strain of constitutionalism, based on their theology and ecclesiology, which emphasized constitutional perpetuity and radical change through popular peaceful protest. While Whigs could imagine no other means of drastic constitutional reform except revolution, Quakers denied this as a legitimate option to governmental abuse of authority and advocated instead civil disobedience. This theory of a perpetual yet amendable constitution and its concomitant idea of popular sovereignty are things that most scholars believe did not exist until the American Founding. The most notable advocate of this theory was Founding Father John Dickinson, champion of American rights, but not revolution. His thought and action have been misunderstood until now, when they are placed within the Quaker tradition. This theory of Quaker constitutionalism can be traced in a clear and direct line from early Quakers through Dickinson to Martin Luther King, Jr
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