............................................................................................................3 Lay summary.....................................................................................................5 Dedication.........................................................................................................7 Acknowledgments...........................................................................................9 Declaration .....................................................................................................11 Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................17 1.1 An introduction to Quakerism, Rufus Jones and Social Law 1.1.1 Quakerism circa 1900 1.1.2 Rufus Jones: The man, his life and his legacy 1.1.3 Social Law in the Spiritual World 1.2 Definitions, critical considerations and literature review 1.2.1 Christianity and Quakerism: Some comments 1.2.1.1 The relationship between Christianity and Quakerism in Social Law 1.2.1.2 Liberal Christianity and liberal/modernist Quakerism 1.2.2 Critical considerations 1.2.3 Primary sources 1.2.3.1 The two versions of Social Law 1.2.3.2 Jones’ published corpus 1.2.4 Secondary sources 1.2.4.1 Biographical material 1.2.4.2 Archival letters 1.2.4.3 Academic engagement 1.2.4.4 Records of Quaker meetings 1.3 Thesis outline Chapter 2: A worldview in the making: Jones’ childhood experience of God and Quaker education..........................................................................57 2.1 A Quaker childhood: Spiritual practices and inspiring people 2.1.1 Eminent Quakers: George Fox and John Woolman 2.1.2 The Quaker community in South China, Maine 2.2 Haverford College: A broad education 2.2.1 Science: Henry Drummond 2.2.2 Poetry: The Romantic poets 2.2.3 Mysticism: Ralph Waldo Emerson 2.2.4 Quaker mysticism: John Greenleaf Whittier

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