George Fox: An Autobiography

An autobiographical journal records a personal spiritual awakening and the subsequent life of itinerant ministry, describing widespread travel to preach, debates with religious leaders, and repeated imprisonments for refusing conventional worship practices. It sets out a theology centered on inward guidance and immediate access to the divine, rejecting priestly mediation and advocating religious toleration and social equality. The narrative blends episodic travel accounts, letters, sermons, and prison reports to show how convictions shaped social encounters and institutional responses. Episodes of suffering and perseverance illustrate the costs and communal foundations of a movement that emphasized plain speech, simple worship, and the primacy of inward experience.