DUNCAN, David, * 1825, † 6.8. 1871. Freidenker, Quäker. - David Duncan, geboren in Schottland, arbeitete als Fabrikarbeiter, Lehrer und Schriftsteller in Manchester. Verheiratet war er mit Sarah Ann. 1852 wechselte der Presbyterianer zu den Quäkern. Auf tragische Weise wurde er kurz vor seinem Tode am 13. Juli 1871 vom Hardshaw East Monthly Meeting ausgeschlossen, auf Druck des evangelikalen Quäkers Joseph Bevan Braithwaite (1818-1905). Grund war das Eintreten Duncans für Gedanken- und Meinungsfreiheit, was zwar die Quäker im allgemeinen predigten, jedoch in den eigenen Reihen nicht duldeten. Auch Duncans liberale Ansichten hinsichtlich der Stellung der Bibel und der Göttlichkeit Jesu waren, neben seinem provokanten Auftreten, religiöse Differenzen zum damaligen Quäkertum, wie es das Hardshaw East Monthly Meeting verstand. David Duncan verstarb im Monat August 1871 an den Pocken.
Werke: Essays and reviews. A lecture, delivered at the Manchester Friends' Institute, on the 12
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2; Discourses. With a memoir of his life. Edinburgh 1867; National life, a lecture read at the Manchester Friends' Institute on the 22
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Lit. (Auswahl): Forster, Joseph Binyon: David Duncan and his reviewer. To the editor of the British Friend. In: The British Friend. A monthly journal, XIX, 9, 1861, 224-225; - Forster, Joseph B.: Dread of controversy (A proper read at a late meeting of the Friends' Institute, Manchester). In: The British Friend. A monthly journal, XIX, 12, 1861, 287-288; - Forster, Joseph Binyon: On liberty. An address to the members of the Society of Friends. London 1867; - Cooper, Frederick: The crisis in Manchester Meeting. With a review of the pamphlets of David Duncan and Joseph B. Forster. For private circulation in the Society of Friends. Not published. Manchester 1869; - Forster, Joseph B.: The Society of Friends and freedom of thought in 1871. London 1871. London 18712; - Wilson, Roger C.: Manchester, Manchester, and Manchester again. From 'sound doctrine' to 'a free ministry' - the theological travail of London Yearly Meeting throughout the nineteenth century. London 1990; - Kennedy, Thomas C.: Heresy-hunting among Victorian Quakers. The Manchester difficulty, 1861-73. In: Victorian Studies. An interdisciplinary journal of social, political and cultural studies, XXXIV, 2, 1991, 227-253; - Dandelion, Pink: Duncan, David (1839-1872). In: Historical dictionary of the Friends (Quakers). Hrsg. von Abbott, Margery Post; Chijioke, Mary Ellen; Dandelion, Pink; Oliver, John William. Lanham 2003, 76 (Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series, XLVI); - Boulton, David; Cresson, Os: The making of a Quaker nontheist tradition. In: Boulton, David (Hrsg.): Godless for God's sake in contemporary Quakerism. Dent 2006, 87-100.
Claus Bernet
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