author

James H. Moon

b. 1830

A Quaker writer from Pennsylvania, he is best known for short religious works that argue against water baptism and reflect the beliefs of the Society of Friends. His surviving books are firmly focused on doctrine, history, and scripture rather than literary storytelling.

1 Audiobook

Water Baptism A Pagan and Jewish Rite but not Christian, Proven by Scripture and History Confirmed by the Lives of Saints Who Were Never Baptized with Water

Water Baptism A Pagan and Jewish Rite but not Christian, Proven by Scripture and History Confirmed by the Lives of Saints Who Were Never Baptized with Water

by James H. Moon

About the author

Born in 1830 and later identified as James Haines Moon, he was a Pennsylvania Quaker whose published work centered on Christian practice and belief. Records connected with his family and later biographical references place him in Fallsington, Bucks County, and show that he lived into the early 1920s.

His best-known works include Why Friends (Quakers) Do Not Baptize With Water and Water Baptism. In those books, he argues that outward water baptism was not required by Christ and defends the traditional Quaker emphasis on inward spiritual experience over ritual observance.

Very little widely published personal biography appears to survive beyond those basic facts, so he is remembered mainly through his religious writing. His connection to the Quaker community also appears in the life of his daughter, educator and scholar Laetitia Moon Conard, whose biography identifies him as her father.