Quaker Thought and History
Author | : Edward Grubb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Society of Friends |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Edward Grubb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Society of Friends |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Thomas D. Hamm |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0231123620 |
The Quakers in America is a multifaceted history of the Religious Society of Friends and a fascinating study of its culture and controversies today. Lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings illuminate basic Quaker theology and reflect the group's diversity while also highlighting the fundamental unity within the religion. Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate whether Quakerism is necessarily Christian, where religious authority should reside, how one transmits faith to children, and how gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior. Praised for its rich insight and wide-ranging perspective, The Quakers in America is a penetrating account of an influential, vibrant, and often misunderstood religious sect. Known best for their long-standing commitment to social activism, pacifism, fair treatment for Native Americans, and equality for women, the Quakers have influenced American thought and society far out of proportion to their relatively small numbers. Whether in the foreign policy arena (the American Friends Service Committee), in education (the Friends schools), or in the arts (prominent Quakers profiled in this book include James Turrell, Bonnie Raitt, and James Michener), Quakers have left a lasting imprint on American life. This multifaceted book is a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends; an introduction to its beliefs and practices; and a vivid picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends today. The book opens with lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings that illuminate basic Quaker concepts and theology and reflect the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. Yet the book also examines commonalities among American Friends that demonstrate a fundamental unity within the religion: their commitments to worship, the ministry of all believers, decision making based on seeking spiritual consensus rather than voting, a simple lifestyle, and education. Thomas Hamm shows that Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate a number of central questions: Is Quakerism necessarily Christian? Where should religious authority reside? Is the self sacred? How does one transmit faith to children? How do gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior? Hamm's analysis of these debates reveals a vital religion that prizes both unity and diversity.
Author | : Jane E. Calvert |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521884365 |
This book traces the theory of Quaker constitutionalism from the early Quakers through Founding Father John Dickinson to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author | : William Sewel |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 1063 |
Release | : 2022-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers is about Restoration England and a general account of 17th century England. Sewel writes at length about the early years of the Quaker movement.
Author | : Dr. Adrian Davies |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0198208200 |
The study also examines many other facets of Quakerism - from the literacy rates of Quakers, and the level of persecution suffered by followers to the reasons for the sect's decline - and concludes with a survey of the changes that had overcome the movement since the heady days of birth."--Jacket.
Author | : Glenn Leppert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781735464602 |
Even though the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) began as a Christian movement, and even though their positive impact on culture and society was quite significant, relative to their size, there is very little public awareness of Quakerism today. Little is known of historical contributions of the Friends movement, and even less is known about the Christian beliefs that drove those actions. This book seeks to fill this gap in awareness, by providing an accessible introduction to Quaker history and beliefs from an evangelical Christan perspective. Academically rigorous and historically comprehensive, while still an accessible and entertaining read, it is a must-have for scholars, pastors, students, or anyone else seeking to understand the Christian foundation and heartbeat of Quakerism.
Author | : Howard Haines Brinton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Elton Trueblood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
D. Elton Trueblood depicts the Quaker experiment in radical Christianity and presents the Quaker faith as a live option for contemporary men and women. The People Called Quakers, a Quaker classic, has enduring value as his vision of what Quakerism has been, is, and can be.
Author | : Rosemary Moore |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2020-04-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0271086890 |
Hailed upon its publication as “history at its finest” by H. Larry Ingle and called “the essential foundation to explore early Quaker history” by Sixteenth Century Journal, Rosemary Moore’s The Light in Their Consciences is the most comprehensive, readable history of the first decades of the life and thought of The Society of Friends. This twentieth anniversary edition of Moore’s pathbreaking work reintroduces the book to a new generation of readers. Drawing on an innovative computer-based analysis of primary sources and Quaker and anti-Quaker literature, Moore provides compelling portraits of George Fox, James Nayler, Margaret Fell, and other leading figures; relates how the early Friends lived and worshipped; and traces the path this radical group followed as it began its development into a denomination. In doing so, she makes clear the origins and evolution of Quaker faith, details how they overcame differences in doctrinal interpretation and religious practice, and delves deeply into clashes between and among leaders and lay practitioners. Thoroughly researched, felicitously written, and featuring a new introduction, updated sources, and an enlightening outline of Moore’s research methodology, this edition of The Light in Their Consciences belongs in the collection of everyone interested in or studying Quaker history and the era in which the movement originated.
Author | : Richard C. Allen |
Publisher | : Penn State University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Quakers |
ISBN | : 9780271081205 |
Explores the second period of the development of Quakerism, specifically focusing on changes in Quaker theology, authority and institutional structures, and political trajectories.