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Author : Caroline Emelia Stephen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Society of Friends
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081824203
Author : Caroline Emelia Stephen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Society of Friends
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081824211
Author : Caroline Emelia Stephen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387080797
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author : Caroline Emelia Stephen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783368910136
Author : Caroline Emelia Stephen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Society of Friends
ISBN : STANFORD:36105046845546
Author : Caroline Emelia Stephen
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230435093
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. OUR CALLING. I HAVE endeavoured to explain what are those principles and practices into which we as a body have been led through what we believe to be obedience to the Spirit of Truth. I know that in some respects we seem to our fellow Christians to have mistaken the voice of our Guide, and to be, through ignorance perhaps, but yet lamentably, excluding ourselves from the most precious privileges, if not consciously disregarding the most sacred injunctions. It is a very solemn question upon which we thus join issue with almost all the Churches of Christendom;--What is, in fact, essential Christianity? "By their fruits ye shall know them." It would ill become me to attempt any estimate of the fruitfulness of that branch of the Christian Church which I have joined as compared with the branch of it in which I was brought up. I have been occupied throughout with our ideal, not with the degree of our fulfilment or failure to fulfil it. I feel bound, however, to say that I cannot reconcile the fact of the signs of life and spiritual energy which I find within as well as without the Society with the idea that either branch of the Church is really cut off from the root of the living Vine. Does it follow that our peculiar principles and practices -are of no consequence? I cannot myself believe that this is a legitimate conclusion from the admitted fact that undeniably holy and Christian lives are led within as well as without our borders. That fact does, I think, show at least that everything does not depend either upon the observance or the disuse of outward ordinances--it shows that either course may be pursued in good faith and without destruction to the Christian life; but it is not inconsistent with the belief that results of...
Author : Geoffrey Durham
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300167368
Who are the Quakers, what do they believe, and what do they practice? The Religious Society of Friends—also known as Quakers-—believes that everyone can have a direct experience of God. Quakers express this in a unique form of worship that inspires them to work for change in themselves and in the world. In The Spirit of the Quakers, Geoffrey Durham, himself a Friend, explains Quakerism through quotations from writings that cover 350 years, from the beginnings of the movement to the present day. Peace and equality are major themes in the book, but readers will also find thought-provoking passages on the importance of action for social change, the primacy of truth, the value of simplicity, the need for a sense of community, and much more. The quoted texts convey a powerful religious impulse, courage in the face of persecution, the warmth of human relationships, and dedicated perseverance in promoting just causes. The extended quotations have been carefully selected from well-known Quakers such as George Fox, William Penn, John Greenleaf Whittier, Elizabeth Fry and John Woolman, as well as many contemporary Friends. Together with Geoffrey Durham's enlightening and sympathetic introductions to the texts, the extracts from these writers form an engaging, often moving guide to this accessible and open-hearted religious faith.
Author : Caroline E. Stephen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3337442722
Author : Carolina Fernández Rodríguez
Publisher : Universitat de València
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788491349105
Quaker characters have peopled many an American literary work—most notably, "Uncle Tom’s Cabin"—as Quakerism has been historically associated with progressive attitudes and the advancement of social justice. With the rise in recent years of the Christian romance market, dominated by American Evangelical companies, there has been a renewed interest in fictional Quakers. In the historical Quaker romances analyzed in this book, Quaker heroines often devote time to spiritual considerations, advocate the sanctity of marriage and promote traditional family values. However, their concern with social justice also leads them to engage in subversive behavior and to question the status quo, as illustrated by heroines who are active on the Underground Railroad or are seen organizing the Seneca Falls convention. Though relatively liberal in terms of gender, Quaker romances are considerably less progressive when it comes to race relations. Thus, they reflect America’s conflicted relationship with its history of race and gender abuse, and the country’s tendency to both resist and advocate social change. Ultimately, Quaker romances reinforce the myth of America as a White and Christian nation, here embodied by the Quaker heroine, the all-powerful savior who rescues Native Americans, African Americans and Jews while conquering the hero’s heart.
Author : Joanna Dales
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004438415
Many Quakers who reached maturity towards the end of the nineteenth century found that their parents’ religion had lost its connection with reality. New discoveries in science and biblical research called for new approaches to Christian faith. Evangelical beliefs dominant among nineteenth-century Quakers were now found wanting, especially those emphasising the supreme authority of the Bible and doctrines of atonement, whereby the wrath of God is appeased through the blood of Christ. Liberal Quakers sought a renewed sense of reality in their faith through recovering the vision of the first Quakers with their sense of the Light of God within each person. They also borrowed from mainstream liberal theology new attitudes to God, nature and service to society. The ensuing Quaker Renaissance found its voice at the Manchester Conference of 1895, and the educational initiatives which followed gave to British Quakerism an active faith fit for the testing reality of the twentieth century.
Author : Michael Birkel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004373747
This study explores the reception of mystical texts among Quakers, looking at Robert Barclay and John Cassian, Sarah L. Grubb and Jeanne Guyon, Caroline Stephen and Johannes Tauler, Rufus Jones and Jacob Boehme, and Teresina Havens and Buddhist texts.
Author : Stephen W. Angell,Pink Dandelion,David Harrington Watt
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780271095769
The period from 1830 to 1937 was transformative for modern Quakerism. Practitioners made significant contributions to world culture, from their heavy involvement in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements and creation of thriving communities of Friends in the Global South to the large-scale post–World War I humanitarian relief efforts of the American Friends Service Committee and Friends Service Council in Britain. The Creation of Modern Quaker Diversity, 1830–1937 explores these developments and the impact they had on the Quaker religion and on the broader world. Chapters examine the changes taking place within the denomination at the time, including separations, particularly in the United States, that resulted in the establishment of distinct branches, and a series of all-Quaker conferences in the early twentieth century that set the agenda for Quakerism. Written by the leading experts in the field, this engaging narrative and penetrating analysis is the authoritative account of this period of Quaker history. It will appeal to scholars and lay Quaker readers alike and is an essential volume for meeting libraries. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Joanna Clare Dales, Richard Kent Evans, Douglas Gwyn, Thomas D. Hamm, Robynne Rogers Healey, Julie L. Holcomb, Sylvester A. Johnson, Stephanie Midori Komashin, Emma Jones Lapsansky, Isaac Barnes May, Nicola Sleapwood, Carole Dale Spencer, and Randall L. Taylor.
Author : Stephen W. Angell,Pink Dandelion
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191667350
Quakerism began in England in the 1650s. George Fox, credited as leading the movement, had an experience of 1647 in which he felt he could hear Christ directly and inwardly without the mediation of text or minister. Convinced of the authenticity of this experience and its universal application, Fox preached a spirituality in which potentially all were ministers, all part of a priesthood of believers, a church levelled before the leadership of God. Quakers are a fascinating religious group both in their original 'peculiarity' and in the variety of reinterpretations of the faith since. The way they have interacted with wider society is a basic but often unknown part of British and American history. This handbook charts their history and the history of their expression as a religious community. This volume provides an indispensable reference work for the study of Quakerism. It is global in its perspectives and interdisciplinary in its approach whilst offering the reader a clear narrative through the academic debates. In addition to an in-depth survey of historical readings of Quakerism, the handbook provides a treatment of the group's key theological premises and its links with wider Christian thinking. Quakerism's distinctive ecclesiastical forms and practices are analysed, and its social, economic, political, and ethical outcomes examined. Each of the 37 chapters considers broader religious, social, and cultural contexts and provides suggestions for further reading and the volume concludes with an extensive bibliography to aid further research.
Author : Hugh Barbour,Christopher Densmore,Elizabeth H. Moger,Nancy C. Sorel,Alson D. Van Wagner,Arthur J. Worrall
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0815626649
Author : International Conference On The Pacifist Impulse I,Peter Brock,International Conference on the Pacifist Impulse in Historical perspec
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802007775
This volume of twenty-three essays appears in recognition of the emergence of peace history as a relatively new and coherent field of learning. ... these essays were presented at an international conference "The Pacifist Impulse in Historical Perspective". ... Together the essays in this book explore the ideas and activities of persons and groups who, for two millennia, have rejected war and urged non-violent means of settling conflicts