Quaker Summer

Author : Lisa Samson
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781418568139

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Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson Pdf

Sometimes you have to go a little bit crazy to discover the life you were meant to live. Heather Curridge is coming unhinged. And people are starting to notice. What's wrong with a woman who has everything--a mansion on a lake, a loving son, a heart-surgeon husband--yet still feels miserable inside? When Heather spends the summer with two ancient Quaker sisters and a crusty nun running a downtown homeless shelter, she finds herself at a crossroads. Life turns upside down for Heather in a Quaker Summer. “One of the most powerful voices in Christian fiction, Samson delivers ...a staggering examination of the Christian conscience.” –Publishers Weekly

Author : Beth Wiseman
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781418551582

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Plain Perfect & Quaker Summer 2in1 by Beth Wiseman Pdf

Includes two books authored by Beth Wiseman and Lisa Samson: Plain Perfect and Quaker Summer.

Author : Mark Freeman
Publisher : Borthwick Publications
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Quakers
ISBN : 1904497233

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Quaker Extension, C. 1905-1930 by Mark Freeman Pdf

Author : Emma Jones Lapsansky-Werner
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 0812236920

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Quaker Aesthetics by Emma Jones Lapsansky-Werner Pdf

The notion of a uniquely Quaker style in architecture, dress, and domestic interiors is a subject with which scholars have long grappled, since Quakers have traditionally held both an appreciation for high-quality workmanship and a distrust of ostentation. Early Quakers, or members of the Society of Friends, who held "plainness" or "simplicity" as a virtue, were also active consumers of fine material goods. Through an examination of some of the material possessions of Quaker families in America during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries, the contributors to Quaker Aesthetics draw on the methods of art, social, religious, and public historians as well as folklorists to explore how Friends during this period reconciled their material lives with their belief in the value of simplicity. In early America, Quakers dominated the political and social landscape of the Delaware Valley, and, because this region held a position of political and economic strength, the Quakers were tightly connected to the transatlantic economy. Given this vantage, they had easy access to the latest trends in fashion and business. Detailing how Quakers have manufactured, bought, and used such goods as clothing, furniture, and buildings, the essays in Quaker Aesthetics reveal a much more complicated picture than that of a simple people with simple tastes. Instead, the authors show how, despite the high quality of their material lives, the Quakers in the past worked toward the spiritual simplicity they still cherish.

Author : T. Corns,D. Loewenstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317960683

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The Emergence of Quaker Writing by T. Corns,D. Loewenstein Pdf

Among the radical sects which flourished during the tumultuous years of the English Revolution, the early Quakers were particularly aware of the power of the written word to promote their prophetic visions?and unorthodox beliefs. This collection of new essays by literary scholars and historians looks at the diversity of seventeenth-century Quaker writing, examining its rhetoric, its polemical strategies, its purposeful use of the print medium, and the heroism and vehemence of its world vision.

Author : William T. Auman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786476633

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Civil War in the North Carolina Quaker Belt by William T. Auman Pdf

This is an account of the seven military operations conducted by the Confederacy against deserters and disloyalists and the concomitant internal war between secessionists and those who opposed secession in the Quaker Belt of central North Carolina. It explains how the "outliers" (deserters and draft-dodgers) managed to elude capture and survive despite extensive efforts by Confederate authorities to hunt them down and return them to the army. The author discusses the development of the secret underground pro-Union organization the Heroes of America, and how its members utilized the Underground Railroad, dug-out caves, and an elaborate system of secret signals and communications to elude the "hunters." Numerous instances of murder, rape, torture and other brutal acts and many skirmishes between gangs of deserters and Confederate and state troops are recounted. In a revisionist interpretation of the Tar Heel wartime peace movement, the author argues that William Holden's peace crusade was in fact a Copperhead insurgency in which peace agitators strove for a return of North Carolina and the South to the Union on the Copperhead basis--that is, with the institution of slavery protected by the Constitution in the returning states.

Author : Geoffrey Durham
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781785358944

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Quaker Quicks - What Do Quakers Believe? by Geoffrey Durham Pdf

"So what do you believe?" It’s the question Quakers are always asked first and the one they find hardest to answer, because they don’t have an official list of beliefs. And Quakerism is a religion of doing, not thinking. They base their lives on equality and truth; they work for peace, justice and reconciliation; they live adventurously. And underpinning their unique way of life is a spiritual practice they have sometimes been wary of talking about. Until now. In What Do Quakers Believe? Geoffrey Durham answers the crucial question clearly, straightforwardly and without jargon. In the process he introduces a unique religious group whose impact and influence in the world is far greater than their numbers suggest. What Do Quakers Believe? is a friendly, direct and accessible toe-in-the-water book for readers who have often wondered who these Quakers are, but have never quite found out.

Author : Isaac Barnes May
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004522510

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American Quaker Resistance to War, 1917–1973 by Isaac Barnes May Pdf

This historical survey of Quakers in the United States and their responses to war from World War I through the Vietnam conflict demonstrates that Quakers' responses to war resulted from internal struggles and the influence of the state.

Author : C. Wess Daniels,Robynne Rogers Healey,Jon R. Kershner
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004365070

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Quaker Studies: An Overview by C. Wess Daniels,Robynne Rogers Healey,Jon R. Kershner Pdf

Jon R. Kershner, Robynne Rogers Healey and C. Wess Daniels explore the historiography and contemporary fields of Quaker theology and philosophy, history, and the rise of sociology. Developments within Quaker Studies are compared to external sources and tracked over time.

Author : Christine Ayoub
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781469162546

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Memories of the Quaker Past: Stories of Thirty-Seven Senior Quakers by Christine Ayoub Pdf

The book consists of excerpts from interviews of senior members of State College Friends Meeting. The narrators who lived through the Great Depression tell of their difficult childhood--and yet in most cases one they regarded as happy. Some of the conscientious objectors during WWII tell of life in CPS camps; others speak of using nonviolent methods with mental patients, while still others relate the story of the human guinea experiments some of them participated in. Of those who did relief work after the war overseas, probably the most exciting tales are told by the four who worked with the Friends Ambulance Unit in China. They happened to be located close to where the Nationalists and the Communists were fighting.

Author : Stephen W. Angell,Pink Dandelion,David Harrington Watt
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780271095752

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The Creation of Modern Quaker Diversity, 1830–1937 by Stephen W. Angell,Pink Dandelion,David Harrington Watt Pdf

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 : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191667350

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The Oxford Handbook of Quaker Studies by Stephen W. Angell,Pink Dandelion Pdf

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 : Thomas M. King
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Quakers
ISBN : 9781105695407

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History of San Jose Quakers, West Coast Friends by Thomas M. King Pdf

Author : Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College, author of What It Means to be Moral and Living the Secular Life
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780585208046

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Strife In the Sanctuary by Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College, author of What It Means to be Moral and Living the Secular Life Pdf

The first book-length study of a single congregation breaking in two, Strife in the Sanctuary provides a welcome ethnographic study for sociologists of religion. Plus, its moving story makes it an excellent read for undergraduate classes or anyone interested in religious divisions.

Author : Robynne Rogers Healey
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773560178

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From Quaker to Upper Canadian by Robynne Rogers Healey Pdf

From Quaker to Upper Canadian is the first scholarly work to examine the transformation of this important religious community from a self-insulated group to integration within Upper Canadian society. Through a careful reconstruction of local community dynamics, Healey argues that the integration of this sect into mainstream society was the result of religious schisms that splintered the community and compelled Friends to seek affinities with other religious groups as well as the effect of cooperation between Quakers and non-Quakers.