Quaker Writings

Author : Thomas D. Hamm
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101478103

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Quaker Writings by Thomas D. Hamm Pdf

An illuminating collection of work by members of the Religious Society of Friends. Covering nearly three centuries of religious development, this comprehensive anthology brings together writings from prominent Friends that illustrate the development of Quakerism, show the nature of Quaker spiritual life, discuss Quaker contributions to European and American civilization, and introduce the diverse community of Friends, some of whom are little remembered even among Quakers today. It gives a balanced overview of Quaker history, spanning the globe from its origins to missionary work, and explores daily life, beliefs, perspectives, movements within the community, and activism throughout the world. It is an exceptional contribution to contemporary understanding of religious thought. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : HarperCollins Spiritual Classics
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780060578725

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Quaker Spirituality by HarperCollins Spiritual Classics Pdf

Simplicity in forms of worship, opposition to violence, and the importance of compassionate living and thoughtful listening are hallmarks of the spirituality of the Quakers. From their beginnings in seventeenth–century England to today, the Friends have attempted to live out their belief in the presence of God's spirit within their hearts. This book features the writings of some of the most influential and inspirational Quaker thinkers –– George Fox, John Woolman, Caroline Stephen, Thomas Kelly, and others –– providing a vivid portrait of the beautiful, simple spirituality of the Quakers.

Author : Robert Lawrence Smith
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062296078

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A Quaker Book Of Wisdom by Robert Lawrence Smith Pdf

"The most valuable aspect of religion," writes Robert Lawrence Smith, "is that it provides us with a framework for living. I have always felt that the beauty and power of Quakerism is that it exhorts us to live more simply, more truthfully, more charitably." Taking his inspiration from the teaching of the first Quaker, George Fox, and from his own nine generations of Quaker forebears, Smith speaks to all of us who are seeking a way to make our lives simpler, more meaningful, and more useful. Beginning with the Quaker belief that "There is that of God in every person," Smith explores the ways in which we can harness the inner light of God that dwells in each of us to guide the personal choices and challenges we face every day. How to live and speak truthfully. How to listen for, trust, and act on our conscience. How to make our work an expression of the best that is in us. Using vivid examples from his own life, Smith writes eloquently of Quaker Meeting, his decision to fight in World War II, and later to oppose the Vietnam War. From his work as an educator and headmaster to his role as a husband and father, Smith quietly convinces that the lofty ideals of Quakerism offer all of us practical tools for leading a more meaningful life. His book culminates with a moving letter to his grandchildren which imparts ten lessons for "letting your life speak."

Author : Mary Garman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122249001

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Hidden in Plain Sight by Mary Garman Pdf

These tracts proclaim an experience of God that rocked the social order of seventeeth-century England. The Quaker women's voices add new language to the power of God's movement in our lives.

Author : Hugh Barbour,Arthur O. Roberts
Publisher : Morehouse Publishing
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015066072185

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Early Quaker Writings, 1650-1700 by Hugh Barbour,Arthur O. Roberts Pdf

This updated reprint contains a new introduction. Combined with Hidden in Plain Sight, this volume gives readers a wonderful glimpse into early Quaker spiritual experience.

Author : William Penn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Christian life
ISBN : HARVARD:32044058233214

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No Cross, No Crown by William Penn Pdf

Author : Etta M. Madden
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781535847858

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Gale Researcher Guide for: Early American Quaker Writings by Etta M. Madden Pdf

Gale Researcher Guide for: Early American Quaker Writings is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.

Author : David Booy
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0754607534

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Autobiographical Writings by Early Quaker Women by David Booy Pdf

This edition contains substantial excerpts from a range of self-writings by Quaker women, composed between the 1650s and circa 1710: letters, testimonies, memoirs, accounts of spiritual development, narratives of persecution and imprisonment. The texts are freshly edited from manuscripts or first printed editions.In his general introduction the editor, David Booy, sketches the history of the Quaker movement from the 1650s to the early 1700s, and considers the role of female Quakers during the first and second phases of the movement. The introduction also surveys the types and purposes of autobiographical writings produced by female Friends, and relates these writings to key Quaker ideas, concerns and practices regarding the inner light, scripture, testimony, plain speaking, friendship, gender and community.The volume includes a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary materials.

Author : Elizabeth Webb
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Society of Friends
ISBN : 0271082224

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The Writings of Elizabeth Webb by Elizabeth Webb Pdf

A comprehensive collection of the writings of Elizabeth Webb, a Quaker missionary who traveled and taught in England and America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Author : Gil Skidmore
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0759105219

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Strength in Weakness by Gil Skidmore Pdf

Quaker women in the eighteenth century were carrying on the faith and activity of their seventeenth-century forebears, but as a group their lives and writings have been neglected in modern times by both Quaker and other historians. Gil Skidmore brings together a rich array of letters, spiritual autobiographies, journals, and memoirs to put the lives and concerns of these women into context.

Author : T. Corns,D. Loewenstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,8 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 : Pink Dandelion
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191578649

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The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction by Pink Dandelion Pdf

The Quakers are a fascinating religious group both in their origins and in the variety of reinterpretations of the faith since. Emerging from the social unrest of the English civil war, the Quakers have gone on to have an influence way beyond their numbers: be it their continued stance against war or their pioneering work against slavery. At the same time, Quakers maintain a distinctive worship method to achieve the direct encounter with God which has been at the heart of the movement since its beginning. This book charts the history of Quakerism and its present-day diversity, and outlines its approach to worship, belief, theology and language, and ecumenism. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Brycchan Carey
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300182279

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From Peace to Freedom by Brycchan Carey Pdf

DIV In the first book to investigate in detail the origins of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends, Brycchan Carey shows how the Quakers turned against slavery in the first half of the eighteenth century and became the first organization to take a stand against the slave trade. Through meticulous examination of the earliest writings of the Friends, including journals and letters, Carey reveals the society’s gradual transition from expressing doubt about slavery to adamant opposition. He shows that while progression toward this stance was ongoing, it was slow and uneven and that it was vigorous internal debate and discussion that ultimately led to a call for abolition. His book will be a major contribution to the history of the rhetoric of antislavery and the development of antislavery thought as explicated in early Quaker writing. /div

Author : Douglas Gwyn
Publisher : Quakerpress of Fgc
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1937768554

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A Sustainable Life by Douglas Gwyn Pdf

A well-known Quaker historian explores the qualities of Quaker faith and practice that contribute to living sustainably in the world today. He explores such paradoxes as equality and community, unity and differentiation, integrity and personal discernment, and other aspects of life that Quakers have worked to bring into balance through their 350-year history. How have Quakers learned to create the kind of individual and community life that can prepare us to live fully and responsibly into a time of social and planetary change?

Author : David Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0983498059

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A Quaker Prayer Life by David Johnson Pdf

A Quaker prayer life arises from a life of continuing daily attentiveness. The first generation of Quakers followed a covenant with God, based on assidious obedience to the promptings of the Inward Light. This process did not require the established churches, priests or liturgies. Quaker prayer then became a practice of patient waiting in silence. Prayer is a conscious choice to seek God, in whatever form that Divine Presence speaks to each of us, moment to moment. The difficulties we experience in inward prayer are preparation for our outward lives. Each time we return to the centre in prayer we are modelling how to live our lives; each time we dismiss the internal intrusions we are strengthening that of God within us and denying the role of the Self; every time we turn to prayer and to God we are seeking an increase in the measure of Light in our lives. David Johnson is a Member of Queensland Regional Meeting of the Australia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. David is a geologist with both industry and academic experience, and wrote The Geology of Australia, specifically for the general public. He has a long commitment to nonviolence and opposing war and the arms trade, and has worked with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. David delivered the 2005 Backhouse Lecture to Australia Yearly Meeting on Peace is a Struggle. He was part of the work to establish the Silver Wattle Quaker Centre in Australia in 2010, and is Co-Director of the Centre for 2013-14.