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'A Protest Against Protestantism': Hicksite Friends And The Bible In The Nineteenth Century, Thomas D. Hamm

Quaker Studies

Differing views of the nature and authority of Scripture were at the heart of the Hicksite Separation of 1827-1828 among American Friends. Mter the separation, the Bible became a source of conflict among Hicksites. Some Hicksite leaders feared anything that tended to diminish the authority of the Bible; other Hicksites argued for a critical view. By 1870, the liberals had the upper hand, as virtually all Hicksite Quakers came to share views of the Bible, including a sympathy for critical scholarship, that mirrored the modernist movement among Protestants.

The Quaker Peace Testimony And Its Contribution To The British Peace Movement: An Overview, Martin Ceadel

Quaker Studies

This article attempts the first overview of the contribution of Quakerism to the British peace movement from its eighteenth-century origins to the present day. It emphasizes that the Society of Friends did much to make pacifism acceptable in Britain, and was the principal backer of the peace movement in the century following the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It shows how Quakers, although divided by the First World War and eclipsed by an upsurge in non-Quaker activism, reaffirmed their pacifism and did as much for the peace movement during the inter-war years as any small religious body could have done. …

Offices And Services: Women's Pursuit Of Sexual Equality Within The Society Of Friends, 1873 - 1907, Sandra Stanley Holton, Margaret Allen

Quaker Studies

The presence of Quaker women at the founding of a social movement for women's rights in Britain in the late 1860s has received growing attention from historians in recent years. Yet the links between the religious faith of such Quaker women and their political radicalism has remained largely unexamined. A liberal theology which acknowledged the spiritual equality of women has been assumed to have prompted their involvement in a liberal politics, and more especially in women's rights campaigning. This article argues that the relationship between religious views and political action was more complex in this case. It suggests that the …

Benezet' S Most Explicit Influence (Chapter 4 Of To Be Silent ... Would Be Criminal, The Antislavery Influence And Writings Of Anthony Benezet), Irv A. Brendlinger

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

"While Benezet's antislavery influence touched many individuals, both inside and beyond Quaker circles, the power and efficacy of his influence can be seen most succinctly in the lives of three British antislavery activists, Granville Sharp, John Wesley and Thomas Clarkson. These three comprise a powerful and multifaceted voice from the latter part of the eighteenth century into the 1830s. Sharp represents a voice that reached the law courts and changed the legal position in England. Wesley became a prophetic voice to the mushrooming evangelical movement in England and America. Clarkson worked behind the scenes as a researcher and correspondent to …

The Alaskan Diary Of A Pioneer Quaker Missionary, Martha Hadley

Historical Quaker Books

210 pages, multiple photographs, recording 1899-1903.

From the introduction:

"A word about her background will make the diary more meaningful. She was born in 1852 and was nearly 4 7 years old when she went to Alaska to undertake this service in 1899. Records show that she was certified to teach in Ohio and in Iowa where the family moved in the early 1880's. Her brother, Joseph Hadley, was state superintendent of schools in Iowa. About 1890 she attended a missionary training school in Chicago, Illinois. When she decided to be a missionary she took special training in medicine and …

An Introduction To Quakers, Elton Trueblood

Historical Quaker Books

21 pages, 15 cm. Year not specified. Published before 1967.

Trueblood lived from 1900-1994.

Friends And The Race Problem: An Outline For Study, North Carolina Yearly Meeting

Historical Quaker Books

10 pages, 23 cm.

Fuller's Catechism: Some Principles And Precepts Of The Christian Religion By Way Of Question And Answer: Recommended To Parents And Tutors For The Use Of Children, Samuel Fuller

Historical Quaker Books

"The same read and approved by the National Meeting, held at Dublin, in the Ninth month 1733."

43 pages. From the Dublin edition of 1765.

Meditations On Select Passages Of Sacred Scripture, In A Series Of Lectures Affectionately Addressed To Young Persons Of The Society Of Friends: With Introductory Observations On Subjects Connected With The Lectures, Priscilla H. Gurney

Historical Quaker Books

No abstract provided.

The Society Of Friends Vindicated: Being The Arguments Of The Counsel Of Joseph Hendrickson, In A Case Decided In The Court Of Chancery Of The State Of New Jersey, Between Thomas L. Shotwell, Complainant, And Joseph Hendrickson And Stacy Decow, Defendants, George Wood

Historical Quaker Books

Dispute concerning a school fund of the Society of Friends, which was claimed by both Orthodox and Hicksite factions.

Published 1833 under title: The arguments of the counsel of Joseph Hendrickson

vii, 167, 90 pages ; 23 cm

A Sermon, Delivered At Friends' Meeting-House, Rose-Street, New-York, Sunday Morning, June 28, 1829, Elias Hicks

Historical Quaker Books

24 pages, 21 cm, English

Light Rising Out Of Obscurity : Or, A Reply To Francis Herr's Pamphlet Intitled, A Short Explication Of The Written Word Of God; Likewise, Of The Christian Baptism, And The Peaceable Kingdom Of Christ, Against The People Called Quakers, Benjamin Mason

Historical Quaker Books

46 p., 19 cm.

English

A Light Shining Out Of Darkness, Or, Occasional Queries Submitted To The Judgment Of Such As Would Enquire Into The True State Of Things In Our Times, Henry Stubbe

Historical Quaker Books

Sometimes attributed to Sir Henry Vane (1613-1662)

Henry Stubbe (1632-1676)

3rd edition, 230 pages

Truth's Innocency And Simplicity Shining Through The Conversion ... (With The Long And Patient Sufferings) Of That Ancient And Faithful Minister And Servant Of Jesus Christ, Thomas Taylor

Historical Quaker Books

First few pages partially missing. Numbers 97-104 are skipped in the page numbering. The group of 54 pages are inserted between p. 130 and 131.
351, 54 pages ; 21 cm

The Testimony Of Truth Exalted: By The Collected Labours Of That Worthy Man, Good Scribe, And Faithful Minister Of Jesus Christ, Samuel Fisher Who Died A Prisoner For The Testimony Of Jesus And Word Of God, Samuel Fisher, Luke Howard, William Penn, Ellis Hookes

Historical Quaker Books

Contents: The scorned Quakers true and honest account --The scorned Quakers second account of his second attempt to give testimony to the truth of Jesus --The burden of the Word of the Lord to the people at Lydd --To the Parliament of England and the several members thereof -- Rusticus ad academico, therusticks alarum to the rabbics -- An additional appendix to Rusticus ad academicos -- Christ's light springing, arising up, shining forth and displaying itself throw the whole world -- One antidote more against that provoking sin of swearing -- Supplementum sublatum -- Velata quaedam revelata --Thebishop busied beside …