The Persecution Of 'An Innocent People' In Seventeenth-Century England,
2014
Penn State University
The Persecution Of 'An Innocent People' In Seventeenth-Century England, Raymond Ayoub
Quaker Studies
This article gives an outline survey of the beliefs and practices of seventeenth century Friends, the spiritual-religious basis of these, the existing or enacted laws with which these came into conflict, and the ensuing penalties inflicted on Friends for disobeying these strictures. While there is an abundance of relevant material in print, this account endeavors to give a comprehensive and systematic summary of the pertinent laws and some of their consequences to Friends. Though the penalties were not of equal frequency or severity, they point to limitations placed on Friends in their effort to be faithful to their beliefs.
Preaching For Hire: Public Issues And Private Concerns In A Skirmish Of The Lamb's War,
2014
University of the West of England
Preaching For Hire: Public Issues And Private Concerns In A Skirmish Of The Lamb's War, Jonathan Harlow
Quaker Studies
Quakers from the first rejected the idea of the professional minister requiring university education and being paid for his work. This was a principal motif in the Lamb's War they waged in the 1650s; and it naturally aroused the hostility of established ministers, who had good reason to feel insecure. This article examines a brief battle of books which took place in 1656 and 1657: Thomas Speed, a leading Bristol Quaker, fulminated against preaching for hire and three incumbent ministers countered his attacks. It turns out that the participants were known to each other and had personal axes to grind. …
An Absent Presence: Quaker Narratives Of Journeys To America And Barbados, 1671-81,
2014
Lancaster University
An Absent Presence: Quaker Narratives Of Journeys To America And Barbados, 1671-81, Hilary Hinds
Quaker Studies
Through case studies of writings by George Fox, Alice Curwen and Joan Vokins, this article identifies a marked discrepancy in style and focus between early Quaker accounts of journeys to the American mainland and to Barbados. Accounts of the mainland journeys are detailed and often dramatic narratives which, like most early Quaker writing, read the spiritual in and from the places and people encountered, whilst those concerned with Barbados are brief, bland and apparently unconcerned with the immanence of God in the material and social world. An explanation for this discrepancy is sought in the particular cultural and social circumstances …
Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 10, Issue 1),
2014
University of Birmingham
Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 10, Issue 1), Ben Dandelion
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Ambler's "Churches, Chapels And The Parish Communities Of Lincolnshire 1660-1900" - Book Review,
2014
University of Brighton
Ambler's "Churches, Chapels And The Parish Communities Of Lincolnshire 1660-1900" - Book Review, Roger Homan
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Speicher's "The Religious World Of Antislavery Women",
2014
University of Adelaide
Speicher's "The Religious World Of Antislavery Women", Sandra Holton
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Yannessa's "Levi Coffin, Quaker: Breaking The Bonds Of Slavery In Ohio And Indiana" - Book Review,
2014
Haverford College
Yannessa's "Levi Coffin, Quaker: Breaking The Bonds Of Slavery In Ohio And Indiana" - Book Review, Emma J. Lapsansky
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Quaker Beliefs: Diverse Yet Distinctive,
2014
University of Wales
Quaker Beliefs: Diverse Yet Distinctive, Rosamund Bourke
Quaker Studies
The aim of the research was to obtain the views of Quakers about their beliefs. 166 members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) responded to a questionnaire about Quaker faith and practice. The respondents largely agreed with traditional Quaker beliefs. As might be expected from previous studies, a diversity of views was found and it was not possible to calculate an 'index of Quakerism'. Eighty percent were over the age of 50. Their attitudes to religion were probably formed before the changes in cultural values of the latter half of the twentieth century.
How Successful Were Quakers At Science?,
2014
University of Leeds
How Successful Were Quakers At Science?, Geoffrey Cantor
Quaker Studies
The impressively high proportion of Quakers in the Royal Society has often been cited to support the claim that Quakers have been far more successful at science than the general population. However, this supporting evidence is shown to be highly problematic and demonstrably false. Moreover, attempts to establish the superiority of Quakers in science have diverted attention away from more interesting and important historical questions.
Victorian Philanthropy And The Rowntrees: The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust,
2014
University of Glasgow
Victorian Philanthropy And The Rowntrees: The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Mark Freeman
Quaker Studies
Through an examination of the establishment and early grant-making priorities of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, this article explores the development of Quaker philanthropy in Britain in the Victorian and Edwardian periods, especially in the context of the long-standing Quaker interest in adult education. It locates Joseph Rowntree's view of philanthropy in the wider contexts of the changing patterns of Victorian and Edwardian philanthropic theory and practice, the nineteenth-century growth of Quaker social concern, and the changing perceptions of the problem of poverty during Rowntree's lifetime. It argues that the motives underlying the establishment of the Charitable Trust were predicated …
America's Learning About Foreign Places Through The Eyes Of Missionaries: Writings In The Friends' Missionary Advocate, 1885-1933,
2014
University of Kentucky
America's Learning About Foreign Places Through The Eyes Of Missionaries: Writings In The Friends' Missionary Advocate, 1885-1933, Stanley D. Brunn, Elizabeth J. Leppman
Quaker Studies
Missionaries were among the travelers who supplied American adults and children with information about foreign places. Because they enjoyed a high status and respect with their home congregations and because they lived among peoples in foreign, often exotic, lands, missionaries and their writings enjoyed a wide and attentive audience. Materials in The Friends' Missionary Advocate between 1885 and 1933 report that information on foreign regions reached American audiences through presentations at monthly and quarterly meetings and at yearly conferences. Articles, letters, reports, maps, and pictures were also a medium for influencing Americans' impressions of the world.
An Occupational Analysis Of The Society Of Friends In Nineteenth-Century Scotland,
2014
University of Strathclyde
An Occupational Analysis Of The Society Of Friends In Nineteenth-Century Scotland, Paul F. Burton
Quaker Studies
This paper summarizes our knowledge of the occupational background of English Quakers as a preliminary to an analysis of the occupations of Scottish Quakers in the nineteenth century, based upon the primary sources of records of births, marriages and burials. The same increase in middle-class occupations, including the professions, is evident in Scotland, but the process of embourgeoisement seems to have been slower in Scotland, and by the end of the nineteenth- century merchants and retailers were the largest group in the Society there, rather than the professions. There is also evidence of regional variations in the occupations noted.
Broken-Hearted Mothers: Gender And Community In Joan Whitrow Et Al., The Work Of God In A Dying Maid (1677),
2014
University of Manchester
Broken-Hearted Mothers: Gender And Community In Joan Whitrow Et Al., The Work Of God In A Dying Maid (1677), Naomi Baker
Quaker Studies
This article discusses an early modern autobiographical text in which several female Quaker authors narrate the circumstances surrounding the death of Susanna Whitrow. The Work of God in a Dying Maid (1677) represents the Quaker community as a largely autonomous group of mothers and daughters, set against negative and disruptive male influences. In its adoption of clear gender boundaries, the text reflects the new emphasis on gender binaries within Quakerism in the 1670s. As well as exemplifying the ambiguous position of women within the movement at this later stage, Whitrow et al. renegotiate wider contemporary representations of women, especially mothers, …
Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 7, Issue 2),
2014
University of Birmingham
Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 7, Issue 2), Pink Dandelion
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
"On Quakers, Medicine, And Property: The Autobiography Of Mary Pennington" - Book Review,
2014
George Fox University
"On Quakers, Medicine, And Property: The Autobiography Of Mary Pennington" - Book Review, Rosemary Moore
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Punshon's "Reasons For Hope: The Faith And Future Of The Friends Church" - Book Review,
2014
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
Punshon's "Reasons For Hope: The Faith And Future Of The Friends Church" - Book Review, Douglas Gwyn
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Kennedy's "British Quakerism 1860-1920: The Transformation Of A Religious Community" - Book Review,
2014
Oxford
Kennedy's "British Quakerism 1860-1920: The Transformation Of A Religious Community" - Book Review, Brian D. Phillips
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Sox's "Quakers And The Arts: 'Plain And Fancy': An Anglo-American Perspective" - Book Review,
2014
University of Brighton
Sox's "Quakers And The Arts: 'Plain And Fancy': An Anglo-American Perspective" - Book Review, Roger Homan
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Weddle's "Walking In The Way Of Peace: Quaker Pacifism In The Seventeenth Century" - Book Review,
2014
University of Toronto
Weddle's "Walking In The Way Of Peace: Quaker Pacifism In The Seventeenth Century" - Book Review, Peter Brock
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Fager's "Friends In Civilian Public Service: Quaker Conscientious Objectors In World War Ii Look Back And Look Ahead" And Fager's "Friends And The Vietnam War; Papers And Presentations From A Gathering For Recollection, Reappraisal And Looking Ahead" - Book Review,
2014
University of Middlesex
Fager's "Friends In Civilian Public Service: Quaker Conscientious Objectors In World War Ii Look Back And Look Ahead" And Fager's "Friends And The Vietnam War; Papers And Presentations From A Gathering For Recollection, Reappraisal And Looking Ahead" - Book Review, Farah Mendlesohn
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
