'The Journeys Of George Fox, 1652-1653': Interim Report On A Research Project And Website,
2015
Lancaster University
'The Journeys Of George Fox, 1652-1653': Interim Report On A Research Project And Website, Meg Twycross, Hilary Hinds, Alison Findlay
Quaker Studies
The research project on 'Early Quakers in the North West' recently issued a test version of the opening sections of the website in which it will publish its findings. Here the project member responsible for the website's construction describes its structure and ethos, and explains why web presentation is particularly well suited to this topic, as a research tool as well as a means of publication. At present the account by George Fox of his travels through 'the 1652 country' provides the organising narrative thread. A new electronic edition of the three versions of Fox's Journal for 1652-53 showcases how …
'Upon The Quakers And The Quietists': Quietism, Power And Authority In Late Seventeenth-Century France, And Its Relation To Quaker History And Theology,
2015
University of Birmingham, England
'Upon The Quakers And The Quietists': Quietism, Power And Authority In Late Seventeenth-Century France, And Its Relation To Quaker History And Theology, Elaine Pryce
Quaker Studies
This article poses a number of questions around its subject matter, from which I develop some explanatory frameworks and further conceptualizations of Quietism. It addresses, primarily, the questions: What is Quietism? What were the issues of power and authority leading to the infamous Quietist Controversy in late seventeenth-century France? And subsequently, what is the nature of Quietism's connection to the Quaker theological tradition?
Mary Morris Knowles: Devout, Worldly, And 'Gay'?,
2015
Kentucky Foundation for Women
Mary Morris Knowles: Devout, Worldly, And 'Gay'?, Judith Jennings
Quaker Studies
This essay examines three themes relating to the beliefs and actions of Mary Morris Knowles (1733-1807) as a devout Quaker woman, incorporates new research and places her in multiple contexts within eighteenth-century Quakerism. Considering Knowles in relation to the themes of self and collective identity, her concepts and practices of womanhood in the private, social and public spheres and her theology and religious practices raises new questions about Quakerliness, or ways of being a Quaker. How wide and diverse was the spectrum of behavior considered appropriate for a Quaker woman and did it change over time? Was it possible for …
Mary Birkett Card (1774-1817): Struggling To Become The Ideal Quaker Woman,
2015
2gether NHS Foundation Trust
Mary Birkett Card (1774-1817): Struggling To Become The Ideal Quaker Woman, Josephine Teakle
Quaker Studies
This paper is based on The Works of Mary Birkett Card 1774 -1817, an edition of the manuscript collection made by her son Nathaniel Card in 1834. The collection contains different genres and spans Card's life from childhood to near her death, forming a unique record of one woman's experience at the tum of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Themes of self and identity, women's participation in public and private spheres, and ideological differences are apparent in Mary Birkett Card's struggle, in life and text, to become 'the ideal Quaker woman'. One particular focus is on her negotiation of …
New Perspectives On Eighteenth-Century British Quaker Women,
2015
Center for Postgraduate Quaker Studies and Open University
New Perspectives On Eighteenth-Century British Quaker Women, Edwina Newman, Judith Jennings
Quaker Studies
In the last three decades, research on eighteenth-century British Quaker women reflects a range of different methodological perspectives. Recent studies focus on female spiritual development and sense of identity in the formative seventeenth century. New influences and changing contexts in the eighteenth century, especially Quietism, engendered new themes: a continuing concern with self and collective identity; theology and practices; and participation in the public and private spheres. The experiences and perceptions ofBritish Quaker women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries reflect the influence of Deism and Evangelicalism. Despite these valuable studies, further research and systematic analysis is needed, …
Interrogating The Experience Of Quaker Scholars In Hindy And Sikh Studies: Spiritual Journeying And Academic Engagement,
2015
University of Warwick
Interrogating The Experience Of Quaker Scholars In Hindy And Sikh Studies: Spiritual Journeying And Academic Engagement, Eleanor Nesbitt
Quaker Studies
This article reports a recent investigation of the relationship between the spiritual and academic journeys of seven scholars whose fields involve the study of aspects of Sikh and/ or Hindu faith. Several frameworks for the study are suggested, including Quaker encounter with Indic religions; the changing nature of social diversity; and the insider/ outsider discussion in religious studies. Discussion of their experience highlights the participants' faith background and promptings to attend a Quaker Meeting for Worship as well as the initial impetus to their academic specialism, their guiding values and their self-identification. Multiple connections between the two 'journeys' emerge-not least …
Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 14, Issue 2),
2015
University of Birmingham, England
Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 14, Issue 2), Pink Dandelion
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Searl's "The Meanings Of Silence In Quaker Worship" - Book Review,
2015
University of Durham, England
Searl's "The Meanings Of Silence In Quaker Worship" - Book Review, Peter J. Collins
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Dennehy's "Restoration Ireland: Always Settling And Never Settled" - Book Review,
2015
Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies, University of Birmingham, England
Dennehy's "Restoration Ireland: Always Settling And Never Settled" - Book Review, Betty Hagglund
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Day's "Religion And The Individual: Belief, Practice, Identity" - Book Review,
2015
University of Birmingham
Day's "Religion And The Individual: Belief, Practice, Identity" - Book Review, Betty Hagglund
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Dandelion's "An Introduction To Quakerism" - Book Review,
2015
Nottingham Trent University, England
Dandelion's "An Introduction To Quakerism" - Book Review, Martyn Bennett
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Butler's "The Quaker Meeting Houses Of Ireland" - Book Review,
2015
University of Durham, England
Butler's "The Quaker Meeting Houses Of Ireland" - Book Review, Peter J. Collins
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Besse's "Sufferings Of Early Quakers (York: Sessions Book Trust). East Anglia And East Midlands" - Book Review,
2015
Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies, University of Birmingham, England
Besse's "Sufferings Of Early Quakers (York: Sessions Book Trust). East Anglia And East Midlands" - Book Review, Betty Hagglund
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Allen's "Quaker Communities In Early Modern Wales: From Resistance To Respectability" - Book Review,
2015
Cardiff University, Wales
Allen's "Quaker Communities In Early Modern Wales: From Resistance To Respectability" - Book Review, Christine Trevett
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
Comparing Two Surveys Of Britain Yearly Meeting: 1990 And 2003,
2015
Wallingford, PA, USA
Comparing Two Surveys Of Britain Yearly Meeting: 1990 And 2003, Mark S. Cary, Pink Dandelion, Rosie Rutherford
Quaker Studies
Comparison of postal surveys of Friends in Britain Yearly Meeting in 1990 and 2003 showed modest differences for reported self-descriptions and beliefs. Quakers in 2003 appear to be less pacifist, somewhat less likely to describe God as 'Spirit', 'Inward Light', or 'Love' in absolute percentages, and less likely to describe Jesus as 'containing that of God within as we all do'. Meeting for Worship was described less as 'Seeking God's will', and more as 'Listening'. The largest changes were an increase in reported levels of education and a 13-year increase in median age across the 13-year period. The change in …
Quagans: Fusing Quakerism With Contemporary Paganism,
2015
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Quagans: Fusing Quakerism With Contemporary Paganism, Giselle Vincett
Quaker Studies
Quaker Pagans are a relatively new phenomenon. Since no detailed description of the spirituality of Quaker Pagans has yet been done, to make a modest beginning this paper situates Quaker Pagans within the contexts of British Quakerism and contemporary paganism. It extends Pink Dandelion's concept of a 'behavioural creed' (1996) by arguing that Quaker Pagans have a 'practical belief system and a performative theology, and outlines how Quaker Pagans hold together their dual religious identity. Building upon Peter Collins' (2008) work on Quaker narratives, the paper looks particularly at the way in which Quaker Pagans utilise story and metaphor. Finally, …
The Problem Of Quaker Identity,
2015
University of Durham, England
The Problem Of Quaker Identity, Peter J. Collins
Quaker Studies
The paper constitutes a summary of my attempts, during the past 15 years, to understand contemporary Quakers and Quakerism. The issue on which I focus is the difficulty in representing Quaker identity given the heterogeneity of Quaker belief. During the last decade I have found three approaches useful in analysing this problem. In the first place, I found that Quaker identity is revealed through their talk in and around Meeting. Although each individual friend has a unique biographical trajectory, this talk tends to be both storied and thematic. Furthermore, such narrative discourse is coloured by one particularly pervasive character of …
'There's Death In The Pot!' The British Free Produce Movement And The Religious Society Of Friends, With Particular Reference To The North-East Of England,
2015
[email protected]
'There's Death In The Pot!' The British Free Produce Movement And The Religious Society Of Friends, With Particular Reference To The North-East Of England, Elizabeth A. O'Donnell
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
'Chipping At The Landmarks Of Our Fathers': The Decline Of The Testimony Against Hireling Ministry In The Nineteenth Century,
2015
Earlham College, Richmond, USA
'Chipping At The Landmarks Of Our Fathers': The Decline Of The Testimony Against Hireling Ministry In The Nineteenth Century, Thomas D. Hamm
Quaker Studies
One of the distinctive features of Quakerism from the 1650s until the 1870s was its stance against any kind of pay for ministers, what Friends referred to as 'hireling ministry'. Friends viewed a paid, authoritative pastoral ministry as contrary to Scripture, as tending toward preaching that pleased humans rather than God, as limiting the leadings of the Holy Spirit, and as generally corrupting. One of the criticisms of Orthodox by Hicksite Friends in the 1 820s was that the Orthodox were compromising this testimony by associating with clergy of other denominations in reform and humanitarian causes, and both Orthodox and …
Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 13, Issue 2),
2015
George Fox University
Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 13, Issue 2), Pink Dandelion
Quaker Studies
No abstract provided.
