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Yealand Manor School, Susan Vipont Hartshorne Feb 2015

Yealand Manor School, Susan Vipont Hartshorne

Quaker Studies

In 1939 a small group of Manchester Friends set up a school for Quaker children evacuated from the northern cities for the duration of the war. It was open from September 1939 to July 1944 and during this time 183 children, aged between three and twelve years, passed through the school. In addition a number of refugees, mainly Jewish children, came to the school. The maximum number at the school at any one time was 76. It was staffed almost entirely by volunteers. In this article I focus on several of the more unusual aspects of this school. These include …


Woodbrooke In Wider Context: The Enduring Thread Of Adult Education, Pam Lunn Feb 2015

Woodbrooke In Wider Context: The Enduring Thread Of Adult Education, Pam Lunn

Quaker Studies

The usual story told of Woodbrooke's history is an entirely Quaker-centric account, focused on the currents in the Religious Society of Friends in Britain in the mid-nineteenth century, the 1895 Manchester Conference, and its aftermath. However, the currents affecting the religious concern for the education of adults stretch back through all denominations into the eighteenth century, and the Quaker activities were characteristic of the era. Similarly, the fortunes of Woodbrooke in the twentieth century are within the mainstream of other adult education provision and are affected, even though not directly controlled, by the cultural changes creating and created by state-funded …


The Magic Lantern And The Cinema: Adult Schools, Educational Settlements And Secularisation In Britain, C. 1900-1950, Mark Freeman Feb 2015

The Magic Lantern And The Cinema: Adult Schools, Educational Settlements And Secularisation In Britain, C. 1900-1950, Mark Freeman

Quaker Studies

This article examines the impact of an increasingly secularised demand for adult education in the first half of the twentieth century on two movements with which Quakers were closely associated: the adult schools and the educational settlements. It argues that the educational settlements, originally established to extend and enhance the work of the adult schools, were better able to accommodate to a secularised climate, and this ensured their survival. Neither movement flourished in the same way as the secular Workers' Educational Association and adult education provided by local education authorities, and this reflected the weakness of religious adult education in …


Some Quaker Attitudes To The Printed Word In The Nineteenth Century, Edwina Newman Feb 2015

Some Quaker Attitudes To The Printed Word In The Nineteenth Century, Edwina Newman

Quaker Studies

This study uses the evidence of one Meeting House's collection of old books to explore Quaker understanding of the experience of reading. The Religious Society of Friends sought to exercise considerable control over the literary interests of its members, but charges of narrow-mindedness need to be set against the wider historical context and the practice of teaching literacy to all Quaker children. In addition to the patriarchal tone found in much advice and commentary on reading, Quaker books reflected concerns about both rationalism and evangelical 'biblicism'. Although books were an important consolidating and educating force within the Society, reading as …


'A Civil And Useful Life': Quaker Women, Education And The Development Of Professional Identities 1800-1835, Camilla Leach Feb 2015

'A Civil And Useful Life': Quaker Women, Education And The Development Of Professional Identities 1800-1835, Camilla Leach

Quaker Studies

Exhorted by George Fox to live a 'Civil and useful life', educated middle-class Quaker women who did not feel called to undertake a recognised ministerial role within the Religious Society of Friends still used their education and skills to the benefit of the wider community. This article examines the engagement of Quaker women with education by focussing on the work of Mariabella and Rachel Howard (mother and daughter), who were involved in several educational charities between 1800 and 1835. The article seeks to address the irony of two educational campaigners who as non-professional women sought to professionalise the work of …


Learning To Be Quaker: Spiritual Formation And Religious Education Among Early Friends, Martha Paxson Grundy Feb 2015

Learning To Be Quaker: Spiritual Formation And Religious Education Among Early Friends, Martha Paxson Grundy

Quaker Studies

The theology and lifestyle that grew from Friends' transforming experience of'primitive Christianity revived' differed from the dominant culture, exacting a high cost. Relying on early Friends' writing, this article examines how this new paradigm was transmitted. Friends summarized the basis of their faith with the phrase 'Christ is come to teach his people himself' (Benson 1968: 36; 1976: 3; Cooper 1990: 2; Freiday 1984: 4; Grundy 2002b: 11-13, 15, 17). In the 1650s and 1660s most people who became Friends were first worked on internally by the Holy Spirit. When they heard a Quaker preach, the words reached to the …


Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 11, Issue 2), Pink Dandelion Feb 2015

Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 11, Issue 2), Pink Dandelion

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Neelon's "James Nayler: Revolutionary To Prophet" - Book Review, Gerard Guiton Feb 2015

Neelon's "James Nayler: Revolutionary To Prophet" - Book Review, Gerard Guiton

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Smith, Suzuki, & Wiseman's "Women's Political Writings, 1610-1725" - Book Review, Betty Hagglund Feb 2015

Smith, Suzuki, & Wiseman's "Women's Political Writings, 1610-1725" - Book Review, Betty Hagglund

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Freeman's "Quaker Extension C. 1905-1930: The Yorkshire 1905 Committee" - Book Review, Susan Robson Feb 2015

Freeman's "Quaker Extension C. 1905-1930: The Yorkshire 1905 Committee" - Book Review, Susan Robson

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Dandelion & Collins' "The Quaker Condition: The Sociology Of A Liberal Religion" - Book Review, Eleanor Nesbitt Feb 2015

Dandelion & Collins' "The Quaker Condition: The Sociology Of A Liberal Religion" - Book Review, Eleanor Nesbitt

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Convergent Friends: The Emergence Of Postmodern Quakerism, C. Wess Daniels Feb 2015

Convergent Friends: The Emergence Of Postmodern Quakerism, C. Wess Daniels

Quaker Studies

Postmodernism is ushering in radical change for the Church. Some theologians argue that this change, especially given the discontinuities between modernism and postmodernism, affords new opportunities. Because of these changes there is a decline in many Christian traditions in the West, but there is also a renaissance of ' emerging churches'. The same can be said for Quakers who are experiencing a renaissance of their own. 'Convergent Friends' are a decentralized, international, body of Quakers seeking to renew their tradition through a growing awareness of the need to interact with culture missionally. Their origins and interactions are unique to Convergence …


'The Journeys Of George Fox, 1652-1653': Interim Report On A Research Project And Website, Meg Twycross, Hilary Hinds, Alison Findlay Feb 2015

'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, Elaine Pryce Feb 2015

'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'?, Judith Jennings Feb 2015

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, Josephine Teakle Feb 2015

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, Edwina Newman, Judith Jennings Feb 2015

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, Eleanor Nesbitt Feb 2015

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), Pink Dandelion Feb 2015

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, Peter J. Collins Feb 2015

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, Betty Hagglund Feb 2015

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, Betty Hagglund Feb 2015

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, Martyn Bennett Feb 2015

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, Peter J. Collins Feb 2015

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, Betty Hagglund Feb 2015

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, Christine Trevett Feb 2015

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, Mark S. Cary, Pink Dandelion, Rosie Rutherford Feb 2015

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, Giselle Vincett Feb 2015

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, Peter J. Collins Feb 2015

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, Elizabeth A. O'Donnell Feb 2015

'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.