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Obedience To The Inward Oracle: An Analysis Of Some Early Quaker Women's Publications, Julie Sutherland Nov 2014

Obedience To The Inward Oracle: An Analysis Of Some Early Quaker Women's Publications, Julie Sutherland

Quaker Studies

An undeniable tension exists in human nature between conscience and external authority. This dichotomy was no less existent in seventeenth-century England, when George Fox began preaching about the inward voice-or Christ's light-as a greater authority than any external entity. His thoughts were radical (anachronistic; fanatical or enthusiastic would be the seventeenth-century terms) because they challenged the hierarchical framework of Early Modern England. The notion of obeying internal authority was particularly 'radical' for Quaker women, whose gender offered them little opportunity to challenge the roles society imposed on them; by challenging external authority these women were bringing into question societal norms …


Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 6, Issue 2), Pink Dandelion Nov 2014

Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 6, Issue 2), Pink Dandelion

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Dandelion's "The Liturgies Of Quakerism" - Book Review, Paul Anderson Nov 2014

Dandelion's "The Liturgies Of Quakerism" - Book Review, Paul Anderson

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Mingins' "The Beacon Controversy And Challenges To British Quaker Tradition In The Early Nineteenth Century: Some Responses To The Evangelical Revival By Friends In Manchester And Kendal" - Book Review, Hugh Mcleod Nov 2014

Mingins' "The Beacon Controversy And Challenges To British Quaker Tradition In The Early Nineteenth Century: Some Responses To The Evangelical Revival By Friends In Manchester And Kendal" - Book Review, Hugh Mcleod

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Skidmore's "Elizabeth Fry: A Quaker Life. Selected Letters And Writings" - Book Review, Edwina Newman Nov 2014

Skidmore's "Elizabeth Fry: A Quaker Life. Selected Letters And Writings" - Book Review, Edwina Newman

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Library Committee Of The Religious Society Of Friends In Britain's "Your Meeting's Records: A Handbook For Clerks And Custodians Of Records" - Book Review, Sylvia Stevens Nov 2014

Library Committee Of The Religious Society Of Friends In Britain's "Your Meeting's Records: A Handbook For Clerks And Custodians Of Records" - Book Review, Sylvia Stevens

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Foster's "Seven Households: Life In Cheshire And Lancashire, 1582 To 1774" And "Capital And Innovation: How Britain Became The First Industrial Nation; A Study Of The Warrington, Knutford, Northwich And Frodsham Area, 1500-1780" - Book Review, Sylvia Stevens Nov 2014

Foster's "Seven Households: Life In Cheshire And Lancashire, 1582 To 1774" And "Capital And Innovation: How Britain Became The First Industrial Nation; A Study Of The Warrington, Knutford, Northwich And Frodsham Area, 1500-1780" - Book Review, Sylvia Stevens

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Keiser And Moore's "Knowing The Mystery Of Life Within: Selected Writings Of Isaac Penington In Their Historical And Theological Context" - Book Review, Tom Lockwood Nov 2014

Keiser And Moore's "Knowing The Mystery Of Life Within: Selected Writings Of Isaac Penington In Their Historical And Theological Context" - Book Review, Tom Lockwood

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Peters' "Print Culture And The Early Quakers" - Book Review, Catie Gill Nov 2014

Peters' "Print Culture And The Early Quakers" - Book Review, Catie Gill

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


The Universal Dimension: William Loftus Hare's Pivotal Contribution To London Yearly Meeting, Tony Adams Nov 2014

The Universal Dimension: William Loftus Hare's Pivotal Contribution To London Yearly Meeting, Tony Adams

Quaker Studies

The origins of Christian universalism in the Religious Society of Friends during the seventeenth century are reviewed. A Hicksite shift among some Friends in the nineteenth century is seen as paving the way for a radical extension oflnner Lightist philosophies of universalism. A doctrine of Inner Light mysticism, as presented by Rufus Jones, is considered in the context of an extension of universalism among Quakers. As editor of the Socialist Quaker Society journal The Ploughshare, and in later published studies, William Loftus Hare (1863-1943) forwarded a form of theological universalism at some considerable variance with its previous meanings throughout Quaker …


From The Hicksites To The Progressive Friends: The Rural Roots Of Perfectionism And Social Reform Among North American Friends, Christopher Densmore Nov 2014

From The Hicksites To The Progressive Friends: The Rural Roots Of Perfectionism And Social Reform Among North American Friends, Christopher Densmore

Quaker Studies

In the 1840s and 1850s, North American Friends endured a series of localized separations. This paper examines the Progressive Friends separations in Genesee Yearly Meeting in 1848, centered in the 'burned-over district' of New York State, and in Western Quarterly Meeting of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1852-53. Both separations had roots in the controversy among Friends over appropriate anti-slavery activities and both challenged the existing structures of the Religious Society of Friends. These separations were both radical and rural, and mark a distinct change from the earlier deference of Friends towards the leadership of London and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings.


Patterns And Practices Of Women's Leadership In The Yorkshire Quaker Community, 1760-1820, Helen Plant Nov 2014

Patterns And Practices Of Women's Leadership In The Yorkshire Quaker Community, 1760-1820, Helen Plant

Quaker Studies

By the second half of the eighteenth century, women ministers had become the principal upholders of the spiritual life of Quakerism in Yorkshire. Drawing on a range of sources including the institutional records of Quaker Meetings, personal correspondence and spiritual journals and autobiographies, this paper aims to shed light on the precise nature of female leadership in the Religious Society of Friends and to contribute to greater understanding of the conditions under which it became dominant. It suggests that the growing tendency for women to outnumber men as ministers was closely linked to wider social and economic trends within contemporary …


Daniel Eccleston Of Lancaster 1745-1821: A Man Not Afraid To Stand On The Shoulders Of Giants, Carolyn Downs Nov 2014

Daniel Eccleston Of Lancaster 1745-1821: A Man Not Afraid To Stand On The Shoulders Of Giants, Carolyn Downs

Quaker Studies

It is unusual for an historian to be able to establish in great detail the life of any but those considered one of 'the great and the good'. The substantial amount of documentary sources, both by, and about, the Quaker radical Daniel Eccleston of Lancaster (1745-1821), provide an opportunity to view a turbulent period in British history through the experiences of one individual. The links between industrial and scientific advance, Nonconformity in religion and calls for political reform were growing increasingly common as the eighteenth century progressed. This paper attempts to show the centrality of Eccleston's Quaker upbringing to his …


The Life And Times Of Peter Briggins, Simon Dixon Nov 2014

The Life And Times Of Peter Briggins, Simon Dixon

Quaker Studies

This article draws attention to a little known and rarely used historical source, the diary of the early eighteenth-century London Friend Peter Briggins. Four areas of Briggins' life are examined: his business, religious, family and leisure activities. It is suggested that the examination of sources such as diaries and personal correspondence can shed new light on the nature of seventeenth and early eighteenth-century Quakerism. In particular, such material can enable the development of a more subtle picture of the relationships that existed between Friends and the communities in which they lived.


Chalk, Cheese, And Cloth: The Settling Of Quaker Communities In Seventeenth-Century Wiltshire, Kay S. Taylor Nov 2014

Chalk, Cheese, And Cloth: The Settling Of Quaker Communities In Seventeenth-Century Wiltshire, Kay S. Taylor

Quaker Studies

The underlying geology of Wiltshire was responsible for the county's contrasting farming and settlement patterns of the seventeenth century, and gave rise to its distinctive north-south 'chalk and cheese' divide. These particular characteristics, which also shaped the road networks and the location of the cloth-producing industry, played a significant role in determining the way in which the early Quaker movement developed within the county. This paper not only places the development of Wiltshire Quakerism within the context of the county's topography but also identifies the influence of other factors, such as patronage and the presence of other religious groups, on …


From Ploughing The Wilderness To Hedging The Vineyard: Meanings And Uses Of Husbandry Among Quakers, C. 1650-C. 1860, Erin A. Bell Nov 2014

From Ploughing The Wilderness To Hedging The Vineyard: Meanings And Uses Of Husbandry Among Quakers, C. 1650-C. 1860, Erin A. Bell

Quaker Studies

The parable of the husbandman was of great significance to Protestants of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, for many early modern religious groups developed aspects of their beliefs and identities through its interpretation. This article considers the ways in which re presentations of the husbandman differed between Friends and other Protestants, and particularly evolved within Quakerism from the mid-seventeenth to mid-nineteenth centuries. It considers broad shifts, starting fr om the desire to cultivate the literal and spiritual wilderness described by George Fox, and culminating in the need for spiritual husbandmen to maintain the protective 'hedge' and keep the existing stock, …


Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 10, Issue 2), Simon Dixon Nov 2014

Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 10, Issue 2), Simon Dixon

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Andrews' "Whirlwind Of Life: The Story Of Emilia Fogelklou", Cary's "The Intrepid Quaker: One Man's Quest For Peace" Manousos' "Living The Peace Testimony: The Legacy Of Howard And Atzna Brinton" - Book Review, Pam Lunn Nov 2014

Andrews' "Whirlwind Of Life: The Story Of Emilia Fogelklou", Cary's "The Intrepid Quaker: One Man's Quest For Peace" Manousos' "Living The Peace Testimony: The Legacy Of Howard And Atzna Brinton" - Book Review, Pam Lunn

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Dandelion, Gwyn, Muers, Phillips And Sturm's "Towards Tragedy I Reclaiming Hope: Literature, Theology And Sociology In Conversation" - Book Review, Douglas J. Davies Nov 2014

Dandelion, Gwyn, Muers, Phillips And Sturm's "Towards Tragedy I Reclaiming Hope: Literature, Theology And Sociology In Conversation" - Book Review, Douglas J. Davies

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Coleman And Eade's "Reframing Pilgrimage: Cultures In Motion" - Book Review, Gay Pilgrim Nov 2014

Coleman And Eade's "Reframing Pilgrimage: Cultures In Motion" - Book Review, Gay Pilgrim

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Brock's "'These Strange Criminals': An Anthology Of Prison Memoirs By Conscientious Objectors From The Great War To The Cold War" - Book Review, Thomas C. Kennedy Nov 2014

Brock's "'These Strange Criminals': An Anthology Of Prison Memoirs By Conscientious Objectors From The Great War To The Cold War" - Book Review, Thomas C. Kennedy

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Mcfadden And Gorfinkel's "Constructive Spirit: Quakers In Revolutionary Russia" - Book Review, Maureen Waugh Nov 2014

Mcfadden And Gorfinkel's "Constructive Spirit: Quakers In Revolutionary Russia" - Book Review, Maureen Waugh

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Dandelion's "The Creation Of Quaker Theory: Insider Perspectives" - Book Review, Stephen W. Angell Nov 2014

Dandelion's "The Creation Of Quaker Theory: Insider Perspectives" - Book Review, Stephen W. Angell

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Birkel's "A Near Sympathy: The Timeless Quaker Vision Of John Woolman" - Book Review, Keith Helmuth Nov 2014

Birkel's "A Near Sympathy: The Timeless Quaker Vision Of John Woolman" - Book Review, Keith Helmuth

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Heller's "The Tendering Presence: Essays On John Woolman" - Book Review, Keith Helmuth Nov 2014

Heller's "The Tendering Presence: Essays On John Woolman" - Book Review, Keith Helmuth

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Gardina's "Quakers And Baptists In Colonial Massachusetts" - Book Review, Jeanne-Henriette Louis Nov 2014

Gardina's "Quakers And Baptists In Colonial Massachusetts" - Book Review, Jeanne-Henriette Louis

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Broadcasting Truth To Power:The American Friends Service Committee And The Early Southern Civil Rights Movement, Brian Ward Nov 2014

Broadcasting Truth To Power:The American Friends Service Committee And The Early Southern Civil Rights Movement, Brian Ward

Quaker Studies

This article addresses two gaps in the historical literature on the modern civil rights movement. First, it highlights the contributions of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) to the struggle for racial justice in the South. Second, it reveals the importance of radio broadcasting in helping to create a climate in which southern white racial attitudes and discriminatory practices were challenged. It demonstrates how AFSC-sponsored broadcasts reflected Quaker principles, but also how debates over appropriate programme content exposed the tensions between principled and pragmatic considerations, morality and expediency, that shaped the Movement and determined the AFSC's role in it.


Reluctant Absolutist: Malcolm Sparkes' Conscientious Objections To World War I, Bert Den Boggende Nov 2014

Reluctant Absolutist: Malcolm Sparkes' Conscientious Objections To World War I, Bert Den Boggende

Quaker Studies

The existing secondary literature has treated the appearance of World War I conscientious objectors (COs) before the tribunals as rather straightforward and uncomplicated. As the case of Malcolm Sparkes indicates, the process was much less straightforward and much more complex. The arduous process also shows that the power of the local tribunals was enlarged and that of the Pelham Committee reduced, due to the wrong decision - as the government acknowledged - by the local tribunal at Slough. The decision resulted in Sparkes becoming a reluctant or alternativist absolutist, a nomenclature hitherto ignored in the literature. Sparkes' case also suggests …


The Persecution Of 'An Innocent People' In Seventeenth-Century England, Raymond Ayoub Nov 2014

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, Jonathan Harlow Nov 2014

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. …