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Slavery, The Slave Trade And The Churches, James Walvin Jan 2015

Slavery, The Slave Trade And The Churches, James Walvin

Quaker Studies

The British did not initiate, but they came to dominate the Atlantic slave trade. Few expressed moral or ethical doubts about slavery. The Anglican church, was directly involved in slavery. When a Christian voice was raised against the slave trade, it was led by Quakers who also played a critical role in the campaign to end the slave trade.


James Nayler And The Lamb's War, Douglas Gwyn Jan 2015

James Nayler And The Lamb's War, Douglas Gwyn

Quaker Studies

James Nayler was perhaps the most articulate theologian and political spokesman of the earliest Quaker movement. He was part of a West Yorkshire group of radicals who added revolutionary impetus to George Fox's apocalyptic preaching of Christ's coming in the bodies of common men and women. With other Quaker leaders, Nayler insisted upon disestablishment of the Church, abolition of tithes, and disenfranchisement of the clergy, in order that Christ might rule in England, through human conscience. For early Friends, Christ's sovereignty in the conscience was less a principle of individual freedom to dissociate religiously than a basis for collective practices …


Editorial, Pink 'Ben' Dandelion Jan 2015

Editorial, Pink 'Ben' Dandelion

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Phillips And Lampen's "Endeavors To Mend: Perspectives On British Quaker Work In The World Today" - Book Review, Pam Lunn Jan 2015

Phillips And Lampen's "Endeavors To Mend: Perspectives On British Quaker Work In The World Today" - Book Review, Pam Lunn

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Homan's "The Art Of The Sublime: Principles Of Christian Art And Architecture", Pink 'Ben' Dandelion Jan 2015

Homan's "The Art Of The Sublime: Principles Of Christian Art And Architecture", Pink 'Ben' Dandelion

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Jennings's "Gender, Religion, And Radicalism In The Long Eighteenth Century: The 'Ingenious Quaker' And Her Connections" - Book Review, Edwina Newman Jan 2015

Jennings's "Gender, Religion, And Radicalism In The Long Eighteenth Century: The 'Ingenious Quaker' And Her Connections" - Book Review, Edwina Newman

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Three Kinds Of British Friends: A Latent Class Analysis, Mark S. Cary, Pink 'Ben' Dandelion Jan 2015

Three Kinds Of British Friends: A Latent Class Analysis, Mark S. Cary, Pink 'Ben' Dandelion

Quaker Studies

A latent class analysis was applied to the religious beliefs of 485 respondents in Rosie Rutherford's authoritative 2003 survey of British Friends. The analysis produced three groups: (1) Christian Quakers (27%), who hold a traditional Christian theology; (2) secularized Quakers (37%), who do not consider themselves atheists, but whose conception of God is not personal; and (3) Inner Light Quakers (36%), who emphasize the inner light and 'that of God in everyone' .


Two Kinds Of Quakers: A Latent Class Analysis, Mark S. Cary, Anita L. Weber Jan 2015

Two Kinds Of Quakers: A Latent Class Analysis, Mark S. Cary, Anita L. Weber

Quaker Studies

A latent class analysis was applied to 531 respondents to the Making New Friends survey of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). We found two distinct patterns of religious beliefs-those in Group G want a deeper and personal relationship with God, while those in Group S are more interested in social testimonies and generally do not believe in a personal God.


Gertrude Von Petzold (1876-1952): Quaker And First Woman Minister, Claus Bernet Jan 2015

Gertrude Von Petzold (1876-1952): Quaker And First Woman Minister, Claus Bernet

Quaker Studies

Gertrude von Petzold was a pioneer in many ways: in England she was the first woman who got a post as a church minister, in Germany she was the first woman who qualified for a professorship in Germanics at Kiel University. At times when woman were not even allowed to vote, von Petzold pursued her academic career eagerly. Her ecumenical attitude resulted in membership within the Lutheran Church, the Unitarians and finally the Quakers.


The Fellowship Of Reconciliation's Propaganda And Theodora Wilson Wilson's Literary Contribution 1914-1917, Bert Den Boggende Jan 2015

The Fellowship Of Reconciliation's Propaganda And Theodora Wilson Wilson's Literary Contribution 1914-1917, Bert Den Boggende

Quaker Studies

During World War I Theodora Wilson Wilson, who shortly before the war had returned to her ancestral Quaker faith, made a unique contribution to the Fellowship of Reconciliation's (FOR) propaganda. Instead of the usual expository writings aimed at the well educated, she wrote simple stories directed at casual readers. They emphasised the kind of activity, 'doing', the FOR leadership had decided to curtail after an attempt at tramping in the Midlands in the summer of 1915 had resulted in a near riot. Her perspective reflected that of many Friends. Some very limited attention has been given to these stories, but …


The Journal Of George Fox: A Technology Of Presence, Hilary Hinds, Alison Findlay Jan 2015

The Journal Of George Fox: A Technology Of Presence, Hilary Hinds, Alison Findlay

Quaker Studies

Critics have debated at length whether George Fox's Journal is primarily to be understood within the tradition of seventeenth-century autobiographical writing, or as an historical account of the early Quaker movement. This article suggests that this is a false dichotomy, and argues instead that the Journal might be reconceived as a 'technology of presence': that is, in its attention both to the figure of Fox and to the detailed chronicling of time and place, its principal narrative impetus was to record, demonstrate and reproduce the presence of the returned and indwelling Christ. The Journal thus constitutes, in its form and …


'Children Of Light And Sons Of Darkness': Quakers, Oaths And The Old Bailey Proceedings In The Eighteenth Century, Edwina Newman Jan 2015

'Children Of Light And Sons Of Darkness': Quakers, Oaths And The Old Bailey Proceedings In The Eighteenth Century, Edwina Newman

Quaker Studies

This paper makes use of the technology that allows for the searching of the online edition of the Old Bailey Proceedings. Although Quakers were once very familiar with courts of justice, by the eighteenth century they had become considerably less persecuted than formerly. Their way oflife meant that they did not figure highly among defendants in criminal courts. Their testimony against oaths excluded them too from the ranks of prosecutors and witnesses, the newly won right to affirm not extending to criminal trials. Quakers figure in fewer than 100 of the 45,000 Old Bailey trials in this period. Nevertheless, what …


'Turning Hearts To Break Off The Yoke Of Oppression': The Travels And Sufferings Of Christopher Meidel, C. 1659-C. 1715, Richard Allen Jan 2015

'Turning Hearts To Break Off The Yoke Of Oppression': The Travels And Sufferings Of Christopher Meidel, C. 1659-C. 1715, Richard Allen

Quaker Studies

This study of Christopher Meidel, a Norwegian Quaker writer imprisoned both in England and on the Continent for his beliefs and actions, explores the life of a convert to Quakerism and his missionary zeal in the early eighteenth century. From Meidel's quite tempestuous career we receive insights into the issues Friends faced in Augustan England in adapting to life in a country whose inter-church relations were largely governed by the 1689 Toleration Act, and its insistence that recipients of toleration were to respect the rights of other religionists. In England and Wales, although not censured by Friends, Meidel's activities were …


Crossing Borders And Negotiating Boundaries: The Seventeenth-Century European Missions And Persecution, Sünne Juterczenka Jan 2015

Crossing Borders And Negotiating Boundaries: The Seventeenth-Century European Missions And Persecution, Sünne Juterczenka

Quaker Studies

On their journeys through the Dutch Republic and the German territories, seventeenth-century Quaker missionaries came into contact with a wide variety of religiously inspired groups and individuals. This article considers some problems of conventional historiographical approaches to the new religious diversity in early modern Europe. Persecution was an especially important issue for travelling ministers. Despite their own experience, some religious radicals strongly objected to the Quaker view on persecution, so that, among others, 'sufferings' became a controversial subject. This article argues that controversy was part of a transnational process of mapping out the new, radical spectrum in which many religious …


The Testimony Of Martha Simmonds, Quaker, Bernadette Smith Jan 2015

The Testimony Of Martha Simmonds, Quaker, Bernadette Smith

Quaker Studies

Martha Simmonds (1624-1665) was an early Quaker whose spiritual journey involved preaching, travelling, becoming a devotee of James Naylor and participating in his re-enactment of Christ's entry into Jerusalem and its aftermath. This event has largely defined her place in history and little serious attention has been given to her writings This paper attempts to fill this lacuna by discussing spiritual writing within the context of her life and contemporary constructs of'signs' and suffering, both on a personal scale and within the wider context of the collective persecution of the early Quakers. It aims to re-assess the Bristol 'sign' and …


Travelers Here In This Vale Of Tears: William Penn Preaches A Funeral Sermon, Michael Graves Jan 2015

Travelers Here In This Vale Of Tears: William Penn Preaches A Funeral Sermon, Michael Graves

Quaker Studies

William Penn, the significant seventeenth-century political figure and writer, was also an important preacher, but his role as a public speaker has received little attention, though at least two of his speeches and twelve of his impromptu sermons have survived. This essay argues that Penn's sermonic work is noteworthy through an examination of his 1688 public response to the death of Rebecca Travers, an important first-generation Quaker leader. Penn's response to Travers' death reveals his struggle to come to grips with the vicissitudes of his own life and, by implication, Travers' life. The sermon is interpreted as an instance of …


Editorial, Pink 'Ben' Dandelion Jan 2015

Editorial, Pink 'Ben' Dandelion

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Front Matter -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 125, Howard R. Macy Jan 2015

Front Matter -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 125, Howard R. Macy

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Mysticism And Revelation In John Woolman's Theology, Jon R. Kershner Jan 2015

Mysticism And Revelation In John Woolman's Theology, Jon R. Kershner

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Review Of Quakering Theology By David L. Johns, Margery Post Abbott Jan 2015

Review Of Quakering Theology By David L. Johns, Margery Post Abbott

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Of Cats And Muslims: Reflections On David Johns' Quakering Theology, Stephen W. Angell Jan 2015

Of Cats And Muslims: Reflections On David Johns' Quakering Theology, Stephen W. Angell

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Review Of Quakering Theology By David L. Johns, Paul N. Anderson Jan 2015

Review Of Quakering Theology By David L. Johns, Paul N. Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Response To Reviews Of Quakering Theology, David L. Johns Jan 2015

Response To Reviews Of Quakering Theology, David L. Johns

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


James Nayler And Jacob Boehme's "The Way To Christ", Carole Dale Spencer Jan 2015

James Nayler And Jacob Boehme's "The Way To Christ", Carole Dale Spencer

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Response To Carole Spencer's And And Jon Kershner's Papers, Michael Birkel Jan 2015

Response To Carole Spencer's And And Jon Kershner's Papers, Michael Birkel

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Another Look At The Feminist Language, Ruth M. Pitman Jan 2015

Another Look At The Feminist Language, Ruth M. Pitman

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Gender And Language And Quaker Religious Discourse, Susan Jeffers Jan 2015

Gender And Language And Quaker Religious Discourse, Susan Jeffers

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Contributors -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 125 Jan 2015

Contributors -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 125

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Ethnic Identity Maintenance Within The Latino-American Church: A Structuration Perspective, Charles W. Choi, Deborah Berho Jan 2015

Ethnic Identity Maintenance Within The Latino-American Church: A Structuration Perspective, Charles W. Choi, Deborah Berho

Faculty Publications - Department of Sociology

The Latino ethnic/immigrant church plays a significant role in maintaining the ethnic identity of its congregants. Through the perspective of structuration theory, this qualitative analysis investigates how the activities of the church impact its members and how an individual might contribute to the cultural structure of the Latino church (i.e., duality of structure). Interviews of 25 pastors from Spanish-speaking congregations in both urban and rural settings in Oregon resulted in several themes including the initial planting of the church, the denominational structure, the emergence of a new multiethnic cultural identity, generational differences, and the influence of Spanish.


Book Review Of Reed And Miller, Leach And Gow, And Mekeel, Jeanne-Henriette Louis Dec 2014

Book Review Of Reed And Miller, Leach And Gow, And Mekeel, Jeanne-Henriette Louis

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.