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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.

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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. …

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An Absent Presence: Quaker Narratives Of Journeys To America And Barbados, 1671-81, Hilary Hinds Nov 2014

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 …

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Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 10, Issue 1), Ben Dandelion Nov 2014

Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 10, Issue 1), Ben Dandelion

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.

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Ambler's "Churches, Chapels And The Parish Communities Of Lincolnshire 1660-1900" - Book Review, Roger Homan Nov 2014

Ambler's "Churches, Chapels And The Parish Communities Of Lincolnshire 1660-1900" - Book Review, Roger Homan

Quaker Studies

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Speicher's "The Religious World Of Antislavery Women", Sandra Holton Nov 2014

Speicher's "The Religious World Of Antislavery Women", Sandra Holton

Quaker Studies

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Yannessa's "Levi Coffin, Quaker: Breaking The Bonds Of Slavery In Ohio And Indiana" - Book Review, Emma J. Lapsansky Nov 2014

Yannessa's "Levi Coffin, Quaker: Breaking The Bonds Of Slavery In Ohio And Indiana" - Book Review, Emma J. Lapsansky

Quaker Studies

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Quaker Beliefs: Diverse Yet Distinctive, Rosamund Bourke Nov 2014

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.

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How Successful Were Quakers At Science?, Geoffrey Cantor Nov 2014

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.

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Victorian Philanthropy And The Rowntrees: The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Mark Freeman Nov 2014

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 …

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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 Nov 2014

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.

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An Occupational Analysis Of The Society Of Friends In Nineteenth-Century Scotland, Paul F. Burton Nov 2014

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.

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Broken-Hearted Mothers: Gender And Community In Joan Whitrow Et Al., The Work Of God In A Dying Maid (1677), Naomi Baker Nov 2014

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, …

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Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 7, Issue 2), Pink Dandelion Nov 2014

Editorial (Quaker Studies Volume 7, Issue 2), Pink Dandelion

Quaker Studies

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"On Quakers, Medicine, And Property: The Autobiography Of Mary Pennington" - Book Review, Rosemary Moore Nov 2014

"On Quakers, Medicine, And Property: The Autobiography Of Mary Pennington" - Book Review, Rosemary Moore

Quaker Studies

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Punshon's "Reasons For Hope: The Faith And Future Of The Friends Church" - Book Review, Douglas Gwyn Nov 2014

Punshon's "Reasons For Hope: The Faith And Future Of The Friends Church" - Book Review, Douglas Gwyn

Quaker Studies

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Kennedy's "British Quakerism 1860-1920: The Transformation Of A Religious Community" - Book Review, Brian D. Phillips Nov 2014

Kennedy's "British Quakerism 1860-1920: The Transformation Of A Religious Community" - Book Review, Brian D. Phillips

Quaker Studies

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Sox's "Quakers And The Arts: 'Plain And Fancy': An Anglo-American Perspective" - Book Review, Roger Homan Nov 2014

Sox's "Quakers And The Arts: 'Plain And Fancy': An Anglo-American Perspective" - Book Review, Roger Homan

Quaker Studies

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Weddle's "Walking In The Way Of Peace: Quaker Pacifism In The Seventeenth Century" - Book Review, Peter Brock Nov 2014

Weddle's "Walking In The Way Of Peace: Quaker Pacifism In The Seventeenth Century" - Book Review, Peter Brock

Quaker Studies

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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 Nov 2014

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

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Roots And Fruits: Materials Relating To The Quaker Peace Testimony In The Commonweal Collection, Christina Arber Nov 2014

Roots And Fruits: Materials Relating To The Quaker Peace Testimony In The Commonweal Collection, Christina Arber

Quaker Studies

This article includes a select review of books, pamphlets, journals and archives in the Commonweal Collection relating to the Quaker Peace Testimony. It provides an introduction to and background information about the Collection, an independent library which focuses on non-violence and movements for social change. The materials reviewed relate to the Peace Testimony's beginnings, development and interpretation; to Conscientious Objection in two world wars including the Friends Ambulance Unit; and to the witness of individual Friends. Many books and pamphlets reviewed illustrate the transition to a broader understanding of the peace testimony encompassing nonviolent action, mediation, and postwar peace campaigns.

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York Friends 1939-1945, David Rubinstein Nov 2014

York Friends 1939-1945, David Rubinstein

Quaker Studies

This article deals with the experiences of York Quakers during the Second World War (1939-1945). It points out that in York as elsewhere Quakers had to make difficult choices during these years and tries to explain the reasons for these choices, particularly whether to support the war and, in many cases, whether to serve in the armed forces. The choices made by individuals and the consequences are elaborated. The article sets developments in York against the national background and points out that the national Quaker yearly meeting was held in York in 1941 and 1942.

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Rethinking The British Anti-War Movement 1914-1918: Notes From A Local Study, Cyril Pearce Nov 2014

Rethinking The British Anti-War Movement 1914-1918: Notes From A Local Study, Cyril Pearce

Quaker Studies

Based on extensive research into the 1914-1918 anti-war movement in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, this study sets out to examine the proposition that Huddersfield was a 'special place' in the strength of its anti-war community and in the tolerance shown to it. In the process, it raises fundamental questions about historians' understanding of the way in which British society dealt with the war. It criticises what it sees to be an essentially metropolitan view of the war which it regards as inaccurate and misleading. It also raises questions about popular attitudes towards the war, the nature of anti-war groupings, accepted calculations …

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The Quaker Peace Testimony And Its Contribution To The British Peace Movement: An Overview, Martin Ceadel Nov 2014

The Quaker Peace Testimony And Its Contribution To The British Peace Movement: An Overview, Martin Ceadel

Quaker Studies

This article attempts the first overview of the contribution of Quakerism to the British peace movement from its eighteenth-century origins to the present day. It emphasizes that the Society of Friends did much to make pacifism acceptable in Britain, and was the principal backer of the peace movement in the century following the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It shows how Quakers, although divided by the First World War and eclipsed by an upsurge in non-Quaker activism, reaffirmed their pacifism and did as much for the peace movement during the inter-war years as any small religious body could have done. …

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Quaker Studies Vol. 7, Issue 1 Editorial, Helen Roberts Nov 2014

Quaker Studies Vol. 7, Issue 1 Editorial, Helen Roberts

Quaker Studies

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Gwyn's "Seekers Found: Atonement In Early Quaker Experience" - Book Review, Peter Pick Nov 2014

Gwyn's "Seekers Found: Atonement In Early Quaker Experience" - Book Review, Peter Pick

Quaker Studies

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Pym's "The Pure Principle: Quakers And Other Faith Traditions" - Book Review, Kenneth Mullen Nov 2014

Pym's "The Pure Principle: Quakers And Other Faith Traditions" - Book Review, Kenneth Mullen

Quaker Studies

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Moore's "The Light In Their Consciences: The Early Quakers In Britain, 1646-1666" - Book Review, Douglas Gwyn Nov 2014

Moore's "The Light In Their Consciences: The Early Quakers In Britain, 1646-1666" - Book Review, Douglas Gwyn

Quaker Studies

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James Nayler: Antinomian Or Perfectionist?, Carole Spencer Nov 2014

James Nayler: Antinomian Or Perfectionist?, Carole Spencer

Quaker Studies

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Questions Of Identity Among 'Buddhist Quakers', Klaus Huber Nov 2014

Questions Of Identity Among 'Buddhist Quakers', Klaus Huber

Quaker Studies

This paper is focused on a survey of Quakers who regard Buddhism as the major source of their spirituality, with the aim of establishing how it is possible to be a 'Buddhist Quaker'. It will be argued that there are two distinct groups of survey respondents: 'Quaker Buddhists' and 'semi-Buddhist Quakers' who differ in their self-identification. Tendencies and influences within both groups will be discussed along with their respective choice of spiritual resources, their meditation practices and their belief patterns. It will be observed that Quaker Buddhists have established stronger roots in Buddhism, whereas semi-Buddhist Quakers remain closer to British …

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