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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

The People Called Quakers (Paperback, Seventh Printing ed.): Elton Trueblood The People Called Quakers (Paperback, Seventh Printing ed.)
Elton Trueblood
R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A broad portrait of a way of life and a way of thought which is a live option for vital, contemporary Christians. D. Elton Trueblood, author of more than 30 books, depicts the Quaker experiment in radical Christianity. His portrayal of early Quakers and their lives is vital background for the impact that Quakers have had on society for more than three hundred years.

The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism (Paperback): Stephen W. Angell, Pink Dandelion The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism (Paperback)
Stephen W. Angell, Pink Dandelion
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism offers a fresh, up-to-date, and accessible introduction to Quakerism. Quakerism is founded on radical ideas and its history of constancy and change offers fascinating insights into the nature of non-conformity. In a series of eighteen essays written by an international team of scholars, and commissioned especially for this volume, the Companion covers the history of Quakerism from its origins to the present day. Employing a range of methodologies, it features sections on the history of Quaker faith and practice, expressions of Quaker faith, regional studies, and emerging spiritualities. It also examines all branches of Quakerism, including evangelical, liberal, and conservative, as well as non-theist Quakerism and convergent Quaker thought. This Companion will serve as an essential resource for all interested in Quaker thought and practice.

The Quakers in America (Hardcover, New): Thomas Hamm The Quakers in America (Hardcover, New)
Thomas Hamm
R3,287 Discovery Miles 32 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Quakers in America is a multifaceted history of the Religious Society of Friends and a fascinating study of its culture and controversies today. Lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings illuminate basic Quaker theology and reflect the group's diversity while also highlighting the fundamental unity within the religion. Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate whether Quakerism is necessarily Christian, where religious authority should reside, how one transmits faith to children, and how gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior. Praised for its rich insight and wide-ranging perspective, The Quakers in America is a penetrating account of an influential, vibrant, and often misunderstood religious sect. Known best for their long-standing commitment to social activism, pacifism, fair treatment for Native Americans, and equality for women, the Quakers have influenced American thought and society far out of proportion to their relatively small numbers. Whether in the foreign policy arena (the American Friends Service Committee), in education (the Friends schools), or in the arts (prominent Quakers profiled in this book include James Turrell, Bonnie Raitt, and James Michener), Quakers have left a lasting imprint on American life. This multifaceted book is a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends; an introduction to its beliefs and practices; and a vivid picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends today. The book opens with lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings that illuminate basic Quaker concepts and theology and reflect the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. Yet the book also examines commonalities among American Friends that demonstrate a fundamental unity within the religion: their commitments to worship, the ministry of all believers, decision making based on seeking spiritual consensus rather than voting, a simple lifestyle, and education. Thomas Hamm shows that Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate a number of central questions: Is Quakerism necessarily Christian? Where should religious authority reside? Is the self sacred? How does one transmit faith to children? How do gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior? Hamm's analysis of these debates reveals a vital religion that prizes both unity and diversity.

The Barn at the End of the World - The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd (Paperback): Mary Rose O'Reilley The Barn at the End of the World - The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd (Paperback)
Mary Rose O'Reilley
R591 R505 Discovery Miles 5 050 Save R86 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Transcendence can come in many forms. For Mary Rose O'Reilley a year tending sheep seemed a way to seek a spirituality based not on "climbing out of the body" but rather on existing fully in the world, at least if she could overlook some of its earthier aspects.

The Barn at the End of the World follows O'Reilley in her sometimes funny, sometimes moving quest. Though small in stature, she learns to "flip" very large sheep and help them lamb. She also visits a Buddhist monastery in France, where she studies the practice of Mahayana Buddhism, dividing her spare time between meditation and dreaming of French pastries.

The Quakers in America (Paperback, New ed): Thomas Hamm The Quakers in America (Paperback, New ed)
Thomas Hamm
R855 R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Save R127 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Quakers in America is a multifaceted history of the Religious Society of Friends and a fascinating study of its culture and controversies today. Lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings illuminate basic Quaker theology and reflect the group's diversity while also highlighting the fundamental unity within the religion. Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate whether Quakerism is necessarily Christian, where religious authority should reside, how one transmits faith to children, and how gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior. Praised for its rich insight and wide-ranging perspective, The Quakers in America is a penetrating account of an influential, vibrant, and often misunderstood religious sect. Known best for their long-standing commitment to social activism, pacifism, fair treatment for Native Americans, and equality for women, the Quakers have influenced American thought and society far out of proportion to their relatively small numbers. Whether in the foreign policy arena (the American Friends Service Committee), in education (the Friends schools), or in the arts (prominent Quakers profiled in this book include James Turrell, Bonnie Raitt, and James Michener), Quakers have left a lasting imprint on American life. This multifaceted book is a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends; an introduction to its beliefs and practices; and a vivid picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends today. The book opens with lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings that illuminate basic Quaker concepts and theology and reflect the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. Yet the book also examines commonalities among American Friends that demonstrate a fundamental unity within the religion: their commitments to worship, the ministry of all believers, decision making based on seeking spiritual consensus rather than voting, a simple lifestyle, and education. Thomas Hamm shows that Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate a number of central questions: Is Quakerism necessarily Christian? Where should religious authority reside? Is the self sacred? How does one transmit faith to children? How do gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior? Hamm's analysis of these debates reveals a vital religion that prizes both unity and diversity.

Quakers and Slavery - A Divided Spirit (Hardcover): Jean R. Soderlund Quakers and Slavery - A Divided Spirit (Hardcover)
Jean R. Soderlund
R2,770 Discovery Miles 27 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

is book explores the growth of abolitionism among Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey from 1688 to 1780, providing a case study of how groups change their moral attitudes. Dr. Soderlund details the long battle fought by reformers like gentle John Woolman and eccentric Benjamin Lay. The eighteenth-century Quaker humanitarians succeeded only after they diluted their goals to attract wider support, establishing a gradualistic, paternalistic, and segregationist model for the later antislavery movement. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Quaker Communities in Early Modern Wales - From Resistance to Respectability (Hardcover, 2007 ed.): Richard Allen Quaker Communities in Early Modern Wales - From Resistance to Respectability (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)
Richard Allen
R618 Discovery Miles 6 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Quakerism has long fascinated historians and religious scholars, and Richard Allen's examination of the community's rise and fall in Wales holds a wealth of new insights. The prominent role played by women, the resilience of Quakers in the face of a variety of forms of official persecution, the ways that education, careers, and marriage were determined by a strict code of conduct, and the reasons for Quakerism's decline all come under consideration here. As the first scholarly analysis of Welsh Quakers, this book represents an important new contribution to our knowledge of the movement.

Pioneers of a Peaceable Kingdom - The Quaker Peace Testimony from the Colonial Era to the First World War (Paperback): Peter... Pioneers of a Peaceable Kingdom - The Quaker Peace Testimony from the Colonial Era to the First World War (Paperback)
Peter Brock
R1,868 Discovery Miles 18 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Extracted from Pacifism in the United States, this work focuses on the significant contribution of the Quakers to the history of pacifism in the United States. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

William Penn and Early Quakerism (Paperback): Melvin B. Endy William Penn and Early Quakerism (Paperback)
Melvin B. Endy
R1,419 Discovery Miles 14 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

William Penn is justly famous for his part in the political development of colonial America. Yet he was also one of the leading Quaker theologians of the seventeenth century and the most important translator of Quaker religious thought into social and political reality, and his life and works cannot be fully understood without a knowledge of his religious hopes and ideals. Melvin Endy goes beyond the political histories, biographies, and histories of Quakerism to provide a comprehensive account of Penn's religious thought, its influence on his political thought and activity, and the significance of his life and thought to the Quaker movement. His assessment of Penn's place in the Quaker movement and his discussion of Penn's thought in relation to Puritan, Spiritualist. Anglican, and pre-Enlightenment developments has led to an understanding of Quakerism that differs from the recent tendency to stress strongly its Puritan origins and affinities. Because of the revisionist nature of this interpretation and the author's conviction that early Quaker thought has never been adequately related to its intellectual milieu, this study of Penn has been developed into a vehicle for a new analysis of aspects of early Quaker thought. Finally, the Pennsylvania venture is examined and assessed as a laboratory in which the vision of a society run according to the principles of a spiritual religion was put to the test. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Recapturing an Enchanted World - Ritual and Sacrament in the Free Church Tradition (Paperback): John D. Rempel, Gordon T Smith Recapturing an Enchanted World - Ritual and Sacrament in the Free Church Tradition (Paperback)
John D. Rempel, Gordon T Smith
R592 Discovery Miles 5 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How might our worship recapture and reflect the enchanted world of God's nearness in Jesus Christ? In this first volume in IVP Academic's Dynamics of Christian Worship series, John D. Rempel offers a vision for this kind of transformative worship. A theologian and minister in the Mennonite Church, Rempel considers the role of the sacraments and ritual within the Free Church tradition. While the Free Churches rightly sought to cleanse the church of the abuses of sacramentalism, in that process they also set aside some of the church's historic practices and the theology behind them, which ultimately impoverished their worship. In response to this liturgically thin space, Rempel appeals to the incarnation of Christ, whose taking on of flesh can help us perceive the sacramental nature of our faith and worship. By embracing life-giving and peacemaking practices, the worship of not only the Free Church tradition but of the whole body of Christ might be transformed and become enchanted once again. The Dynamics of Christian Worship series draws from a wide range of worshiping contexts and denominational backgrounds to unpack the many dynamics of Christian worship-including prayer, reading the Bible, preaching, baptism, the Lord's Supper, music, visual art, architecture, and more-to deepen both the theology and practice of Christian worship for the life of the church.

Our Beloved Friend - The Life and Writings of Anne Emlen Mifflin (Hardcover): Gary B. Nash, Emily M. Teipe Our Beloved Friend - The Life and Writings of Anne Emlen Mifflin (Hardcover)
Gary B. Nash, Emily M. Teipe
R2,779 Discovery Miles 27 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Born into one of the wealthiest families in Philadelphia and raised and educated in that vital center of eighteenth-century American Quakerism, Anne Emlen Mifflin was a progressive force in early America. This detailed and engaging biography, which features Anne's collected writings and selected correspondence, revives her legacy. Anne grew up directly across the street from the Pennsylvania statehouse, where the Continental Congress was leading the War of Independence. A Quaker minister whose busy pen, agile mind, and untiring moral energy produced an extensive corpus of writings, Anne was an ardent abolitionist and social reformer decades before the establishment of women's anti-slavery societies. And at a time when most Americans never ventured beyond their own village, hamlet, or farm, Anne journeyed thousands of miles. She traveled to settlements of Friends on the frontier and met with Native Americans in the rough country of northwestern Pennsylvania, New York, and Canada. Our Beloved Friend provides a unique window onto the lives of Quakers during the pre-Revolutionary era, the establishment of the New Republic, and the War of 1812.

First Minute Book of the Gainsborough Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, 1699-1719  II (Hardcover): Harold W. Brace First Minute Book of the Gainsborough Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, 1699-1719 II (Hardcover)
Harold W. Brace
R805 Discovery Miles 8 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (Paperback): Hannah W Smith The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (Paperback)
Hannah W Smith
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ellen Constance Nightingale - A Life (Paperback): John Griffiths Pedley Ellen Constance Nightingale - A Life (Paperback)
John Griffiths Pedley
R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Journal of George Fox - Being an Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of... Journal of George Fox - Being an Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of Love, in the Work of the Ministry, of That Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ ...; Volume 1 (Paperback)
George Fox, Wilson Armistead, William Penn
R778 Discovery Miles 7 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An Invitation to Quaker Eldering - On Being Faithful to the Ministry of Spiritual Nurture among Friends (Hardcover): Elaine... An Invitation to Quaker Eldering - On Being Faithful to the Ministry of Spiritual Nurture among Friends (Hardcover)
Elaine Emily, Mary Kay Glazer
R933 R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Save R171 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
William Penn and Early Quakerism (Hardcover): Melvin B. Endy William Penn and Early Quakerism (Hardcover)
Melvin B. Endy
R4,738 Discovery Miles 47 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

William Penn is justly famous for his part in the political development of colonial America. Yet he was also one of the leading Quaker theologians of the seventeenth century and the most important translator of Quaker religious thought into social and political reality, and his life and works cannot be fully understood without a knowledge of his religious hopes and ideals. Melvin Endy goes beyond the political histories, biographies, and histories of Quakerism to provide a comprehensive account of Penn's religious thought, its influence on his political thought and activity, and the significance of his life and thought to the Quaker movement. His assessment of Penn's place in the Quaker movement and his discussion of Penn's thought in relation to Puritan, Spiritualist. Anglican, and pre-Enlightenment developments has led to an understanding of Quakerism that differs from the recent tendency to stress strongly its Puritan origins and affinities. Because of the revisionist nature of this interpretation and the author's conviction that early Quaker thought has never been adequately related to its intellectual milieu, this study of Penn has been developed into a vehicle for a new analysis of aspects of early Quaker thought. Finally, the Pennsylvania venture is examined and assessed as a laboratory in which the vision of a society run according to the principles of a spiritual religion was put to the test. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Quaker Invasion of Massachusetts (Hardcover): Richard P Hallowell The Quaker Invasion of Massachusetts (Hardcover)
Richard P Hallowell
R914 Discovery Miles 9 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
While it is Yet Day: A Biography of Elizabeth Fry (Hardcover): Averil Douglas Opperman While it is Yet Day: A Biography of Elizabeth Fry (Hardcover)
Averil Douglas Opperman
R538 R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Save R97 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Elizabeth Fry was one of the nineteenth century's most extraordinary women. Born the daughter of a Quaker banker, she was eighteen when she commandeered a laundry room to begin her own school. At twenty, she wed Joseph Fry and, over their marriage, they had eleven children. But a charitable visit to Newgate Prison would change the course of her life, and of history, forever. Unable to ignore the plight of the female convicts before her, she determined to do everything in her power to right the injustices they faced... By her death, Elizabeth was famous amongst royalty, parliament and women on the street alike; respected by Queen Victoria; supporter to William Wilberforce; and influence on Florence Nightingale. This biography, told with verve and pace, and interwoven with extracts from Elizabeth's private diaries, will inspire and move you with the turn of a page.

Praying in the Dark - Spirituality, Nonviolence, and the Emerging World (Hardcover): Daniel O Snyder Praying in the Dark - Spirituality, Nonviolence, and the Emerging World (Hardcover)
Daniel O Snyder
R1,195 R951 Discovery Miles 9 510 Save R244 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Quaker Ecology - Meditations on the Future of Friends (Paperback): Cherice Bock A Quaker Ecology - Meditations on the Future of Friends (Paperback)
Cherice Bock
R428 R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Save R80 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
William Hobson (1820-1891) (Hardcover): Julie M. Anderson William Hobson (1820-1891) (Hardcover)
Julie M. Anderson
R1,342 R1,058 Discovery Miles 10 580 Save R284 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Praying in the Dark - Spirituality, Nonviolence, and the Emerging World (Paperback): Daniel O Snyder Praying in the Dark - Spirituality, Nonviolence, and the Emerging World (Paperback)
Daniel O Snyder
R805 R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Save R144 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Holy Spirit Encounter Prayers - Powerful Prayers that brings the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, Power of the Holy Spirit, and... Holy Spirit Encounter Prayers - Powerful Prayers that brings the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, Power of the Holy Spirit, and Revival Fire of the Holy Spirit. (Paperback)
Peter I O
R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Night Journeys - The Power of Dreams in Transatlantic Quaker Culture (Hardcover, New): Carla Gerona Night Journeys - The Power of Dreams in Transatlantic Quaker Culture (Hardcover, New)
Carla Gerona
R1,245 Discovery Miles 12 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Early modern Quakers looked to their dreams to gain spiritual insight and developed a potent system of dreamwork that acted simultaneously as a device for gaining and retaining authority and as a democratizing force. Night Journeys recounts how Quakers on both sides of the Atlantic turned their sleeping experiences into powerful stories that advanced a more inclusive--but still imperial--vision of colonial and Revolutionary America.

Quakers did not keep their dreams to themselves. On the American mainland, Caribbean plantations, and in the British Isles, Quakers were competing to shape their imperial culture when they circulated dreams beyond meetinghouse walls and influenced larger transatlantic movements for reform.

Covering a broad time span that begins with the English civil war and ends with the creation of the American republic, Carla Gerona argues that dreams provided Quakers with mental maps to influence the values of their emerging colonial society, usually, though not exclusively, in progressive ways. Night visions, as Quakers often termed their dreams, contributed to social and cultural changes such as the abolition of slavery and religious reform. Simultaneously, dreams helped Quakers define and delineate their mission in America and the world, fostering innovative concepts of individuality, community, nation, and empire.

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