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

To Live Peaceably Together - The American Friends Service Committee's Campaign for Open Housing (Hardcover): Tracy Elaine... To Live Peaceably Together - The American Friends Service Committee's Campaign for Open Housing (Hardcover)
Tracy Elaine K'Meyer
R1,256 Discovery Miles 12 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A groundbreaking look at how a predominantly white faith-based group reset the terms of the fight to integrate US cities. The bitterly tangled webs of race and housing in the postwar United States hardly suffer from a lack of scholarly attention. But Tracy K'Meyer's To Live Peaceably Together delivers something truly new to the field: a lively examination of a predominantly white faith-based group-the Quaker-aligned American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)-that took a unique and ultimately influential approach to cultivating wider acceptance of residential integration. Built upon detailed stories of AFSC activists and the obstacles they encountered in their work in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Richmond, California, To Live Peaceably Together is an engaging and timely account of how the organization allied itself to a cause that demanded constant learning, reassessment, and self-critique. K'Meyer details the spiritual and humanist motivations behind the AFSC, its members' shifting strategies as they came to better understand structural inequality, and how those strategies were eventually adopted by a variety of other groups. Her fine-grained investigation of the cultural ramifications of housing struggles provides a fresh look at the last seventy years of racial activism.

Quaker Aesthetics - Reflections on a Quaker Ethic in American Design and Consumption, 172-192 (Hardcover): Emma Jones... Quaker Aesthetics - Reflections on a Quaker Ethic in American Design and Consumption, 172-192 (Hardcover)
Emma Jones Lapsansky, Anne A. Verplanck
R1,713 Discovery Miles 17 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The notion of a uniquely Quaker style in architecture, dress, and domestic interiors is a subject with which scholars have long grappled, since Quakers have traditionally held both an appreciation for high-quality workmanship and a distrust of ostentation. Early Quakers, or members of the Society of Friends, who held "plainness" or "simplicity" as a virtue, were also active consumers of fine material goods. Through an examination of some of the material possessions of Quaker families in America during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries, the contributors to Quaker Aesthetics draw on the methods of art, social, religious, and public historians as well as folklorists to explore how Friends during this period reconciled their material lives with their belief in the value of simplicity.In early America, Quakers dominated the political and social landscape of the Delaware Valley, and, because this region held a position of political and economic strength, the Quakers were tightly connected to the transatlantic economy. Given this vantage, they had easy access to the latest trends in fashion and business. Detailing how Quakers have manufactured, bought, and used such goods as clothing, furniture, and buildings, the essays in "Quaker Aesthetics" reveal a much more complicated picture than that of a simple people with simple tastes. Instead, the authors show how, despite the high quality of their material lives, the Quakers in the past worked toward the spiritual simplicity they still cherish.

The Journal of John Woolman (Paperback): John Woolman The Journal of John Woolman (Paperback)
John Woolman
R269 Discovery Miles 2 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Moral Commerce - Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy (Paperback): Julie L. Holcomb Moral Commerce - Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy (Paperback)
Julie L. Holcomb
R743 Discovery Miles 7 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How can the simple choice of a men's suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of free-labor wool rather than slave-grown cotton. In Moral Commerce, Julie L. Holcomb traces the genealogy of the boycott of slave labor from its seventeenth-century Quaker origins through its late nineteenth-century decline. In their failures and in their successes, in their resilience and their persistence, antislavery consumers help us understand the possibilities and the limitations of moral commerce. Quaker antislavery rhetoric began with protests against the slave trade before expanding to include boycotts of the use and products of slave labor. For more than one hundred years, British and American abolitionists highlighted consumers' complicity in sustaining slavery. The boycott of slave labor was the first consumer movement to transcend the boundaries of nation, gender, and race in an effort by reformers to change the conditions of production. The movement attracted a broad cross-section of abolitionists: conservative and radical, Quaker and non-Quaker, male and female, white and black. The men and women who boycotted slave labor created diverse, biracial networks that worked to reorganize the transatlantic economy on an ethical basis. Even when they acted locally, supporters embraced a global vision, mobilizing the boycott as a powerful force that could transform the marketplace. For supporters of the boycott, the abolition of slavery was a step toward a broader goal of a just and humane economy. The boycott failed to overcome the power structures that kept slave labor in place; nonetheless, the movement's historic successes and failures have important implications for modern consumers.

Practical Christianity - Essays on the Practice of Religion (Paperback): Rufus M. Jones Practical Christianity - Essays on the Practice of Religion (Paperback)
Rufus M. Jones
R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Kentucky Shakers (Paperback): Julia Neal The Kentucky Shakers (Paperback)
Julia Neal
R622 Discovery Miles 6 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

" In 1805, at the height of the period of early religious excitement in Kentucky, three members of the Shaker community in New Lebanon, New York, came to the Commonwealth of Kentucky to recruit converts. Soon there were little communities of Believers at Pleasant Hill in Mercer County and at South Union in Logan County. These settlements survived into the twentieth century as centers of worship and communal life; the buildings the Shakers erected here and many of their tools and artifacts remain to delight the eye today. But it is the life of the Shakers as well as the monuments they left that Julia Neal explores. Using the detailed journals and other records kept at both communities, she recounts the early struggles against poverty and persecution, the high hopes of the 1850s when the Shaker idea of communal life seemed to have borne fruit at last, and the hardship and violence of Civil War and Reconstruction days, from which the Kentucky Shakers were never to recover. This absorbing account of the Shakers at Pleasant Hill and South Union is, like so much else associated with the Shakers, simple, functional, and beautiful.

William Hobson (1820-1891) (Paperback): Julie M. Anderson William Hobson (1820-1891) (Paperback)
Julie M. Anderson
R954 R769 Discovery Miles 7 690 Save R185 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Life and Times of Paul Cuffe - Black Quaker Abolitionist (Paperback): Simon Webb The Life and Times of Paul Cuffe - Black Quaker Abolitionist (Paperback)
Simon Webb
R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Quakers and Mysticism - Comparative and Syncretic Approaches to Spirituality (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Jon R. Kershner Quakers and Mysticism - Comparative and Syncretic Approaches to Spirituality (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Jon R. Kershner
R2,963 Discovery Miles 29 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the nearly 400-year tradition of Quaker engagements with mystical ideas and sources. It provides a fresh assessment of the way tradition and social context can shape a religious community while interplaying with historical and theological antecedents within the tradition. Quaker concepts such as "Meeting," the "Light," and embodied spirituality, have led Friends to develop an interior spirituality that intersects with extra-Quaker sources, such as those found in Jakob Boehme, Abu Bakr ibn Tufayl, the Continental Quietists, Kabbalah, Buddhist thought, and Luyia indigenous religion. Through time and across cultures, these and other conversations have shaped Quaker self-understanding and, so, expanded previous models of how religious ideas take root within a tradition. The thinkers engaged in this globally-focused, interdisciplinary volume include George Fox, James Nayler, Robert Barclay, Elizabeth Ashbridge, John Woolman, Hannah Whitall Smith, Rufus Jones, Inazo Nitobe, Howard Thurman, and Gideon W. H. Mweresa, among others.

A Demanding and Uncertain Adventure - Backhouse Lecture 2011 (Paperback): Rosemary Morrow A Demanding and Uncertain Adventure - Backhouse Lecture 2011 (Paperback)
Rosemary Morrow
R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Etude for Belonging - Poems for Practicing Courage and Hope (Paperback): Bethany Lee Etude for Belonging - Poems for Practicing Courage and Hope (Paperback)
Bethany Lee
R504 R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Save R87 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Resisting Empire - The Book of Revelation as Resistance (Paperback): C Wess Daniels Resisting Empire - The Book of Revelation as Resistance (Paperback)
C Wess Daniels; Afterword by Darryl Aaron; Foreword by Wes Howard-Brook
R416 R341 Discovery Miles 3 410 Save R75 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Moral Commerce - Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy (Hardcover): Julie L. Holcomb Moral Commerce - Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy (Hardcover)
Julie L. Holcomb
R1,153 Discovery Miles 11 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How can the simple choice of a men's suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of free-labor wool rather than slave-grown cotton. In Moral Commerce, Julie L. Holcomb traces the genealogy of the boycott of slave labor from its seventeenth-century Quaker origins through its late nineteenth-century decline. In their failures and in their successes, in their resilience and their persistence, antislavery consumers help us understand the possibilities and the limitations of moral commerce. Quaker antislavery rhetoric began with protests against the slave trade before expanding to include boycotts of the use and products of slave labor. For more than one hundred years, British and American abolitionists highlighted consumers' complicity in sustaining slavery. The boycott of slave labor was the first consumer movement to transcend the boundaries of nation, gender, and race in an effort by reformers to change the conditions of production. The movement attracted a broad cross-section of abolitionists: conservative and radical, Quaker and non-Quaker, male and female, white and black. The men and women who boycotted slave labor created diverse, biracial networks that worked to reorganize the transatlantic economy on an ethical basis. Even when they acted locally, supporters embraced a global vision, mobilizing the boycott as a powerful force that could transform the marketplace. For supporters of the boycott, the abolition of slavery was a step toward a broader goal of a just and humane economy. The boycott failed to overcome the power structures that kept slave labor in place; nonetheless, the movement's historic successes and failures have important implications for modern consumers.

Faith and Experience in Education - Essays from Quaker perspectives (Paperback): Don Rowe, Anne Watson Faith and Experience in Education - Essays from Quaker perspectives (Paperback)
Don Rowe, Anne Watson; Contributions by Giles Barrow, Kathy Bickmore, Anna Gregory, …
R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Out of stock
John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom - A Quaker in the British Empire (Hardcover, New): Geoffrey Plank John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom - A Quaker in the British Empire (Hardcover, New)
Geoffrey Plank
R1,390 Discovery Miles 13 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The abolitionist John Woolman (1720-72) has been described as a "Quaker saint," an isolated mystic, singular even among a singular people. But as historian Geoffrey Plank recounts, this tailor, hog producer, shopkeeper, schoolteacher, and prominent Quaker minister was very much enmeshed in his local community in colonial New Jersey and was alert as well to events throughout the British Empire. Responding to the situation as he saw it, Woolman developed a comprehensive critique of his fellow Quakers and of the imperial economy, became one of the most emphatic opponents of slaveholding, and helped develop a new form of protest by striving never to spend money in ways that might encourage slavery or other forms of iniquity.Drawing on the diaries of contemporaries, personal correspondence, the minutes of Quaker meetings, business and probate records, pamphlets, and other sources, "John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom" shows that Woolman and his neighbors were far more engaged with the problems of inequality, trade, and warfare than anyone would know just from reading the Quaker's own writings. Although he is famous as an abolitionist, the end of slavery was only part of Woolman's project. Refusing to believe that the pursuit of self-interest could safely guide economic life, Woolman aimed for a miraculous global transformation: a universal disavowal of greed.

Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) (Hardcover, Second Edition): Margery Post Abbott, Mary Ellen Chijioke, Pink... Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) (Hardcover, Second Edition)
Margery Post Abbott, Mary Ellen Chijioke, Pink Dandelion, John William Oliver
R4,663 Discovery Miles 46 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The modern reputation of Friends in the United States and Europe is grounded in the relief work they have conducted in the presence and aftermath of war. Friends (also known as Quakers) have coordinated the feeding and evacuation of children from war zones around the world. They have helped displaced persons without regard to politics. They have engaged in the relief of suffering in places as far-flung as Ireland, France, Germany, Ethiopia, Egypt, China, and India. Their work was acknowledged with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Friends Service Council of Great Britain. More often, however, Quakers live, worship, and work quietly, without seeking public attention for themselves. Now, the Friends are a truly worldwide body and are recognized by their Christ-centered message of integrity and simplicity, as well as their nonviolent stance and affirmation of the belief that all people women as well as men may be called to the ministry. The expanded second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) relates the history of the Friends through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on concepts, significant figures, places, activities, and periods. This book is an excellent access point for scholars and students, who will find the overviews and sources for further research provided by this book to be enormously helpful."

Presence and Process - A Path Toward Transformative Faith and Inclusive Community (Paperback): Daniel P Coleman Presence and Process - A Path Toward Transformative Faith and Inclusive Community (Paperback)
Daniel P Coleman; Cover design or artwork by Darryl Brown
R545 R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Save R91 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Eternal Promise - A contemporary Quaker classic and a sequel to A Testament of Devotion (Paperback, 3rd ed.): Thomas R.... The Eternal Promise - A contemporary Quaker classic and a sequel to A Testament of Devotion (Paperback, 3rd ed.)
Thomas R. Kelly; Foreword by Howard R MacY
R414 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R55 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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.

A Sustainable Life - Quaker Faith and Practice in the Renewal of Creation (Paperback): Douglas Gwyn A Sustainable Life - Quaker Faith and Practice in the Renewal of Creation (Paperback)
Douglas Gwyn
R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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.

Letters to a Fellow Seeker (Paperback): Steve Chase Letters to a Fellow Seeker (Paperback)
Steve Chase
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In seven letters to a fictional correspondent, Steve Chase describes his spiritual journey among Quakers. The writer introduces the Quaker way to a newcomer in language that is personal and gentle, while offering powerful inspiration through stories.

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
R1,976 R1,861 Discovery Miles 18 610 Save R115 (6%) Ships in 7 - 13 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.

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