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

Advices & Queries (Paperback): Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia Advices & Queries (Paperback)
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia
R160 Discovery Miles 1 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
With a Tender Hand: A Resource Book for Eldership and Oversight 2015 (Paperback): Zelie Gross With a Tender Hand: A Resource Book for Eldership and Oversight 2015 (Paperback)
Zelie Gross
R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
What Does Quakerism Mean to Us? (Paperback): Hans Albrecht What Does Quakerism Mean to Us? (Paperback)
Hans Albrecht
R534 Discovery Miles 5 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.

The Training and Experience of a Quaker Relief Worker (Abridged, Paperback, Abridged edition): Hugh Maw The Training and Experience of a Quaker Relief Worker (Abridged, Paperback, Abridged edition)
Hugh Maw
R794 Discovery Miles 7 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Universe as Revelation - An Ecomystical Theology for Friends (Paperback): Jo Farrow, Alex Wildwood Universe as Revelation - An Ecomystical Theology for Friends (Paperback)
Jo Farrow, Alex Wildwood
R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The authors have surveyed recent thinking on the spiritual dimension of the environmental crisis and the wholeness of creation, and have worked to find ecomystical perspectives that will serve Quakers and others as we face the destruction or survival of our planet.

A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers (Paperback): William Penn A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers (Paperback)
William Penn
R218 Discovery Miles 2 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

William Penn (1644-1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Indians. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed. In 1681, King Charles II handed over a large piece of his American land holdings to William Penn to satisfy a debt the king owed to Penn's father. This land included present-day Pennsylvania and Delaware. Penn immediately sailed to America and his first step on American soil took place in New Castle in 1682. On this occasion, the colonists pledged allegiance to Penn as their new Proprietor, and the first general assembly was held in the colony. Afterwards, Penn journeyed up river and founded Philadelphia. However, Penn's Quaker government was not viewed favorably by the Dutch, Swedish, and English settlers in what is now Delaware. They had no "historical" allegiance to Pennsylvania, so they almost immediately began petitioning for their own Assembly. In 1704 they achieved their goal when the three southernmost counties of Pennsylvania were permitted to split off and become the new semi-autonomous colony of Lower Delaware. As the most prominent, prosperous and influential "city" in the new colony, New Castle became the capital. As one of the earlier supporters of colonial unification, Penn wrote and urged for a Union of all the English colonies in what was to become the United States of America. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution. As a pacifist Quaker, Penn considered the problems of war and peace deeply, and included a plan for a United States of Europe ("European Dyet, Parliament or Estates") in his voluminous writings.

Apocalypse of the Word - The Life and Message of George Fox (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Douglas Gwyn Apocalypse of the Word - The Life and Message of George Fox (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Douglas Gwyn
R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Gwyn emphasizes the apocalyptic perspective behind George Fox's declaration that Christ has come to teach his people himself and describes how it affected Fox's view of preaching, worship, and Church order. This work helps explain the urgency of the message that sparked early Friends.

The Essential Elias Hicks (Hardcover): Paul Buckley The Essential Elias Hicks (Hardcover)
Paul Buckley
R674 R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Save R114 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1828, Elias Hicks was the best-known Quaker in the United States. He was a deep and original religious thinker, a commanding and compelling preacher, and though eighty years old, still a faithful traveling minister. Whenever God said, "Go " he went. If he is remembered at all today, it is for his role in the most traumatic events in the history of the Religious Society of Friends - a series of separations that split American Quakers into two hostile camps - one of which came to be called Hicksite. Over the years, his memory has been lost to stories told by his friends and his opponents. Much of what people believe about him is false. The truth is, Elias Hicks was a minister, a mystic, a farmer, an environmentalist, an abolitionist, a father and a husband. This book aims to reveal the real Elias Hicks and his understanding of what it means to be a Quaker. Elias Hicks has much to say to Friends today. Paul Buckley is a Quaker historian and theologian, well-known among Friends of all stripes for his workshops, short courses, and retreats. He has written books on William Penn and Elias Hicks, and the Lord's Prayer; and co-edited The Quaker Bible Reader.

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
A Quaker Officer in the Civil War - Henry Gawthrop of the 4th Delaware (Hardcover): Justin Carisio A Quaker Officer in the Civil War - Henry Gawthrop of the 4th Delaware (Hardcover)
Justin Carisio
R837 R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Save R152 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fifty Years at Langley Hill Friends Meeting - Celebrating our Worship, Friendship, and Witness Together (Paperback): Susan Rose... Fifty Years at Langley Hill Friends Meeting - Celebrating our Worship, Friendship, and Witness Together (Paperback)
Susan Rose Hills; Langley Hill Friends
R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book came together with the help of many members of the Langley Hill community, past and present. They shared their lived experience of our early history as a meeting, their memories of our life as a community, and their first-hand knowledge of our witness. Any work of this kind owes a final clear debt to a single source: to the promptings of the Spirit, who nudged so many of us to set down this history. It is, finally, a love story - the story, so far, of that Spirit and Langley Hill Meeting.

A Quaker Prayer Life (Hardcover): David Johnson A Quaker Prayer Life (Hardcover)
David Johnson
R532 R465 Discovery Miles 4 650 Save R67 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A Quaker prayer life arises from a life of continuing daily attentiveness. The first generation of Quakers followed a covenant with God, based on assidious obedience to the promptings of the Inward Light. This process did not require the established churches, priests or liturgies. Quaker prayer then became a practice of patient waiting in silence. Prayer is a conscious choice to seek God, in whatever form that Divine Presence speaks to each of us, moment to moment. The difficulties we experience in inward prayer are preparation for our outward lives. Each time we return to the centre in prayer we are modelling how to live our lives; each time we dismiss the internal intrusions we are strengthening that of God within us and denying the role of the Self; every time we turn to prayer and to God we are seeking an increase in the measure of Light in our lives. David Johnson is a Member of Queensland Regional Meeting of the Australia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. David is a geologist with both industry and academic experience, and wrote The Geology of Australia, specifically for the general public. He has a long commitment to nonviolence and opposing war and the arms trade, and has worked with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. David delivered the 2005 Backhouse Lecture to Australia Yearly Meeting on Peace is a Struggle. He was part of the work to establish the Silver Wattle Quaker Centre in Australia in 2010, and is Co-Director of the Centre for 2013-14.

The Essential Elias Hicks (Paperback): Paul Buckley The Essential Elias Hicks (Paperback)
Paul Buckley
R407 R338 Discovery Miles 3 380 Save R69 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1828, Elias Hicks was the best-known Quaker in the United States. He was a deep and original religious thinker, a commanding and compelling preacher, and though eighty years old, still a faithful traveling minister. Whenever God said, "Go " he went. If he is remembered at all today, it is for his role in the most traumatic events in the history of the Religious Society of Friends - a series of separations that split American Quakers into two hostile camps - one of which came to be called Hicksite. Over the years, his memory has been lost to stories told by his friends and his opponents. Much of what people believe about him is false. The truth is, Elias Hicks was a minister, a mystic, a farmer, an environmentalist, an abolitionist, a father and a husband. This book aims to reveal the real Elias Hicks and his understanding of what it means to be a Quaker. Elias Hicks has much to say to Friends today. Paul Buckley is a Quaker historian and theologian, well-known among Friends of all stripes for his workshops, short courses, and retreats. He has written books on William Penn and Elias Hicks, and the Lord's Prayer; and co-edited The Quaker Bible Reader.

Quakers Living in the Lion's Mouth - The Society of Friends in Northern Virginia, 1730-1865 (Paperback): A. Glenn Crothers Quakers Living in the Lion's Mouth - The Society of Friends in Northern Virginia, 1730-1865 (Paperback)
A. Glenn Crothers; Foreword by Stanley Harrold, Randall M. Miller
R1,081 Discovery Miles 10 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"A major contribution to our understanding of the American South and the history of American religion and reform."--Dee E. Andrews, author of "The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800" "A model study of an antislavery, reformist minority trying to find its place in the Antebellum South."--Thomas D. Hamm, author of "The Transformation of American Quakerism: Orthodox Friends, 1800-1907" This examination of a Quaker community in northern Virginia, between its first settlement in 1730 and the end of the Civil War, explores how an antislavery, pacifist, and equalitarian religious minority maintained its ideals and campaigned for social justice in a society that violated those values on a daily basis. By tracing the evolution of white Virginians' attitudes toward the Quaker community, Glenn Crothers exposes the increasing hostility Quakers faced as the sectional crisis deepened, revealing how a border region like northern Virginia looked increasingly to the Deep South for its cultural values and social and economic ties. Although this is an examination of a small community over time, the work deals with larger historical issues, such as how religious values are formed and evolve among a group and how these beliefs shape behavior even in the face of increasing hostility and isolation. As one of the most thorough studies of a pre-Civil War southern religious community of any kind, "Quakers Living in the Lion's Mouth" provides a fresh understanding of the diversity of southern culture as well as the diversity of viewpoints among anti-slavery activists. A. Glenn Crothers, associate professor of history at the University of Louisville, is director of research at The Filson Historical Society and coeditor of "Ohio Valley History."

Snow Camp, North Carolina (Hardcover): J. Timothy Allen Snow Camp, North Carolina (Hardcover)
J. Timothy Allen
R837 R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Save R152 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Beginnings of Quakerism (Paperback, Revised ed.): William C. Braithwaite The Beginnings of Quakerism (Paperback, Revised ed.)
William C. Braithwaite
R1,227 Discovery Miles 12 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Quaker religion, properly called the Society of Friends, began in Westmoreland in northwest England in the mid-1600s, when George Fox and several others including William Dewsbury, James Nayler, Francis Howgill and Edward Burrough traced their inspiration and their constructive ideas to direct divine "openings" through which they believed they were being led by God. Because this book covers only up to the end of 1660, it is a very detailed study of the early history of Quakerism. The book explains background influences which led to the formation of the new religion, then shows us the beginning of its growth, in which its members were persecuted and jailed, in England, Europe and America, with some followers paying with their lives. Quakerism did not exclude women, some of whom felt called to the ministry. Some followers showed dramatic fits of trembling (hence the term Quaker) while others manifested their convictions in other ways. William Simpson of Lancaster "went three years naked and in sackcloth in the days of Oliver and his Parliament, as a sign to them and to the priests showing how God would strip them of their power..." Many of the followers called themselves "seekers" or "publishers of the truth." The book also includes four excellent maps of parts of Britain which cradled this religion. While we have all heard about the Quaker religion, there are few people whose understanding would not be greatly broadened by this informative work.

History of the Society of Friends in America, Volume 2... (Paperback): James Bowden History of the Society of Friends in America, Volume 2... (Paperback)
James Bowden
R1,005 R829 Discovery Miles 8 290 Save R176 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Rich Heritage of Quakerism (Paperback): Walter R Williams The Rich Heritage of Quakerism (Paperback)
Walter R Williams
R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Journey into Life - Inheriting the Story of Early Friends (Paperback): Gerald Hewitson Journey into Life - Inheriting the Story of Early Friends (Paperback)
Gerald Hewitson
R249 Discovery Miles 2 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Snakes and Ladders - A Personal Exploration of Quaker Work on Human Rights at the United Nations (Paperback): Rachel Brett Snakes and Ladders - A Personal Exploration of Quaker Work on Human Rights at the United Nations (Paperback)
Rachel Brett
R327 Discovery Miles 3 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
North Carolina Quakers - Spring Friends Meeting (Hardcover): J. Timothy Allen North Carolina Quakers - Spring Friends Meeting (Hardcover)
J. Timothy Allen
R842 R691 Discovery Miles 6 910 Save R151 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Living the Quaker Way (Paperback): Ben Pink Dandelion Living the Quaker Way (Paperback)
Ben Pink Dandelion
R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Costing Not Less Than Everything - Sustainability and Spirituality in Challenging Times (Paperback): Pam Lunn Costing Not Less Than Everything - Sustainability and Spirituality in Challenging Times (Paperback)
Pam Lunn
R276 Discovery Miles 2 760 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Sowing My Quaker Oats (Paperback): Julie Saeger Nierenberg Sowing My Quaker Oats (Paperback)
Julie Saeger Nierenberg; Edited by Jane Zanol; Armin L. Saeger Jr
R591 Discovery Miles 5 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Amigas Del Senor - Methodist Monastery (Paperback): Beth Blodgett, Prairie Naoma Cutting Amigas Del Senor - Methodist Monastery (Paperback)
Beth Blodgett, Prairie Naoma Cutting; Edited by Rosalie Grafe
R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On February 2, 2006, two intrepid women set off from Portland, Oregon via Greyhound bus for Limon, Colon, Honduras. There they would establish a new thing, a small monastery and medical mission using sustainable living, voluntary poverty, and religious practice as nuns following Methodist and Quaker traditions of worship and governance. Soon La Doctora, Pediatrician Beth Blodgett, and La muchacha, her assistant, Prairie Naoma Cutting, would be deeply involved helping in nearby clinics. Reading like a frontier women's story, this adventure (still continuing in 2010) has fire, hurricanes, and a robbery as well as other exciting accounts. These gringas become, by the close of the collection of letters home, true hermanas, religious sisters to the neighbors in their rural community. Now professed nuns, they invite other courageous women to join them in a life of service.

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