The Progressive Quakers, though long forgotten by historians, were
the radical seed of activist American religion in much of the
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Remaking Friends is the
first book to tell their unique, exciting story. Emerging in the
decades before the Civil War, the movement included pioneer
crusaders for abolition and women's rights. They challenged
authoritarianism in churches and questioned many traditional
dogmas. They stood for applying reason to doctrine, the Bible and
theology; yet they were also welcoming to the burgeoning
spiritualist movement. Come right down to it, the Progressive
Friends were just darned interesting. They also shaped the
contemporary liberal stream of the Quaker religious movement. Among
many other outstanding figures of the era, Frederick Douglass,
Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott and William Lloyd Garrison were
associated with them. The Progressive Friends have long deserved to
have their story told. Finally, in Remaking Friends, they are. In
Remaking Friends, the saga of the Progressive Friends comes to
vivid life, with sketches of some of their outstanding leaders (and
their dogged antagonists), their struggle for a voice, recognition,
and impact. Beginning as a band of pacifists, some agonized over
the Civil War, while others joined up to end slavery and rebellion.
Then we follow their evolution and impact through the post-Civil
War decades, into the first "Gilded Age," and the emergence of
modern imperialism and militarism--all issues they addressed, with
striking contemporary resonance. It shows their ultimate success in
shaping today's liberal Quakerism, even as their separate identity
faded. Based on ground-breaking research in a wide range of
original sources, the book includes more than thirty
illustrations."
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