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Issue #24 of "Quaker Theology" (Winter-Spring 2014) includes the
following articles and essays: Editor's Introduction "The Fall of
Man," a newly-discovered essay by Angelina Grimke Weld; "'Let the
Holy seed of life reign' -- Perfection, Pelagianism, and the early
Friends," by John Connell; "Blessed Unrest: The Radical Act of
Gathering," by Scott Holmes; 'Separation Accomplished: New
Beginnings for a New Association of Friends and a 'Reconfigured'
Indiana Yearly Meeting," by Stephen W. Angell; "A Letter re: Kenya
Quakers & Homosexuality," by David Zarembka; "Review: "The
Oxford Handbook of Quaker Studies,"" by Chuck Fager; "Northwest
Yearly Meeting and 'Shattering' Conflict: Chapter One," by Chuck
Fager with Jade Souza.
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. They included pioneer
crusaders for abolition and women's rights. They denounced
authoritarianism in churches and many traditional dogmas as well.
They championed the application of 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 damned interesting. They also shaped the
contemporary liberal stream of the Quaker religious movement. Among
other outstanding figures of the era, Frederick Douglass, Susan B.
Anthony, Lucretia Mott and William Lloyd Garrison were associated
with them. They deserve a much better deal from historians than
they ever got. And with this book, they're finally getting it. The
documents in "Angels of Progress," collected in print for the first
time, trace where the Progressive Friends came from, sketch some of
their outstanding leaders, detail their agenda for change in both
society and spirituality and track their struggle for a voice and
recognition. Beginning as a band of pacifists, it also shows their
agonizing over the Civil War, which pitted one of their key values
-- nonviolence, against another -- ending slavery. 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 with striking contemporary resonance. It
shows their ultimate success in shaping today's liberal Quakerism,
even as their separate identity faded. The book includes extensive
samples of their theological work, plus introductions and
overviews.
In 1965, Chuck Fager was a rookie civil rights worker, fresh out of
college, who was sent to Selma, Alabama to work for Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.'s direct action campaign to end the racist
exclusion of African-Americans from voting, there and across the
South. This is Chuck Fager's vivid personal account of the
movement: how he got there, his experiences in and out of jail,
what he learned, how Selma shaped his life and launched him on a
spiritual journey and a writer's career. This book is a revealing
first-person counterpart to his earlier, highly-praised historical
account, "Selma 1965: The March That Changed the South."
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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