Earlham College

A History, 1847-1997

BY THOMAS HAMM
Earlham College was founded by Indiana Quakers in 1847 for the "guarded religious education of the children of Friends." Today it is among the handful of nationally ranked liberal arts colleges still retaining a strong religious identity. In the last half century, Earlham has become a national institution. Unlike many other denominational colleges, it has preserved and strengthened its sectarian identity: becoming home to the first Quaker theological seminary in the world, instituting a system of consensus governance, and attracting well-known Quaker faculty.

Indiana University Press 1997 448 PP. Cloth

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God's Government Begun

The Society For Universal Inquiry And Reform, 1842--1846

BY THOMAS HAMM
Growing out of the radical fringes of the abolitionist movement, the Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform set out to found a new social order based on the principles of nonresistance. The Society founded eight utopian communities, which, though short-lived, were the setting for the most radical questioning of antebellum American society. The members of the Society renounced all forms of coercive relationships. They attempted to live without government or private property and to model new visions of work, education, religion, economics, women's rights and roles, and community. This book tells the story of their attempt to transform the world and begin the "Government of God."

Indiana Univ Press 1995 344 PP. Cloth

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Opening The Quaker Time Capsule

BY THOMAS HAMM
"The author chose `Opening the Quaker Time Capsule' as the subject of this 2001 Weed Lecture. His review of Quaker mores and thought at the turn of the 20th century holds insights and lessons, as well as amusing sidelights, on Quakerism for us as we begin the 21st. All manner of Friends can benefit from this survey of where we have been as we consider where we are and where we are going." - Hugh Barbour, from the Introduction

Beacon Hill Friends House 2004 27 PP. Paper

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The Quakers In America - Paperback

BY THOMAS HAMM
This multifaceted book is a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends, an introduction to Quaker 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, reflecting Friends' diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. "There has long been a need for a study of American Quakers in the twentieth century. With meticulous scholarship and a graceful style, Thomas Hamm has filled this need admirably." -Margaret Hope Bacon

Array 2006 304 PP Paper

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The Transformation Of American Quakerism

BY THOMAS HAMM
In 1800 American Quakers lived in a unique religious environment, characterized by quietism and "the plain life." By 1900 the religious sect had become virtually indistinguishable from the Protestant mainstream, absorbed by the same questions of modernism that troubled other denominations. Thomas Hamm's detailed historical study sheds new light on this transformation, filling a major gap in the literature of American Quakerism and American religion as a whole.

Indiana University Press 1988 286 PP. Paper

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