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EDITED BY BEN RICHMOND Levi Coffin was first called "president of the Underground Railroad" by frustrated slave hunters in the years leading up to the Civil War. Coffin's autobiographical window on the times includes hundreds of dramatic stories of the risks that attended slaves and those who helped them in their escape to freedom.
Friends United Press 2001 430 PP. Paper
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BY ARTHUR C CLARKE Some nice Science Fiction hardbacks - not that quakerly - but these and murder mysteries do seem to be popular among Friends!. These books are all in pretty good condition hardback with tidy dustjackets. Science Fiction Book Club Editions.
Various Publishers 1973 214 PP. Cloth
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Nrsv Edition
EDITED BY RICHARD FOSTER, WALTER BRUEGGEMAN, EUGENE PETERSON, DALLAS WILLARD In this major new Bible, the foremost names in Christian spirituality and biblical scholarship, including Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, Eugene Peterson and Walter Brueggemann, come together to provide a unique study Bible that rediscovers Scripture as living and active text of spiritual formation. NRSV translation.
HarperSanFrancisco 2005 2416 PP. Cloth
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Reflections On Divisions Among Friends Today - Two Essays
BY DOUGLAS GWYN, FOREWORD BY ELIZABETH CAZDEN The two essays published here are "Sense and Sensibilities: Quaker Bispirituality Today" and "Standing with the Lamb," the talk that Doug Gwyn presented at the FUM triennial in 2005. He says, "Because the light of Christ is in all people, spiritual freedom is followed immediately by a humanistic, civil implication. If Christ is to have freedom to work with whomever he chooses, then human society must be a level playing field. Society must be free, open, inclusive, egalitarian, just. Excluding people is excluding potential channels for Christ's work."
Beacon Hill Friends House 2005 36 PP Paper
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A Bishop Rethinks The Meaning Of Scripture
BY JOHN SHELBY SPONG Spong lifts the Bible out of the prejudices and cultural biases that have justified wars and slavery in its name, and opens up the Bible's message of hope for all.
HarperSF 1992 267 PP. Paper
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BY JOHN SHELBY SPONG SECONDHAND. Fair condition paperback. Reading copy.
HarperSanFrancisco 1992 267 PP. Paper
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Life In The Christian Colony
BY STANLEY HAUERWAS AND WILLIAM WILLIMON "This book is a good introduction to the philosophy of Hauerwas, the most garrulously outspoken post-Liberal Christian in America. He bucks conventional wisdom to welcome the decline of religiousity in America, celebrating it as a time when Christians can stop being blind patriots and return to our historic counter-cultural faith witness. An outspoken pacifist, I often forget that Hauerwas isn't a Friend!"-from Martin Kelley's FGC "Staff Picks."
Abingdon 1989 175 PP Paper
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Memoirs Of David Ferris 1707-1779
EDITED BY MARTHA PAXSON-GRUNDY Resistance and Obedience to God is a rich example of a life lived in the struggle to find and live God's will. Anyone interested in American religious history, Quaker history, spiritual development, religious education and ministry will find this chronicle of Ferris's life a fascinating documentation of life in the 18th century and the moral and ethical development of a Quaker minister. A contemporary of JohnWoolman, Ferris was a member of Wilmington Monthly Meeting who traveled extensively in the ministry. The introductory essay grounds the reader in religious and social developments leading up to the Great Awakening and what followed.
Quaker Press of FGC 2001 176 PP. Paper
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BY THE FAMILY RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING Acknowledges divided judgments of Friends while honoring all couples. Includes advices, queries, and bibliography. Use with Marriage in the Light.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1988 14 PP. Paper
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7 Keys To Turn Family Conflict Into Co-operation
BY SURA HART AND VICTORIA KINDLE HODSON This handbook urges parents to move beyond typical discipline techniques by creating an environment based on mutual respect, emotional safety, and positive, open communication. The seven outlined principles redefine the parent-dominated family by teaching parents how to achieve mutual parent/child respect without being submissive, set firm limits without using demands or coercion, and empower children to open up, cooperate, and realize their own innate potential. Based on Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication process, the framework helps parents break down the barriers to outstanding relationships with their kids by avoiding destructive language and habits.
Puddledancer Press 2006 208 PP. Paper
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The Collapse Of Our Traditional Ethics
BY PETER SINGER SECONDHAND. Examines the ethical dilemmas that confront us as we near the twenty-first century. Good condition paperback, Elizabeth Watsons copy, with some markings in her hand.
St Martins 1996 256 PP. Paper
The Civil Rights Years - The Movement In Microcosm
BY PAUL WAHRHAFTIG While there are many nationally recognized heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, little is known of the unheralded rural and small town activists. The Rev. J.D. McManus was one such activist who struggled to make Civil Rights a reality in his corner of the nation. His amazing story is told in the new book by Paul Wahrhaftig and gives us new insights into the realities of organizing for and implementing civil rights in the rural and small town South.
Fickle Press 2006 190 PP. Paper
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A New Theology From Science And Jesus
BY PATRICIA WILLIAMS In the first part of this book, Patricia Williams describes Barclay's theology, the theology of early Quakerism. In doing so, she also depicts the theology underlying contemporary unprogrammed Quaker worship. Part two demonstrates that modern biblical criticism supports and even enhances early Quaker theology. The third part shows that contemporary science also upholds and enhances early Quaker theology.
Infinity Publishing 2008 190 PP. Paper
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BY AVERY DULLES
1999 28 PP. Paper
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BY LEWIS BENSON Lewis Benson wrote the articles that this pamphlet is based on back in 1974. He talks of the truly Revolutionary Gospel early Friends had discovered, that would enable them, indeed require them, to rebuild Christianity from "New Foundations".
Tract Association 1974 15 PP. Paper
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Learning From The Lamb's War Of The 1650's
BY DOUG GWYN What were they thinking? What were the spiritual and social roots of the activism our Quaker forbearers were known for? Doug Gwyn provides a short guide to the history of Quaker beginnings, focussing on the aspects that enabled the first Friends to truly 'tear down the pillars of the world' as one version of the George Fox song has it. Gwyn applies his understanding of this dynamic to our current sense of impasse in the face of the world's ills, and comes up with some challenging answers.
Beacon Hill Friends House 2009 434 PP. Paper
Yearning For Closeness With God
BY HOWARD MACY
1999 176 PP. Paper
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BY WALTER R. WILLIAMS, WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY PAUL ANDERSON An evangelical Friend looks at the history of Quakerism and offers biographies of its leaders. Paul Anderson, professor at George Fox University, has written an epilogue adding major developments that have taken place within Quakerism since this book was first published in 1962. Anderson also examines issues confronting Quakers entering the twenty-first century.
Barclay Press 1987 330 PP. Paper
Building A Whole Earth Economy
BY PETER BROWN AND GEOFFREY GARVER What is right relationship? A thing is right when it preserves the integrity, resilience, & beauty of the commonwealth of life and wrong when it does otherwise. Unlimited growth & wealth are seen as "natural law" and nothing can be done to alter this - even if it means damaging the Earth's ecological & social systems. We face a moral choice: bring the economy into right relationship with the planet & its inhabitants, or suffer the consequences - the increasing destruction of Earth's life support systems & social structures. This book presents a proposal for bringing our world into alignment. A project of the Quaker Institute for the Future.
Berret-Koehler 2009 192 PP. Paper
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15th Anniversary Edition
EDITED BY ANNIE & PETER BLOOD-PATTERSON Sing for days with this song book. Includes words and chords for over 1200 songs from every possible region, culture, and category imaginable. Encourages people to teach songs to one another.
Sing Out 2004 281 PP Spiral Bound
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BY RICHARD ELDRIDGE Directives for adults on how to allow our children to pass into our world based on rites of passage from Adam and Eve through modern literature.
Friends Council on Education 1989 13 PP. Paper
Living Pastoral Ministry Among Friends In New England - Beacon Hill Friends House Listen! Series
BY MAGGIE EDMONSON Maggie Edundson's exploration of the call to ministry takes the form of a journal describing a week in the life of a modern Friend following a call to pastoral Ministry. Like the journals of Friends travelling in the ministry centuries ago, this has much to teach us about being Quaker. Taken from a lecture in the "Listen!" series given in November 2007.
Beacon Hill Friends House 2008 41 PP. Paper
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LIDDINGTON, JILL The Greenham Common peace camp was a nineteen year witness against nuclear armament in Berkshire, England, founded & maintained exclusively by women. Originally established to protest the American airbase in Berkshire and the stationi ng of 96 cruise missiles there, it survived despite years of harassment, intimidation, and legal wrangling. Calling upon many little known auto-biographies and minute books, Linddington traces the story, which includes many Quakers, as far back as the women's peace societies of the 1820s.
Syracuse University Press 1989 349 PP. Paper
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Writings On Peace And Justice
BY HENRI NOUWEN Henri Nouwen believed following Christ required active involvement with the powerless of the world. This volume thoroughly integrates Nouwen's spiritual beliefs and social concerns and comprises dozens of essays, interviews, and writings such as his reflections on the March on Selma in 1965, the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr., the legacy of Oscar Romero, and his work with handicapped people at the L'Arche community.
Orbis 2002 256 PP. Paper
Elizabeth Cady Stanton And The First Women's Rights Convention
BY JUDITH WELLMAN "The Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention of 1848 was a landmark in the sturggle for the rights of women. It was also a landmark in Quaker history. Judith Wellman.has written what will be long considered the definitive book on the Seneca Falls Convention, tracing three major influences: the radical Quaker belief in equality; the antislavery movement; and the campaign for legal reform in upstate New York and elsewhere, which came together on those hot July days in Seneca Falls.. Written in an easy, conversational style, this book deserves to find a place on the reference shelf of Quaker historians, feminists, meetings, and all who find inspiration for today from our many pioneers." -M. Bacon
UofI 2004 297 PP. Paper
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A Life Of Servant Leadership
BY DON FRICK A biography of the founder of Servant Leadership, authorized by his surviving children. Greenleaf's work has influenced everything from management training and education to corporate ethics and religious missions. In1935 Greenleaf became a convinced Quaker (though he did have problems with the peace testimony during WWII) and Quakerism, as well as early involvement with the cooperative movement, greatly influenced his thinking.
Berrett Kohler 2004 432 PP. Cloth
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BY ISAAC ASIMOV Some nice Science Fiction hardbacks - not that quakerly - but these and murder mysteries do seem to be popular among Friends!. These books are all in pretty good condition hardback with tidy dustjackets. Science Fiction Book Club Editions.
Various Publishers 1957 404 PP. Cloth
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BY SHARON DRAPER When Romiette Cappelle meets Julio Montague, she feels as though she has met the soul mate who can rescue her from her recurring nightmare about fire and water. But like the Shakespearean characters whose names echo theirs, Romiette and Julio discover that not everyone approves of their budding romance. In their case, it is because Romiette is African-American and Julio is Hispanic, and the Devildogs, a dangerous local gang, violently oppose their interracial relationship.
Simon Pulse 1999 320 PP. Paper
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BY NICHOLSON BAKER A young house husband is feeding his baby daughter from a bottle. The book is a 20 minute reverie of his thoughts in that cozy place. He reflects on peanut butter, air nozzles in airplanes and the microscopic interactions of love - among other things.
Vintage 1984 116 PP. Paper
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Quaker Spiritual Diversity
BY ALEX WILDWOOD AND TIM PEAT ASHWORTH Contemporary Quaker meetings encounter unprecedented diversity of belief and religious language. How do we better understand - and work creatively with - the tension between traditional Christian faith and emerging expressions of Quakerism? The two authors developed Woodbrooke's 'Rooted in Christianity, Open to New Light' project, which has travelled around many Quaker meetings in Britain. This is the book arising from the project, in which they explore the issues that spiritual diversity raises for Quakers individually and corporately, and the challenges and rewards of being a diverse, inclusive community of faith.
Pronoun Press 2009 100 PP. Paper
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