Authority And The Early Quakers

BY JACK DOBBS
Early Quakers recognized neither the bible, nor the church , and certainly not the state, as their supreme authority. They claimed the spirit of Christ, the inward light, as the authority in which they placed their absolute trust. They believed that if only they could understand it, that spirit could give unity to a Quaker meeting as it jointly searched for the will of god. Dobbs looks at these ideas and how they began and changed in the early years of Quakerism.

Martin Hartog 2006 269 PP. Paper

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Back To Africa

Benjamin Coates And The Colonization Movement In America, 1848-1880

EDITED BY MARGARET HOPE BACON AND EMMA LAPSANSKY
Benjamin Coates was one of the best-known white supporters of African colonization in 19th century America. A Quaker from Philadelphia, he was committed to helping Black Americans relocate to West Africa. At the heart of the volume is a collection of over 150 recently recovered letters, either written by Coates or addressed to him between 1848 and 1880. Lapsansky and Bacon have provided a far-reaching essay that places them in the context. They led a team of young scholars who annotated the letters. This book provide new insight into the alliances and divisions within the antislavery movement, making it essential reading for every student of black studies or Quaker history.

Penn State Press 2005 385 PP. Cloth

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The Beginnings Of Quakerism To 1660

BY WILLIAM BRAITHWAITE
Standard history of the early days of the Quaker movement, based largely on the writings of the first Friends. Second edition revised by Henry J. Cadbury.

Sessions 1981 607 PP. Cloth

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British Quakerism, 1860-1920

The Transformation Of A Religious Community

BY THOMAS C. KENNEDY
In 1860 the British Society of Friends was a peculiar inward-looking sect, diminishing in numbers and influence. By 1920 British Quakerism, theologically liberal, socially active, and radically pacifist, emerged from a dramatic confrontation with the Warrior State possessed of economic, social, and moral influence out of all proportion to its still minuscule size (20,000). This carefully researched study chronicles the story of Quakerism's transformation during one of the most momentous periods in the history of the London (now British) Yearly Meeting of Friends.

Oxford University Press 2001 477 PP. Cloth

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Bury The Chains

Prophets And Rebels In The Fight To Free An Empire's Slaves

BY ADAM HOCHSCHILD
In 1787, twelve men Quaker and Episcopalian gathered in a London printing shop to pursue a seemingly impossible goal: ending slavery in the largest empire on earth. Along the way, they would pioneer most of the tools citizen activists still rely on today, from wall posters and mass mailings to boycotts and lapel pins. This talented group combined a hatred of injustice with uncanny skill in promoting their cause. By the 1830's they had seen the end of slavery in the British Empire.

Mariner 2005 468 PP. Paper

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The Creation Of Quaker Theory

Insider Perspectives

EDITED BY BEN PINK-DANDELION
This book presents a unique study into Quakerism: it draws together the key theories of Quaker origins, subsequent history, and contemporary sociology, into a single volume. The result is a unique contribution to Quaker theory as well to the discussion on insider/outsider research. This book is invaluable to anyone interested in Quakerism, research into religion, and areas of theology, religious history and sociology in general. Contributors include Thomas Hamm, Rosemary Moore, John Punshon, Hugh Barbour, Douglas Gwyn, Carole Spencer, Arthur O. Roberts and Pink Dandelion.

Ashgate 2004 208 PP. Cloth

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Daughters Of Light

Quaker Women Preaching And Prophesying In The Colonies And Abroad, 1700-1775

BY REBECCA LARSON
"With meticulous scholarship and graceful style, Rebecca Larson tells the story of the eighteenth century Quaker women ministers who criss-crossed the Atlantic, preaching the Inner Light, and changing forever the perception of women's roles. The authority with which Quaker women later spoke in the reform movements can be traced to these spiritual predecessors." - Margaret Hope Bacon.

University of North Carolina Press 2000 416 PP. Paper

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The Dissenters, Volume I

From The Reformation To The French Revolution

BY MICHAEL R. WATTS
The Dissenters is the first of a three-volume work on the subject of Religious dissent in England and Wales, the first comprehensive overview of the subject in more than sixty years. Volume one covers the period 1640 - 1790, so has a lot about Quakers their fellow travelers, and persecutors. Oxford in their wisdom just put this up to $100 so we wont be ordering any more - sort of a bargain.

Oxford University Press 1986 568 PP. Paper

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George Bishop

The Story Of A 17th Century Soldier Turned Quaker

BY MARYANN FEOLA
The story of a Bristol brewer who became a soldier in the New Model Army and a very radical thinker. He was convinced as a Quaker in 1654, and between 1660 and 1668 published several books including "New England judged, being a Brief Relation of the Sufferings of the Quakers in that part of America from the Beginning of the 5th Month, 1656, to the End of the 10th Month, 1660."

Sessions of York 1988 174 PP. Paper

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The History Of The Penn Treaty Park

BY KENNETH MILANO
The treatment of the area around the spot that William Penn met and made agreement with the local Indian chiefs (and the Elm tree under which they sat) has much to say about the relation of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania to William Penn's Quaker ideals. This nicely illustrated history of that locale and the events around it is full of interesting and telling details.

The History Press 2009 158 PP. Paper

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Imaginary Friends

Representing Quakers In American Culture, 1650-1950

BY JAMES EMMETT RYAN
Since their arrival in the American colonies in the 1650s, Quakers' spiritual values, social habits and their example - whether real or imagined-has served as a religious conscience for an expanding nation. Spanning four centuries, Imaginary Friends takes readers through these representations of Quaker life in a range of literary and visual genres, from theological debates, missionary work records, political theory, and biography to fiction, poetry, theater, and film. It illustrates ways that these "imaginary" Friends have offered a radical model of morality, piety, and anti-modernity against which the evolving culture has measured itself.

University of Wisconsin 2009 285 PP. Paper

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Let Your Words Be Few

Symbolism Of Speaking And Silence Among Seventeenth-century Quakers

BY RICHARD BAUMAN
This book presents a classic analysis of the origins of the Religious Society of Friends, focusing on the language spoken among the earliest "peculiar people."

Britain Yearly Meeting 1998 168 PP. Paper

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Light In Their Consciences

Faith, Practices, And Personalities In Early British Quakerism, 1646-1666

BY ROSEMARY ANNE MOORE
This book is a new history of the early Quaker movement. "Rooted firmly and deeply in the pamphlet and manuscript sources of the period, this study embodies a masterful exploration of early Quaker life and thought. In its lucidity and depth, Rosemary Moore's book clearly deserves an honored place among the first rank of studies of Quaker origins." - H. Larry Ingle

Pennsylvania State University Press 2000 296 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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Print Culture And The Early Quakers

BY KATE PETERS
From its outset in the 1650s, the Quaker movement made extensive use of the printing press in spreading its message. This book explores how and why early Quaker leaders used printed tracts in their campaign. It reveals how the tracts were produced, distributed and read, as well as their role in the Quakers' dynamic campaign for religious and political liberty under the republican rule of Oliver Cromwell.

Cambridge University Press 2005 296 PP. Cloth

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Quakers In Conflict

BY LINDA WILLARD
Not to be confused with Larry Ingles book on the Hicksite Orthodox split. This book tells the tales of Quakers who felt constrained to break a Quaker testimony, mostly by going to war, and to separate from their Meeting. Includes the founder of the Marines, Samuel Nicholas buried at Arch St Meeting in Philadelphia and many many others - including Annie Oakley.

Tate Publishing 2009 256 PP. Paper

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The Second Period Of Quakerism

BY WILLIAM BRAITHWAITE
Sequel to The Beginnings of Quakerism , this volume covers the years 1660 to 1725. Second edition revised by Henry J. Cadbury.

Sessions of York 1979 607 PP. Paper

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Seekers Found

Atonement In Early Quaker Experience

BY DOUGLAS GWYN
"The main subjects are the Seekers of the 1640s and their forebears, and the Friends who catalyzed many Seeker themes into a dynamic, transformative movement. Gwyn's excellent study demonstrates the unique charisma of early Friends, their ability to hold opposing forces and ideas in creative tension, thus unleashing great spiritual energy. By comparison modern seekers, including many of today's Friends, are experiencing some of the same stages Gwyn identifies in those three centuries years earlier, but without embodying the tension." - Martha Paxson Grundy

Pendle Hill 2000 410 PP. Paper

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The Story Of Quakerism In Scotland 1650-1950

BY GEORGE BURNET AND WILLAIM MARWICK
The history of the Society of Friends in Scotland has often been confined to occasional articles in periodicals and passages in Friends journals. Within this book the reader can learn more about the story of three hundred years of Scottish Quakerism. This Movement has never had a lot of followers, nevertheless it gave the Society its first theologian in the person of Robert Barclay.

The Lutterworth Press 2007 230 PP. Paper

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Sufferings Of Early Quakers - London

And Middlesex 1655 To 1690

BY JOSEPH BESSE
Ever since it first appeared in 1753 Besse's collection of sufferings of the people called Quakers has been the first port of call for anyone interested in seventeenth century Quakerism. Contains the most interesting or illustrative examples of what individual Quakers suffered in ways like fines or imprisonment for their Quaker faith. Sessions are reprinting the original text by area. Indexed by Place and name.

Sessions 1753 176 PP Paper

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Sufferings Of Early Quakers - Yorkshire

BY JOSEPH BESSE
"Ever since it appeared in 1753, Joseph Besse's Collection of Sufferings of the People called Quakers has been the first port of call for anyone interested in 17th century Quakerism at a local level. . . . Besse drew together the most interesting or indicative examples of what individual Quakers had suffered for the Truth between approximately 1650 and 1689." - Michael Gandy.

Sessions 2001 176 PP. Paper

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Sufferings Of Early Quakers - Westmorland

Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland, Isle Of Man, Lancashire

BY JOSEPH BESSE
"Ever since it appeared in 1753, Joseph Besse's Collection of Sufferings of the People called Quakers has been the first port of call for anyone interested in 17th century Quakerism at a local level. . . . Besse drew together the most interesting or indicative examples of what individual Quakers had suffered for the Truth between approximately 1650 and 1689." - Michael Gandy. Four volumes available.

Sessions 2001 330 PP. Paper

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Sufferings Of Early Quakers - America

New England And Maryland, West Indies And Bermuda

BY JOSEPH BESSE
"Ever since it appeared in 1753, Joseph Besse's Collection of Sufferings of the People called Quakers has been the first port of call for anyone interested in 17th century Quakerism at a local level. . . . Besse drew together the most interesting or indicative examples of what individual Quakers had suffered for the Truth between approximately 1650 and 1689." - Michael Gandy. Four volumes available.

Sessions 2001 391 PP. Paper

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A To Z Of The Friends (quakers)

BY MARGERY POST-ABBOTT, MARY ELLEN CHIJIOKE, BEN PINK-DANDELION, JOHN WILLIAM OLIVER JR
"This volume attempts to describe the scope and history of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) worldwide and the modern diversity of its theology and practice. We have sought to provide a balanced view of the many varieties of Quaker faith and practice. Various Friends have long wanted a dictionary or encyclopedia that might serve as a widely accepted reference for distinctive Quaker language and practices as well as an easily accessible guide for the general reader who knows little about the Religious Society of Friends." - from the Preface

Scarecrow Press 2006 376 PP. Paper

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Towards Tragedy/reclaiming Hope

Literature, Theology And Sociology In Conversation

BY BEN PINK-DANDELION, DOUGLAS GWYN, RACHEL MUERS, BRIAN PHILLIPS, AND RICHARD STRUM
The 'death of tragedy' in the modern era has been debated in recent years, largely in terms of literature and western culture in general. Today, any catastrophe is likely to be labeled a 'tragedy', without any inference of a larger, transcendent horizon or providential design. This book offers new perspectives on the idea of the 'death of tragedy', taking England and the Religious Society of Friends in particular as a case study. The different disciplinary perspectives of the contributing authors bring literature, history, theology and sociology into a creative and revealing conversation.

Ashgate 2003 157 PP. Cloth

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The World Turned Upside Down

Radical Ideas During The English Revolution

BY CHRISTOPHER HILL
A study of the beliefs of such radical groups as the Diggers, the Ranters, the Levellers and the Quakers, and the social and emotional impulses that gave rise to them.

Penguin 1991 430 PP. Paper

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