Discipline of the Society of Friends of New-York Yearly Meeting
Author: New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Publisher: New York : S. S. & W. Wood
Published: 1850
Total Pages: 152
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Discipline of the Yearly Meeting of Friends
Author: New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Publisher:
Published: 1826
Total Pages: 122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMinutes of the New York Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1846
Author: New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1955)
Publisher:
Published: 1846
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Spirit of the Quakers
Author: Geoffrey Durham
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010-11-16
Total Pages: 155
ISBN-13: 0300175019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho are the Quakers, what do they believe, and what do they practice? The Religious Society of Friends--also known as Quakers---believes that everyone can have a direct experience of God. Quakers express this in a unique form of worship that inspires them to work for change in themselves and in the world. In "The Spirit of the Quakers," Geoffrey Durham, himself a Friend, explains Quakerism through quotations from writings that cover 350 years, from the beginnings of the movement to the present day.Peace and equality are major themes in the book, but readers will also find thought-provoking passages on the importance of action for social change, the primacy of truth, the value of simplicity, the need for a sense of community, and much more. The quoted texts convey a powerful religious impulse, courage in the face of persecution, the warmth of human relationships, and dedicated perseverance in promoting just causes. The extended quotations have been carefully selected from well-known Quakers such as George Fox, William Penn, John Greenleaf Whittier, Elizabeth Fry and John Woolman, as well as many contemporary Friends. Together with Geoffrey Durham's enlightening and sympathetic introductions to the texts, the extracts from these writers form an engaging, often moving guide to this accessible and open-hearted religious faith.
Advices & Queries
Author: Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia
Publisher: Interactive Publications Pty Ltd
Published: 2015-07
Total Pages: 22
ISBN-13: 0975157965
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdvices and queries designed to challenge and inspire Australian Quakers in their personal lives and in their life as a religious community.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 712
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover Your Spiritual Type
Author: Corinne Ware
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1995-03-01
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1566995094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Urban T. Holmes's spiritual typology and her own experience as a spiritual director and pastoral counselor, Ware provides a framework for people to name and understand their spiritual experience-in much the same way the Myers-Briggs typology provides a framework for understanding personality types. Readers explore four spiritual types--head, heart, mystic, and Kingdom--and exercises allow individuals and groups to assess their type. Additional information for clergy to use this tool with congregations is included, which will help them gain greater understanding of how members learn about, worship, and celebrate God--and why there may be tension about such issues as the form or content of the worship service.
Friends at the Bar
Author: Nancy Black Sagafi-nejad
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-01-02
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 1438434154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeorge Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends, admonished his followers against "going to law." In this fascinating, wide-ranging book, a Quaker lawyer explores the relationship between Quakers and the American legal system and discusses Friends' legal ethics. A highly influential group in the US both for their spiritual ideals of harmony, equality and truth-telling and for their activism on many causes including abolition and opposition to war, Quakers have had many noteworthy interactions with the law. Nancy Black Sagafi-nejad sketches the history and beliefs of the early Quakers in England and America, then goes on to look at important twentieth century constitutional law cases involving Quakers, many involving civil rights issues. Sagafi-nejad's survey of 100 Quaker lawyers shows them to be at odds with the adversarial system and highlights a legal practice which must balance truth-telling and zealous advocacy. The Quaker development of extra-legal dispute resolution to solve debates amongst Friends is discussed along with a look at the possible future of mediation.
Theology from Listening: Finding the Core of Liberal Quaker Theological Thought
Author: Rhiannon Grant
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-04-28
Total Pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9004431551
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Theology from Listening: Finding the Core of Liberal Quaker Theological Thought, Rhiannon Grant explores the changes and continuities in liberal Quaker theology over the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in multiple English-speaking Quaker communities around the world. The work involves a close analysis of material produced by Quaker meetings through formal, corporate methods; of material produced by individuals and small groups within Quaker communities; and of writing by individuals and small groups working primarily within academic or ecumenical theological settings. It concludes that although liberal Quaker theology is diverse and flexible, it also possesses a core coherence and can meaningfully be discussed as a single tradition. At the centre of liberal Quaker theology is the belief that direct, unmediated contact with the Divine is possible and results in useful guidance.
