Quaker Faith And Practice

Author : Britain Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907123016
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quaker Faith and Practice written by Britain Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of Quaker faith and practice is an attempt to express Truth through the vital personal and corporate experience of Friends. It is largely composed of extracts: a fitting way of expressing the breadth of Quaker theology. It also describes the current structures of Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.--Back cover.

Author : Douglas Gwyn
Publisher : Quakerpress of Fgc
ISBN 13 : 9781937768553
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sustainable Life written by Douglas Gwyn and published by Quakerpress of Fgc. This book was released on 2014 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-known Quaker historian explores the qualities of Quaker faith and practice that contribute to living sustainably in the world today. He explores such paradoxes as equality and community, unity and differentiation, integrity and personal discernment, and other aspects of life that Quakers have worked to bring into balance through their 350-year history. How have Quakers learned to create the kind of individual and community life that can prepare us to live fully and responsibly into a time of social and planetary change?

Author : Thomas D. Hamm
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101478101
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quaker Writings written by Thomas D. Hamm and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating collection of work by members of the Religious Society of Friends. Covering nearly three centuries of religious development, this comprehensive anthology brings together writings from prominent Friends that illustrate the development of Quakerism, show the nature of Quaker spiritual life, discuss Quaker contributions to European and American civilization, and introduce the diverse community of Friends, some of whom are little remembered even among Quakers today. It gives a balanced overview of Quaker history, spanning the globe from its origins to missionary work, and explores daily life, beliefs, perspectives, movements within the community, and activism throughout the world. It is an exceptional contribution to contemporary understanding of religious thought. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia
Publisher : Interactive Publications Pty Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0975157965
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advices & Queries written by Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia and published by Interactive Publications Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advices and queries designed to challenge and inspire Australian Quakers in their personal lives and in their life as a religious community.

Author : Stephen Ward Angell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107136601
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism written by Stephen Ward Angell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vigorous, innovative, compelling introduction to Quakers, fully global in reach, and utilizing the best Quaker scholars from every continent.

Author : Pamela Haines
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780875744506
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Money and Soul written by Pamela Haines and published by . This book was released on 2018-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Money and Soul explores our troubled relationship with money, with finance, and with the economic system in which we are all entangled. It invites readers to consider how childhood experiences with money can shape attitudes, and how attention to individual conscience and shared Quaker values can illuminate big finance and economics questions that lie in the shadows, but cry out for more light. The pamphlet offers a brief sketch of how our political economy has shifted since the late 1970s from a concern for common welfare to a focus on private gain, and offers suggestions, using the framework of the testimonies, for ways that Friends can bring personal practices around money and personal witness around the economy into closer alignment with faith values. This is an invitation to those for whom finance and economics may seem like a closed book to find new openings for discernment and action.

Author : Margery Post Abbott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429575300
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quakerism: The Basics written by Margery Post Abbott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quakerism: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the history and diverse approaches and ideas associated with the Religious Society of Friends. This small religion incorporates a wide geographic spread and varied beliefs that range from evangelical Christians to non-theists. Topics covered include: Quaker values in action The first generations of Quakerism Quakerism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Belief and activism Worship and practice Quakerism around the world The future of Quakerism. With helpful features including suggested readings, timelines, a glossary, and a guide to Quakers in fiction, this book is an ideal starting point for students and scholars approaching Quakerism for the first time as well as those interested in deepening their understanding.

Author : Melinda Wenner Bradley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999382325
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faith & Play written by Melinda Wenner Bradley and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revised and expanded edition of Faith & Play(TM) Quaker Stories for Friends Trained in the Godly Play(R) Method, stories published before 2015 have been revised based on experience and feedback, and new stories have been added along with additional supplementary materials developed to support storytellers. Faith & Play(TM) is a story-based curriculum focused on building spiritual community with children and offering them images and language to express their wonder and experience of the Divine. Faith & Play(TM) grew out of Friends' work with the Godly Play(R) story curriculum, which embodies the Montessori belief that play is children's work and has dignity. These curricula support continuing revelation; multiple perspectives on a story; silence, reflection, and corporate sharing as valuable components of the spiritual life; and the diversity of ways the Spirit works within each person. While the Godly Play stories used by Friends are based on the Bible, Faith & Play stories include Quaker faith, practice and witness, as well as some Bible content told in ways that reflect Quaker sensibilities. Faith & Play stories are meant to be used in conjunction with Godly Play and we do not recommend using either resource without adequate training.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977951123
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faith and Practice of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas D. Hamm
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231123639
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quakers in America written by Thomas D. Hamm and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Quakers in America is a multifaceted history of the Religious Society of Friends and a fascinating study of its culture and controversies today. Lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings illuminate basic Quaker theology and reflect the group's diversity while also highlighting the fundamental unity within the religion. Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate whether Quakerism is necessarily Christian, where religious authority should reside, how one transmits faith to children, and how gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior. Praised for its rich insight and wide-ranging perspective, The Quakers in America is a penetrating account of an influential, vibrant, and often misunderstood religious sect. Known best for their long-standing commitment to social activism, pacifism, fair treatment for Native Americans, and equality for women, the Quakers have influenced American thought and society far out of proportion to their relatively small numbers. Whether in the foreign policy arena (the American Friends Service Committee), in education (the Friends schools), or in the arts (prominent Quakers profiled in this book include James Turrell, Bonnie Raitt, and James Michener), Quakers have left a lasting imprint on American life. This multifaceted book is a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends; an introduction to its 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 that illuminate basic Quaker concepts and theology and reflect the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. Yet the book also examines commonalities among American Friends that demonstrate a fundamental unity within the religion: their commitments to worship, the ministry of all believers, decision making based on seeking spiritual consensus rather than voting, a simple lifestyle, and education. Thomas Hamm shows that Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate a number of central questions: Is Quakerism necessarily Christian? Where should religious authority reside? Is the self sacred? How does one transmit faith to children? How do gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior? Hamm's analysis of these debates reveals a vital religion that prizes both unity and diversity.