Quaker Writings An Anthology, 1650-1920

Name: Quaker Writings An Anthology, 1650-1920
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ISBN: 9780143106319

ISBN-10: 0143106317

ISBN-13: 9780143106319

Edition: 2010

Authors: Thomas D. Hamm, Thomas D. Hamm, Religious Society Of Friends

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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…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/25/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.72" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Thomas D. Hamm is archivist for the Friends Collection and professor of history at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. This is his fourth book on Quakerism.



Introduction



Suggestions for Further Reading


A Note on the Texts



Beginnings, 1645-1660


Founders


George Fox


James Nayler


Margaret Fell


Declaring the Word of the Lord


First Publishers of Truth


Calls to Witness


Katharine Evans and Sarah Chevers


Advices


Advices of the Elders of Balby


Opposition


Francis Higginson


Sufferings


George Bishop



Maturing, 1661-1690


Women's Ministry Justified


Margaret Fell


Quakerism Defended


William Penn


Robert Barclay


George Fox


Experience


Mary Penington


A Prison Letter


John Boweter


Last Words


Margaret Fell Fox



Quietism, 1690-1820


Travels and Travails


Elizabeth Webb


John Woolman


Sarah Grubb


Dreams and Visions


Samuel Fothergill


John Beals


Joseph Hoag


A Good Death


Mary Turner



Creativity and Controversy, 1820-1870


Three Visions of Faith


Elias Hicks


Joseph John Gurney


John Wilbur


Reform


Elizabeth Fry


Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Indian Committee


Elizabeth Heyrick


Levi Coffin


Lucretia Mott


Controversy


The Friend


Waterloo Yearly Meeting of Congregational Friends



Separate Ways, 1870-1920


A Revived Quakerism


David B. Updegraff


Hannah Whitall Smith


Mahalah Jay


Liberal Quakerism


John William Graham


Rufus M. Jones


Joan Mary Fry



Peace


Origins


A Declaration


A Vision of Peace


William Penn


The American Revolution


Abel Thomas


The Civil War


Rachel Hicks


North Carolina Yearly Meeting


West Branch Monthly Meeting


The Twentieth Century


Jesse H. Holmes


World Conference of Friends