Quakers

Name: Quakers
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ISBN: 9780747812500

ISBN-10: 0747812500

ISBN-13: 9780747812500

Edition: 2013

Authors: Peter Furtado

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A small sect of fewer than 20,000 in the UK, and approximately 100,000 in the USA, Quakers has produced a disproportionate number of eminent thinkers, scientists, businessmen, and their teachings have been widely influential and become mainstream. Best known as pacifists, Quakers have always been at the forefront of social justice and conflict resolution, once being leaders in the abolitionist movement on three continents and, more recently, key players in international peacemaking and fighting global poverty. This book is a fascinating in-depth look at the Quaker religion, philosophy, distinctive culture and its place in history. With roots in the 17th century and the insights of George…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 9/17/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 5.87" wide x 8.32" long x 0.19" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Peter Furtado is the former editor of History Today and the authorof 1001 Days That Shaped the World. He lives in Oxford.



Who are the Quakers?


The Origins of Quakerism


A Peculiar People


The Peace Testimony


That of God in Everyone


The Inner Light


Trade, Politics, Learning and the Arts


Live Adventurously


Places to Visit


Further Reading


Index