1st Edition

The Quaker World

Edited By C. Wess Daniels, Rhiannon Grant Copyright 2023
542 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

542 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

542 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Quaker World is an outstanding, comprehensive and lively introduction to this complex Christian denomination. Exploring the global reach of the Quaker community, the book begins with a discussion of the living community, as it is now, in all its diversity and complexity. The book covers well-known areas of Quaker development, such as the formation of Liberal Quakerism in North America,... Read more

Introduction C. Wess Daniels and Rhiannon Grant

Part I: Global Quakerism

1. Quakers in Africa: History of the Quaker Movement in Africa Robert J. Wafula

2. Transmission of Quaker Missionary Ideas as a Development of Christianity in Western Kenya, 1902 to 1970 Sychellus Wabomba Njibwakale

3. A Brief History of Quakers in South Africa Penelope Cummins

4. Quakers in Bolivia: The Beginning of Bolivian Friends Emma Condori Mamani

5. European Quakers Hans Eirik Aarek

6. Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas Robin Mohr

7. Together Apart: An Overview of the Asia-West Pacific Section (AWPS) Ronis Chapman and Virginia Jealous

8. Nitobe Inazō and Quaker Influences on Japanese Colonial Thought Isaac Barnes May and Richard J. Barnes

9. Progress Friends: Shaping the Liberal Quaker Past and Present Chuck Fager

10. Stubborn Friends: Quakers and Native Americans in the Long Nineteenth Century Damon B. Akins

11. Evangelical Friends Jennifer M. Buck

12. Richard Foster (1942-) Jennifer M. Buck

13. Movements Within Quakerism - Liberalism Isaac Barnes May

14. The Life and Thought of Rufus Jones (1863-1948) Richard Kent Evans

15. H. Louise Brown Wilson (1921-2014): Exemplary North Carolina Conservative Friend Lloyd Lee Wilson

16. The Incorporation of Committees: The Development of Quaker Institutions Robin Mohr

17. The Religious Roots of the Quaker Way Stuart Masters

18. Quakerism in the Eighteenth Century Andrew Fincham

19. Elizabeth Fletcher: The Youngest of the Valiant Sixty Barbara Schell Luetke

20. Biography of Margaret Fell Kristianna Polder

Part II: Spirituality

21. Quaker Spiritual Autobiography Andrew Pisano

22. Bayard T. Rustin: The Faith of a Conscientious Objector in the 1940s Carlos Figueroa

23. Thomas Kelly's Mystical Itinerary as a Spiritual Orientation for Personal Spirituality David Pocta

24. Hannah Whitall Smith: Nineteenth-Century Free-lance Quaker Heretic Carole Dale Spencer

25. Loving "That of God": Participatory Love and the Quaker Way Matt Boswell

26. How Far the Theological Message of Liberal British Quakerism Has Changed Over the Last Fifty Years: An Analysis of Key Introductory Texts for Enquirers Hugh Jones

27. Quaker Decision-Making Meetings Through the Ages: Consistency and Variation Judith Roads

28. Quaker Decision-Making Process: The Case of Burundi Yearly Meeting David Niyonzima

29. The Work of Equality: Supporting Quaker Women in Ministry Ashley M. Wilcox

30. William Penn's Pragmatic Christology: A Christian Philosophy of Religion(s) Benjamin J. Wood

31. Liberal Quaker Pneumatology Christy Randazzo

32. Baptized With the Holy Spirit Emma Condori Mamani

33. Language, Labels and Beyond: The Shifting Foci of Concern Over Adequte Representation in the Liberal Quaker 'Theism-Nontheism Debate' Stewart David Yarlett

34. Worshipping at the Edge of Words: The Work of Silence and Speech in Meeting for Worship Ann Wrightson

35. Testimony as Consequence: The Reinvention of Tradition Pink Dandelion

Part III: Embodiment

36. Networked to Freedom, but Not My Neighbour: Complicating Legacies of Quakers and the Enslaved Population of North Carolina Krishuna Hines-Gather

37. Sarah Mapps Douglas: An American Saint Abigail Lawrence

38. Quaker Advocacy for Peace: From Grassroots to Congress Diane Randall

39. The Political Activist Life of Pragmatic Quaker Bayard T. Rustin Carlos Figueroa

40. The Body Is Enough: Towards a Liberal Quaker Theology of Disability Benjamin J. Wood

41. Theological Foundations in Disability Issues: Evaluating the African Christian Quaker Experience Oscar Lugusa Malande

42. Representations of Quakers in Television and Film: An Overview Stephen D. Brooks

43. Quakers Will Soon Engross the Whole Trade of the Kingdom Michael Dutch

44. John Woolman and Delaware Indians: Envisioning Cross-Cultural Peace in a Time of Conflict Jon R. Kershner

45. A Short History of Quakers Inclusion of Gay and Lesbian People Brian T. Blackmore

46. Young Adult Quakers and Epilogue: A Case Study of an 'Alternative' Worshipping Community Matt Alton

47. Quaker Archives in the United States Mary Crauderueff

48. Dismantling White Supremacy in Quaker Archives: A Case Study Mary Crauderueff

49. The Economic and Political Theology of James Naylor Stuart Masters

50. George Cadbury: Faith in Practice Andy Fincham

51. Quaker Dress Deb Fuller

52. Modern Understandings of Plain Dress Mackenzie Morgan

53. Capturing the Light: Materializing Past Quaker Lives Christopher Allison

54. Quakers and Other Animals Chris Lord

55. Quakers and Marriage Kristianna Polder

56. Paul Cuffe' Economic Religion: Cuffe's Quaker Identity Beyond the Race Hero Archetype Timothy Rainey II

57. Distinctive and Harmless? Quaker Nonviolence as a Resource for Future Religiosity Stewart David Yarlett

58. British Quakers and the Boer War, 1899-1902 Penelope Cummins

59. Quaker Workcamps Greg Woods

60. The Ramallah Friends Meeting: Examining 100 Years of Peace and Justice Work Maia Carter Hallward

61. 'Go Anywhere, Do Anything': The Friends Ambulance Unit, 1914-1959 Rebecca Wynter

Index

Biography

C. Wess Daniels is the William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies at Guilford College, United States. He is the author of Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation (2019) and A Convergent Model of Renewal: Remixing The Quaker Tradition in Participatory Culture (2015).

Rhiannon Grant is Deputy Programme Leader in the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies at Woodbrooke and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Modern Quaker Thought at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her most recent books are Theology from Listening: Finding the Core of Liberal Quaker Theological Thought (2020) and Hearing the Light: The Core of Quaker Theology (2021).