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Author : James Bowden
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The History of the Society of Friends in America written by James Bowden and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Bowden (of the Society of Friends.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The History of the Society of Friends in America written by James Bowden (of the Society of Friends.) and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Bowden
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The History of the Society of Friends in America written by James Bowden and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Bowden
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Total Pages : 466 pages
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Download or read book The History of the Society of Friends in America: New England, New York, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Carolina written by James Bowden and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Allen Clapp Thomas
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)
Download or read book A History of the Society of Friends in America written by Allen Clapp Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Evans
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752571578
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (525 download)
Download or read book An Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers written by Thomas Evans and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Author : Thomas Evans
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Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book An Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends written by Thomas Evans and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Evans
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Total Pages : 374 pages
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Download or read book An Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends in Some of the Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion. 3. Ed written by Thomas Evans and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 374 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 : 4.2/5 (311 download)
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.
Author : Derek Brown
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900453590X
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)
Download or read book American Christian Programmed Quaker Ecclesiology written by Derek Brown and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In American Christian Programmed Quaker Ecclesiology, Derek Brown argues that American Christian Programmed Quakerism has inherited a practical and pragmatic ecclesiology at the expense of an ontological understanding of the church. Inspired by the work of Gerben Heitink, Brown proposes a normative, deductive, ontological ecclesiology based on the biblical concept of koinonia, which would act as a 'foundational' model for future confessional, empirical, and practical efforts. To help form the proposed ecclesiology, Brown explores the ecclesiological views of George Fox and Robert Barclay, the adoption of the pastoral system, and the emergence of the Evangelical Friends Church. The ecclesiological writings of Miroslav Volf, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Hans Küng, Jennifer Buck, and C. Wess Daniels are also surveyed.
Author : David L. Holmes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199740968
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book The Faiths of the Founding Fathers written by David L. Holmes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not uncommon to hear Christians argue that America was founded as a Christian nation. But how true is this claim? In this compact book, David L. Holmes offers a clear, concise and illuminating look at the spiritual beliefs of our founding fathers. He begins with an informative account of the religious culture of the late colonial era, surveying the religious groups in each colony. In particular, he sheds light on the various forms of Deism that flourished in America, highlighting the profound influence this intellectual movement had on the founding generation. Holmes then examines the individual beliefs of a variety of men and women who loom large in our national history. He finds that some, like Martha Washington, Samuel Adams, John Jay, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson's daughters, held orthodox Christian views. But many of the most influential figures, including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John and Abigail Adams, Jefferson, James and Dolley Madison, and James Monroe, were believers of a different stripe. Respectful of Christianity, they admired the ethics of Jesus, and believed that religion could play a beneficial role in society. But they tended to deny the divinity of Christ, and a few seem to have been agnostic about the very existence of God. Although the founding fathers were religious men, Holmes shows that it was a faith quite unlike the Christianity of today's evangelicals. Holmes concludes by examining the role of religion in the lives of the presidents since World War II and by reflecting on the evangelical resurgence that helped fuel the reelection of George W. Bush. An intriguing look at a neglected aspect of our history, the book will appeal to American history buffs as well as to anyone concerned about the role of religion in American culture.
Author : David Yount
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742558335
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (583 download)
Download or read book How the Quakers Invented America written by David Yount and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the Quakers shaped the basic distinctive features of American life from the days of the founders and the colonies through the Revolution and up to the civil rights movement; also points out how Quaker values like freedom, equality, straightforwardness, and spirituality can be seen in modern day peace advocates.--From publisher description.
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Total Pages : 976 pages
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Download or read book The American Friend written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur J. Mekeel
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Quakers and the American Revolution written by Arthur J. Mekeel and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas C. Kennedy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198270355
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (73 download)
Download or read book British Quakerism, 1860-1920 written by Thomas C. Kennedy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Kennedy's book chronicles the metamorphosis of the British Society of Friends from a tiny, self-isolated body of peculiar people into a theologically liberal, spiritually vital association of activists. Defined by a strong social commitment and enduring pacifist ethic British Quakersassumed an importance in society out of all proportion to their minuscule numbers. This transformation was, first and foremost, the product of a spiritual and intellectual struggle among Quaker factions-evangelical, conservative, and liberal-seeking to delineate the future path of their religiousSociety. Inspired by the leadership of a remarkable band of intellectually acute, theologically progressive, and spiritually committed men and women, London Yearly Meeting was both reformed and revitalised during the so-called Quaker Renaissance. Simultaneously embracing advanced modern ideas andreiterating their attachment to traditional Quaker principles, especially the egalitarian concept of the Inner Light of Christ and a revived peace testimony, liberal Quakers prepared the ground for their Society's dramatic confrontation with the Warrior State after 1914. Official Quaker resistance to the Great War not only fixed the image of the Society of Friends as Britain's most authentic and significant peace church, it also brought a group of talented and determined Quaker women into the front lines of the Society's struggle against war and conscription, aposition from which twentieth-century female Friends have never retreated. Quakerism emerged from the war as the religious body least tainted by spiritual compromise. Thus, when British Quakers hosted the first World Conference of All Friends in 1920, they could take satisfaction in their struggle to keep alive the voce of pacifist conscience and express renewed hope intheir enduring mission to create the Kingdom of God on earth.
Author : Jon Meacham
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812976665
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)
Download or read book American Gospel written by Jon Meacham and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham reveals how the Founding Fathers viewed faith—and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, American Gospel draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the fascinating history of a nation grappling with religion and politics–from John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” sermon to Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence; from the Revolution to the Civil War; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call for civil rights; from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. Debates about religion and politics are often more divisive than illuminating. Secularists point to a “wall of separation between church and state,” while many conservatives act as though the Founding Fathers were apostles in knee britches. As Meacham shows in this brisk narrative, neither extreme has it right. At the heart of the American experiment lies the God of what Benjamin Franklin called “public religion,” a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. It is a great American balancing act, and it has served us well. Meacham has written and spoken extensively about religion and politics, and he brings historical authority and a sense of hope to the issue. American Gospel makes it compellingly clear that the nation’s best chance of summoning what Lincoln called “the better angels of our nature” lies in recovering the spirit and sense of the Founding. In looking back, we may find the light to lead us forward. Praise for American Gospel “In his American Gospel, Jon Meacham provides a refreshingly clear, balanced, and wise historical portrait of religion and American politics at exactly the moment when such fairness and understanding are much needed. Anyone who doubts the relevance of history to our own time has only to read this exceptional book.”—David McCullough, author of 1776 “Jon Meacham has given us an insightful and eloquent account of the spiritual foundation of the early days of the American republic. It is especially instructive reading at a time when the nation is at once engaged in and deeply divided on the question of religion and its place in public life.”—Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation
Author : Robert Barclay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book An Apology for the True Christian Divinity written by Robert Barclay and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
