Recap on Session 1 and the readings for Session 2

The first session on Quaker History met today.  One thought we had during the session is that there is a tension between the charismatic, dynamic activism of the first generation of Friends and the quiet, well organized nature of Friends who founded successful institutions and businesses.  I believe that the tension between responsive activists who follow spiritual […]

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Reading Quaker History

I will be posting information about our Quaker History Reading Group in the blog.  We will be reading the first eight chapters of The Oxford Handbook of Quaker Studies.  I propose that we break the readings into three parts: Session 1:  Introduction, Chapter 1: Seventeenth-century Context and Quaker Beginnings, Chapter 2: Restoration Quakerism. This session will […]

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