Description
Quakerism: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the history and diverse approaches and ideas associated with the Religious Society of Friends. This small religion incorporates a wide geographic spread and varied beliefs that range from evangelical Christians to non-theists. Topics covered include:
- Quaker values in action
- The first generations of Quakerism
- Quakerism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
- Belief and activism
- Worship and practice
- Quakerism around the world
- The future of Quakerism.
With helpful features including suggested readings, timelines, a glossary, and a guide to Quakers in fiction, this book is an ideal starting point for students and scholars approaching Quakerism for the first time as well as those interested in deepening their understanding.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Lives led by the Spirit: action grounded in faith
Chapter 2. A danger to the nation: the first generations of Quakerism in the seventeenth century
Chapter 3. A peculiar and contradictory people: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Chapter 4. A worldwide faith in the twentieth century and beyond
Chapter 5. A secret power among them: worship and practice
Chapter 6. Ministry, mission, and testimony
Chapter 7. Convergence or purity: being a Quaker in the twenty-first century
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