Society of Friends (Quakers), 1964, 2012 | ArchivesSpace Public …
Greeting cards, 2008–2021, received by Lahusen from friends and acquaintances during her time living at Kendal at Longwood, are arranged chronologically. Many of the correspondence files include additional materials such as drafts, interview content, and photographs.
The Quaker Testimony for Peace: - Swarthmore College
Founded in Philadelphia in 1966 to apply nonviolent direct action as a witness against the war in Vietnam; not an official body of the Society of Friends; in 1971 transformed into Movement for a New Society. Officially named "A Quaker Action Group,” nicknamed "AQAG.”
Wilcox, Ashley M. (2022) "Caring for Each Other," Quaker Religious Thought: Vol. 136, Article 2. Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/qrt/vol136/iss1/2. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ George Fox University.
Friends Library
This website exists to freely share the writings of early members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), believing that no other collection of Christian writings more accurately communicates or powerfully illustrates the soul-transforming power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Religious Society of Friends | Quaker Studies Working Group ...
At the time, these beliefs were counterculture and heretical, causing many early Friends to end up imprisoned or killed. Some of the early leading figures in the movement were Margaret Fell, George Fox, and James Naylor. Referring to members of the Society of Friends as “Quakers” is a very old practice.
Library of the Society of Friends | Quakers in Britain
The Library of the Society of Friends, based at Friends House, is a unique resource and is one of the largest Quaker collections in the world. The Library's collection includes books, journals, manuscripts and visual resources, as well as the archives of …
Society of Friends | Definition, History, Beliefs, & Facts - Britannica
2024年10月30日 · Society of Friends, also called Quakers, Christian group that arose in mid-17th-century England, dedicated to living in accordance with the ‘Inner Light,’ or direct inward apprehension of God, without creeds, clergy, or other ecclesiastical forms.
Quakers - Wikipedia
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after John 15:14 in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to quake "before the authority of God ...
Society of Friends (Quakers) - Religious Records Research at the ...
2024年6月3日 · The Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers, settled in eastern and southern Ohio in the late 1700s and early 1800s. They established Mt. Pleasant, Alliance, Salem, and Lisbon in addition to several other communities across the state. The first Quaker to arrive in Ohio was George Harlan in 1795.
Overview of the Quakers: Religious Society of Friends - Learn …
2020年4月13日 · The Quakers, also known as the Religious Society of Friends, was one of many religious groups sparked into existence by the English Puritan Revolution of the mid-17th century. Today, the Quakers include both liberal and conservative congregations.