Quaker writings An anthology, 1650-1920

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Published
New York : Penguin Books 2010.
Language
English
Other Authors
Thomas D. Hamm (-)
Physical Description
xxiv, 370 p. ; 20 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9780143106319
  • Introduction
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • A Note on the Texts
  • Part I. Beginnings, 1645-1660
  • Founders
  • George Fox
  • James Nayler
  • Margaret Fell
  • Declaring the Word of the Lord
  • First Publishers of Truth
  • Calls to Witness
  • Katharine Evans and Sarah Chevers
  • Advices
  • Advices of the Elders of Balby
  • Opposition
  • Francis Higginson
  • Sufferings
  • George Bishop
  • Part II. Maturing, 1661-1690
  • Women's Ministry Justified
  • Margaret Fell
  • Quakerism Defended
  • William Penn
  • Robert Barclay
  • George Fox
  • Experience
  • Mary Penington
  • A Prison Letter
  • John Boweter
  • Last Words
  • Margaret Fell Fox
  • Part III. Quietism, 1690-1820
  • Travels and Travails
  • Elizabeth Webb
  • John Woolman
  • Sarah Grubb
  • Dreams and Visions
  • Samuel Fothergill
  • John Beals
  • Joseph Hoag
  • A Good Death
  • Mary Turner
  • Part IV. Creativity and Controversy, 1820-1870
  • Three Visions of Faith
  • Elias Hicks
  • Joseph John Gurney
  • John Wilbur
  • Reform
  • Elizabeth Fry
  • Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Indian Committee
  • Elizabeth Heyrick
  • Levi Coffin
  • Lucretia Mott
  • Controversy
  • The Friend
  • Waterloo Yearly Meeting of Congregational Friends
  • Part V. Separate Ways, 1870-1920
  • A Revived Quakerism
  • David B. Updegraff
  • Hannah Whitall Smith
  • Mahalah Jay
  • Liberal Quakerism
  • John William Graham
  • Rufus M. Jones
  • Joan Mary Fry
  • Part VI. Peace
  • Origins
  • A Declaration
  • A Vision of Peace
  • William Penn
  • The American Revolution
  • Abel Thomas
  • The Civil War
  • Rachel Hicks
  • North Carolina Yearly Meeting
  • West Branch Monthly Meeting
  • The Twentieth Century
  • Jesse H. Holmes
  • World Conference of Friends
Review by Library Journal Review

In spite of its long association with American culture, Quakerism remains at least a little enigmatic to most outsiders. Hamm (history, Earlham Coll.; The Quakers in America) makes it easier to penetrate the mystery with this collection of writings from Quakerism's English founding to the early 20th century. Within chronological sections, Hamm presents thematic groupings such as "Founders," "Sufferings," "Women's Ministry Justified," "Travels and Travails," "Liberal Quakerism," and "American Civil War." Brief introductions to each part, an excellent introductory essay, and a brief bibliography help establish context and points of departure. This reviewer applauds Hamm's inclusion of writings opposed to Quakerism in addition to the apologetics, as well as his able representation of Quaker women. -VERDICT Highly recommended for those with at least an intermediate interest in Quakerism along with Emilie Griffin and Douglas V. Steere's Quaker Spirituality and Mary Garman and others' Hidden in Plain Sight: Quaker Women's Writings, 1650-1700. Readers new to Quakerism should start with Geoffrey Durham's The Spirit of the Quakers, reviewed above. Those seeking further study should visit Hamm's curated Digital Quaker Collection at Earlham's School of Religion (www.esr.earlham.edu/dqc/index.html).-James R. Kuhlman, Univ. of North Carolina at Asheville Lib. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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