The Quaker World is an outstanding, comprehensive and lively introduction to this complex Christian denomination. Exploring the global reach of the Quaker community, the book begins with a discussion of the living community, as it is now, in all its diversity and complexity.
The book covers well-known areas of Quaker development, such as the formation of Liberal Quakerism in North America, alongside topics which have received much less scholarly attention in the past, such as the history of Quakers in Bolivia and the spread of Quakerism in Western Kenya. It includes over sixty chapters by a distinguished international and interdisciplinary team of contributors and is organised into three clear parts:
- Global Quakerism
- Spirituality
- Embodiment
Within these sections, key themes are examined, including global Quaker activity, significant Quaker movements, biographies of key religious figures, important organisations, pacifism, politics, the abolition of slavery, education, industry, human rights, racism, refugees, gender, disability, sexuality and environmentalism.
The Quaker World provides an authoritative and accessible source of information on all topics important to Quaker Studies. As such, it is essential reading for students studying world religions, Christianity and comparative religion, and it will also be of interest to those in related fields such as sociology, political science, anthropology and ethics.
Introduction C. Wess Daniels and Rhiannon Grant
Part I: Global Quakerism
1. Quakers in Africa: History of the Quaker Movement in Africa Robert J. Wafula
2. Transmission of Quaker Missionary Ideas as a Development of Christianity in Western Kenya, 1902 to 1970 Sychellus Wabomba Njibwakale
3. A Brief History of Quakers in South Africa Penelope Cummins
4. Quakers in Bolivia: The Beginning of Bolivian Friends Emma Condori Mamani
5. European Quakers Hans Eirik Aarek
6. Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas Robin Mohr
7. Together Apart: An Overview of the Asia-West Pacific Section (AWPS) Ronis Chapman and Virginia Jealous
8. Nitobe Inazō and Quaker Influences on Japanese Colonial Thought Isaac Barnes May and Richard J. Barnes
9. Progress Friends: Shaping the Liberal Quaker Past and Present Chuck Fager
10. Stubborn Friends: Quakers and Native Americans in the Long Nineteenth Century Damon B. Akins
11. Evangelical Friends Jennifer M. Buck
12. Richard Foster (1942-) Jennifer M. Buck
13. Movements Within Quakerism - Liberalism Isaac Barnes May
14. The Life and Thought of Rufus Jones (1863-1948) Richard Kent Evans
15. H. Louise Brown Wilson (1921-2014): Exemplary North Carolina Conservative Friend Lloyd Lee Wilson
16. The Incorporation of Committees: The Development of Quaker Institutions Robin Mohr
17. The Religious Roots of the Quaker Way Stuart Masters
18. Quakerism in the Eighteenth Century Andrew Fincham
19. Elizabeth Fletcher: The Youngest of the Valiant Sixty Barbara Schell Luetke
20. Biography of Margaret Fell Kristianna Polder
Part II: Spirituality
21. Quaker Spiritual Autobiography Andrew Pisano
22. Bayard T. Rustin: The Faith of a Conscientious Objector in the 1940s Carlos Figueroa
23. Thomas Kelly's Mystical Itinerary as a Spiritual Orientation for Personal Spirituality David Pocta
24. Hannah Whitall Smith: Nineteenth-Century Free-lance Quaker Heretic Carole Dale Spencer
25. Loving "That of God": Participatory Love and the Quaker Way Matt Boswell
26. How Far the Theological Message of Liberal British Quakerism Has Changed Over the Last Fifty Years: An Analysis of Key Introductory Texts for Enquirers Hugh Jones
27. Quaker Decision-Making Meetings Through the Ages: Consistency and Variation Judith Roads
28. Quaker Decision-Making Process: The Case of Burundi Yearly Meeting David Niyonzima
29. The Work of Equality: Supporting Quaker Women in Ministry Ashley M. Wilcox
30. William Penn's Pragmatic Christology: A Christian Philosophy of Religion(s) Benjamin J. Wood
31. Liberal Quaker Pneumatology Christy Randazzo
32. Baptized With the Holy Spirit Emma Condori Mamani
33. Language, Labels and Beyond: The Shifting Foci of Concern Over Adequte Representation in the Liberal Quaker 'Theism-Nontheism Debate' Stewart David Yarlett
34. Worshipping at the Edge of Words: The Work of Silence and Speech in Meeting for Worship Ann Wrightson
35. Testimony as Consequence: The Reinvention of Tradition Pink Dandelion
Part III: Embodiment
36. Networked to Freedom, but Not My Neighbour: Complicating Legacies of Quakers and the Enslaved Population of North Carolina Krishuna Hines-Gather
37. Sarah Mapps Douglas: An American Saint Abigail Lawrence
38. Quaker Advocacy for Peace: From Grassroots to Congress Diane Randall
39. The Political Activist Life of Pragmatic Quaker Bayard T. Rustin Carlos Figueroa
40. The Body Is Enough: Towards a Liberal Quaker Theology of Disability Benjamin J. Wood
41. Theological Foundations in Disability Issues: Evaluating the African Christian Quaker Experience Oscar Lugusa Malande
42. Representations of Quakers in Television and Film: An Overview Stephen D. Brooks
43. Quakers Will Soon Engross the Whole Trade of the Kingdom Michael Dutch
44. John Woolman and Delaware Indians: Envisioning Cross-Cultural Peace in a Time of Conflict Jon R. Kershner
45. A Short History of Quakers Inclusion of Gay and Lesbian People Brian T. Blackmore
46. Young Adult Quakers and Epilogue: A Case Study of an 'Alternative' Worshipping Community Matt Alton
47. Quaker Archives in the United States Mary Crauderueff
48. Dismantling White Supremacy in Quaker Archives: A Case Study Mary Crauderueff
49. The Economic and Political Theology of James Naylor Stuart Masters
50. George Cadbury: Faith in Practice Andy Fincham
51. Quaker Dress Deb Fuller
52. Modern Understandings of Plain Dress Mackenzie Morgan
53. Capturing the Light: Materializing Past Quaker Lives Christopher Allison
54. Quakers and Other Animals Chris Lord
55. Quakers and Marriage Kristianna Polder
56. Paul Cuffe' Economic Religion: Cuffe's Quaker Identity Beyond the Race Hero Archetype Timothy Rainey II
57. Distinctive and Harmless? Quaker Nonviolence as a Resource for Future Religiosity Stewart David Yarlett
58. British Quakers and the Boer War, 1899-1902 Penelope Cummins
59. Quaker Workcamps Greg Woods
60. The Ramallah Friends Meeting: Examining 100 Years of Peace and Justice Work Maia Carter Hallward
61. 'Go Anywhere, Do Anything': The Friends Ambulance Unit, 1914-1959 Rebecca Wynter
Index
Biography
C. Wess Daniels is the William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies at Guilford College, United States. He is the author of Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation (2019) and A Convergent Model of Renewal: Remixing The Quaker Tradition in Participatory Culture (2015).
Rhiannon Grant is Deputy Programme Leader in the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies at Woodbrooke and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Modern Quaker Thought at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her most recent books are Theology from Listening: Finding the Core of Liberal Quaker Theological Thought (2020) and Hearing the Light: The Core of Quaker Theology (2021).
