The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism

[...]I know that in the First World War many British Friends suffered as conscientious objectors while others served in the Ambulance Corps and even, stretching a point, in minesweepers at sea. There are parts of the book where I got completely bogged down in detail: assorted schisms, from the Hicks...

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Published in:Reference reviews 2018-09, Vol.32 (7/8), p.7-8
Main Author: Guha, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
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Quakers
Religion
Theology
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Summary:[...]I know that in the First World War many British Friends suffered as conscientious objectors while others served in the Ambulance Corps and even, stretching a point, in minesweepers at sea. There are parts of the book where I got completely bogged down in detail: assorted schisms, from the Hicksites to the Gurneyites, let alone the activities of PEFIM (the Philippine Evangelical Friends International Ministries) in establishing the Bangladesh YM(EFM). The Oxford Handbook of Quaker Studies; Early Quakers and Their Theological Thought; Black Fire – African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights; Social Protest Thought in the African Methodist Episcopal Church; The Quaker Condition; The Quakers – A Very Short Introduction (but not the usual ‘Idiot’s Guide’ – I wonder why not); Good and Evil – Quaker Perspectives; An Introduction to Quakerism; The Liturgies of Quakerism; The Creation of Quaker Theory; Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope; The Sociological Analysis of the Theology of Quakers; Religion & Youth; Making Our Connections; Celebrating the Quaker Way; Living the Quaker Way; Open for Transformation – Being a Quaker; Making Quaker Disciples; The Historical Dictionary of the Friends; and Heaven on Earth – Quakers and the Second Coming.
ISSN:0950-4125
1758-7697
DOI:10.1108/RR-06-2018-0102