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The Spirit of the Quakers

by Geoffrey Durham

  • Paperback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • 14 x 20.9 x 1.9 cm

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Who are the Quakers, what do they believe, and what do they practice? The Religious Society of Friends - also known as Quakers - believes that everyone can have a direct experience of God. Quakers express this in a unique form of worship that inspires them to work for change in themselves and in the world. In "The Spirit of the Quakers", Geoffrey Durham, himself a Friend, explains Quakerism through quotations from writings that cover 350 years, from the beginnings of the movement to the present day. Peace and equality are major themes in the book, but readers will also find thought-provoking passages on the importance of action for social change, the primacy of truth, the value of simplicity, the need for a sense of community, and much more. The quoted texts convey a powerful religious impulse, courage in the face of persecution, the warmth of human relationships, and dedicated perseverance in promoting just causes. The extended quotations have been carefully selected from well-known Quakers such as George Fox, William Penn, John Greenleaf Whittier, Elizabeth Fry and John Woolman, as well as many contemporary Friends.Together with Geoffrey Durham's enlightening and sympathetic introductions to the texts, the extracts from these writers form an engaging, often moving guide to this accessible and open-hearted religious faith.
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  • Author

    Geoffrey Durham

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Yale University Press

  • Published

    September 2010

  • Weight

    328g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    14 x 20.9 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780300167368

  • ISBN-10

    0300167369

  • Eden Code

    3477688

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