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"
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).
