A highly accessible biography of Elias Hicks, a nineteenth-century Quaker from Long Island who campaigned against slavery and was at the centre of some painful political d...
In 1828, Elias Hicks was the best-known Quaker in the United States. He was a deep and original religious thinker, a commanding and compelling preacher, and though eighty ...
Quaker spirituality is at its core a contemplative practice which is based on the path taught and lived by Jesus. The traditional Quaker experience is that the Spirit of G...
A Quaker prayer life arises from a life of continuing daily attentiveness. The first generation of Quakers followed a covenant with God, based on assidious obedience to th...
Inside this book are short, simple passages and thoughtful quotations introducing different aspects of Quakerism. Some chapters explore the words we use to express ourselv...
When people hear the word Quaker, their first association is often oats, motor oil, or the Amish-but oatmeal, automobile lubricant, and avoiding electricity have nothing t...
Covering nearly three centuries of religious development, this comprehensive anthology brings together writings from prominent Friends that illustrate the development of Q...
“Using the Christian tradition of solitude, silence and contemplation as her foundation, Huston offers one of the best books available on living the simple life.”
—Publis...
The largest group in American religious life may be the disillusioned—people who have been involved in the church, respect Jesus, but question what Christianity has become...
“Gulley and Mulholland have extended and deepened the meaning of God’s grace in decidedly thoughtful and lovely ways.” — Arkansas Democrat Gazette
In this controversial...
Quaker Spirituality: Selected Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality)
Douglas V. Steere, Elizabeth Gray Vining
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(0)"...an important ecumenical series." Methodist Recorder Quaker Spirituality: Selected Writings edited and introduced by Douglas V. Steere preface by Elizabeth Gray Vining ...
Regarded by many as the 20th Century’s finest practitioner and ablest teacher of Traditional Christian Mysticism, Evelyn Underhill draws from the lives and writings of suc...
Quakers live our faith with integrity. In religious education, community events, or study groups, with young and old alike, listen with your 'child's mind' to embody Quake...
Many people have heard about Quakers, but know little about them. Their faith and practice contain many precious gems that can be adopted by anyone who is spiritual to fur...
A Quaker Book of Wisdom: Life Lessons In Simplicity, Service, And Common Sense
Robert Lawrence Smith
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(0)"The most valuable aspect of religion," writes Robert Lawrence Smith, "is that it provides us with a framework for living. I have always felt that the beauty and power of ...
Евангелие от Фомы - одна из самых удивительных археологических находок минувшего столетия, новонайденное апокрифическое евангелие, дополняющее четыре канонических.
В это...
В 1945 году в Египте были обнаружены тайные книги первых христиан - гностические евангелия. Эти тексты оказались вне канонического Нового Завета. Они были преданы забвению...
Must reading for anyone feeling too busy or too stressed and seeking to simplify their life--to listen to the longings of their heart.
Most of us living in this complex...