Articles in Quaker Periodicals
1978; Volume: 67; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/qkh.1978.0001
ISSN1934-1504
Autores Tópico(s)Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies
Resumo130QUAKER RESEARCH IN PROGRESS David E. W. Holden of 140 Falkirk Terrace, Kingston, Ontario K7M 4C2 is completing the gathering of data for a paper on "Separation and schisms in the Society of Friends." This is a comprehensive effort which has required examination of materials in Great Britain and America. Holden states his intention is to examine the historical record to look for patterns of events in the hope that the patterns may permit avoidance of separations. Where this is not possible it may yield information that would reduce the hurt of such occurrences.» * * Elizabeth Diggs of 48 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217, a candidate for the doctorate in history at Columbia University, has prepared a thesis with the title "Betty Fothergill's Journal, 1769-1770. Edited with notes and an introduction." ARTICLES IN QUAKER PERIODICALS By J. William Frost The Friend Arnold Bunnell, "'Holland's Welfare' Makes Port at Last," deals with the disposing in 1977 of money from a fund begun in 1781 when the ship Holland's Welfare was captured by an English vessel owned by John Warder. Vol. 135, No. 37 (Sept. 16, 1977), pp. 1081-1082. Friends Journal Robert Greenleaf, "Overcome Evil with Good," compares the tactics used in non-violent struggles by American abolitionists like Woolman and Indian nationalists like Gandhi. Vol. 23, No. 10 (May 15, 1977), pp. 292-302. The article sparked a lively exchange of letters on the subject. Vol. 23, No. 14 (Aug. 1/15), pp. 426-428, and Vol. 23, No. 19 (Nov. 1, 1977), pp. 561563 . Harvey Bates, "Letters from Ernest: Correspondence between the Late Social Critic Emest Becker and a Protestant Campus Minister," recaptures the social perspectives during the Vietnam conflict in a series of letters. Vol. 23, No. 13 (July 1/15, 1977), pp. 390-400. Shirley and David Kinsey, "Saving an Old Meetinghouse," tells of the successful attempt to preserve the Pennsdale Meetinghouse built in 1799. Vol. 23, No. 21 (Dec. 15, 1977), p. 622. J. William Frost, "Quakerism and the Family," contrasts relationships between the family and the meeting in pre-industrial times and today. Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 1978), pp. 7-12. Scott Benarde, "Living on the Mountain," is a brief history of a Quaker community in Costa Rica founded by conscientious objectors in 1949. Vol. 24, No. 2 (Jan. 15, 1978), pp. 6-9. Friends' Quarterly Oliver S. Chedbum, "Theology and Architecture in the Tradition of die ARTICLES IN QUAKER PERIODICALS131 Meeting House," and David Butler, "Friends Meeting House, Brigflatts, Sedburg," discuss the rationale behind the design of Quaker meeting houses and the historical reconstruction of one of the oldest meetings. There is also a formerly unpublished letter by George Fox containing directions about building a meeting house. XX, No. 2 (April, 1977), pp. 60-73. Muriel Poulter, "The Braithwaite Bible," focuses on die annotations made by a notable Quaker historian to portray nineteenth-century Quaker liberalism . XX, No. 3 (July, 1977), pp. 99-103. Gwyneth A. Wise, "The Making of a Minister: Sarah Lynes Grubb," tells of the early life of a Quaker minister who became one of the strongest defenders of quietism in London Yearly Meeting. XX, No. 3 (July, 1977), pp. 104-114. L M. Angus Butterworth, "Dr. John Dalton, 1766-1844," summarizes some of the contributions of the most distinguished Quaker scientist. XX, No. 3 (July, 1977), pp. 135-138. In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Friends Service Council, the Fall issue, XX, No. 4 (Oct., 1977), was devoted to discussions of this organization. Articles primarily dealing with the history of changes in missionary and social service activities since 1927 include: William Sewell, "The Point of it All," pp. 147-154; Mildred Maw, "Missionary Days in India Re-called and Re-Assessed," pp. 155-158; Alex Bryan, "A Friends' Relief Worker Looks Back," pp. 159-164. J. Russell Elkinton, "Grandfather and the Gorges of the Yangtse," quotes several letters about Joseph Elkinton's visit to China in 1915. XX, No. 5 (Jan., 1978), pp. 210-216. Quaker Life T. Noel Stern, "When Oaths Rode in State," describes Penn's position on oaths and affirmations in seventeenth-century England and Pennsylvania. XVIII, No. 7 (July...
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