Author: Louis Thomas Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quakers
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Quakers of Iowa
Author: Louis Thomas Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quakers
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quakers
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Quakers of Iowa
Author: Louis Thomas Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780788412837
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780788412837
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Quakers of Iowa
Author: Jones Thomas
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781314341249
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781314341249
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Quakers of Iowa
Author: Jones Louis Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780243763054
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780243763054
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Quakers of Iowa
Author: Louis Thomas Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
TThe Legacy They Gave to Uss
Author: Matilda Hansen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972347938
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Volume IV of the Legacy Series is the last volume about Norwegian and English Quakers in O'Brien County, Iowa, from 1920 to -2014. These are true stories about Iowa Quakers response to conscription. Quakers "Let their lives speak".
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972347938
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Volume IV of the Legacy Series is the last volume about Norwegian and English Quakers in O'Brien County, Iowa, from 1920 to -2014. These are true stories about Iowa Quakers response to conscription. Quakers "Let their lives speak".
The Quakers in America
Author: Thomas D. Hamm
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023150893X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The Quakers in America is a multifaceted history of the Religious Society of Friends and a fascinating study of its culture and controversies today. Lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings illuminate basic Quaker theology and reflect the group's diversity while also highlighting the fundamental unity within the religion. Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate whether Quakerism is necessarily Christian, where religious authority should reside, how one transmits faith to children, and how gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior. Praised for its rich insight and wide-ranging perspective, The Quakers in America is a penetrating account of an influential, vibrant, and often misunderstood religious sect. Known best for their long-standing commitment to social activism, pacifism, fair treatment for Native Americans, and equality for women, the Quakers have influenced American thought and society far out of proportion to their relatively small numbers. Whether in the foreign policy arena (the American Friends Service Committee), in education (the Friends schools), or in the arts (prominent Quakers profiled in this book include James Turrell, Bonnie Raitt, and James Michener), Quakers have left a lasting imprint on American life. This multifaceted book is a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends; an introduction to its beliefs and practices; and a vivid picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends today. The book opens with lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings that illuminate basic Quaker concepts and theology and reflect the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. Yet the book also examines commonalities among American Friends that demonstrate a fundamental unity within the religion: their commitments to worship, the ministry of all believers, decision making based on seeking spiritual consensus rather than voting, a simple lifestyle, and education. Thomas Hamm shows that Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate a number of central questions: Is Quakerism necessarily Christian? Where should religious authority reside? Is the self sacred? How does one transmit faith to children? How do gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior? Hamm's analysis of these debates reveals a vital religion that prizes both unity and diversity.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023150893X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The Quakers in America is a multifaceted history of the Religious Society of Friends and a fascinating study of its culture and controversies today. Lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings illuminate basic Quaker theology and reflect the group's diversity while also highlighting the fundamental unity within the religion. Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate whether Quakerism is necessarily Christian, where religious authority should reside, how one transmits faith to children, and how gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior. Praised for its rich insight and wide-ranging perspective, The Quakers in America is a penetrating account of an influential, vibrant, and often misunderstood religious sect. Known best for their long-standing commitment to social activism, pacifism, fair treatment for Native Americans, and equality for women, the Quakers have influenced American thought and society far out of proportion to their relatively small numbers. Whether in the foreign policy arena (the American Friends Service Committee), in education (the Friends schools), or in the arts (prominent Quakers profiled in this book include James Turrell, Bonnie Raitt, and James Michener), Quakers have left a lasting imprint on American life. This multifaceted book is a concise history of the Religious Society of Friends; an introduction to its beliefs and practices; and a vivid picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends today. The book opens with lively vignettes of Conservative, Evangelical, Friends General Conference, and Friends United meetings that illuminate basic Quaker concepts and theology and reflect the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. Yet the book also examines commonalities among American Friends that demonstrate a fundamental unity within the religion: their commitments to worship, the ministry of all believers, decision making based on seeking spiritual consensus rather than voting, a simple lifestyle, and education. Thomas Hamm shows that Quaker culture encompasses a rich tradition of practice even as believers continue to debate a number of central questions: Is Quakerism necessarily Christian? Where should religious authority reside? Is the self sacred? How does one transmit faith to children? How do gender and sexuality shape religious belief and behavior? Hamm's analysis of these debates reveals a vital religion that prizes both unity and diversity.
Indiana Quakers Confront the Civil War
Author: Jacquelyn S. Nelson
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 0871950642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, first arrived in antebellum Indiana, they could not have envisioned the struggle which would engulf the nation when the American Civil War began in 1861. Juxtaposed with its stand against slavery a second tenet of the Society's creed--adherence to peace--also challenged the unity of Friends when the dreaded conflict erupted. Indiana Quakers Confront the Civil War chronicles for the first time the military activities of Indiana Quakers during America's bloodiest war and explores the motivation behind the abandonment, at least temporarily, of their long-standing testimony against war.
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 0871950642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, first arrived in antebellum Indiana, they could not have envisioned the struggle which would engulf the nation when the American Civil War began in 1861. Juxtaposed with its stand against slavery a second tenet of the Society's creed--adherence to peace--also challenged the unity of Friends when the dreaded conflict erupted. Indiana Quakers Confront the Civil War chronicles for the first time the military activities of Indiana Quakers during America's bloodiest war and explores the motivation behind the abandonment, at least temporarily, of their long-standing testimony against war.
The Legacy They Gave to Us, Early Iowa Norwegian Quakers
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972347914
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Volume II of this Legacy Series, Early Iowa Norwegian Quakers--Threads of Testimony, is the story of Norway's Strand Parish Quakers immigration to Iowa because of persecution from the local priest of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Eventually, many in the extended families of Oleson, Knudsen, Towe, Strand, Tjossem, Heggem, Meltveit, RavnÄs, Vik, Thompson and Norland found religious freedom and economic opportunities in Iowa. Volume II is a collection of personal stories of these Norwegian Quakers who began leaving Norway in 1853 on sailing vessels from the port of Stavanger. They traveled in 'steerage'--an almost inhumane experience because of crowding, the deplorable sanitary conditions and the paucity of arrangements for storing, preparation and cooking the food brought on board for a journey of unknown duration. The Norwegian capacity for perseverance under difficult conditions was severely tested. The earliest Norwegian Quakers stopped in southeastern Iowa where they were involved in the Underground Railroad. But for most of the Norwegians, their destination was Marshall and Benton Counties--in central Iowa--where acres of prairie was unbroken and cheap land was available not far from the economic hubs of Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids. There was a Friends Meeting in LeGrand, a small town on the railroad between the two metropolises. They established Stavanger, the only Norwegian -speaking Friends Meeting in the United States. The threads of testimony tell the stories of their challenges driven by Quaker theology, practice and foibles--opportunities to 'let their lives speak'Volume II includes the account of the 1877-1883 Separation among Iowa's Quakers told through the stories of Darius Cook (Iowa Yearly Meeting Oskaloosa) and of Ella Bowles Newlin (Iowa Yearly Meeting Conservative). Volume II is enriched by access to original documents, out of print books and genealogy which the author has brought together to tell a more complete story of Iowa's Quakers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972347914
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Volume II of this Legacy Series, Early Iowa Norwegian Quakers--Threads of Testimony, is the story of Norway's Strand Parish Quakers immigration to Iowa because of persecution from the local priest of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Eventually, many in the extended families of Oleson, Knudsen, Towe, Strand, Tjossem, Heggem, Meltveit, RavnÄs, Vik, Thompson and Norland found religious freedom and economic opportunities in Iowa. Volume II is a collection of personal stories of these Norwegian Quakers who began leaving Norway in 1853 on sailing vessels from the port of Stavanger. They traveled in 'steerage'--an almost inhumane experience because of crowding, the deplorable sanitary conditions and the paucity of arrangements for storing, preparation and cooking the food brought on board for a journey of unknown duration. The Norwegian capacity for perseverance under difficult conditions was severely tested. The earliest Norwegian Quakers stopped in southeastern Iowa where they were involved in the Underground Railroad. But for most of the Norwegians, their destination was Marshall and Benton Counties--in central Iowa--where acres of prairie was unbroken and cheap land was available not far from the economic hubs of Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids. There was a Friends Meeting in LeGrand, a small town on the railroad between the two metropolises. They established Stavanger, the only Norwegian -speaking Friends Meeting in the United States. The threads of testimony tell the stories of their challenges driven by Quaker theology, practice and foibles--opportunities to 'let their lives speak'Volume II includes the account of the 1877-1883 Separation among Iowa's Quakers told through the stories of Darius Cook (Iowa Yearly Meeting Oskaloosa) and of Ella Bowles Newlin (Iowa Yearly Meeting Conservative). Volume II is enriched by access to original documents, out of print books and genealogy which the author has brought together to tell a more complete story of Iowa's Quakers.
The Quakers
Author: Hugh S. Barbour
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A survey of the Quaker movement from 1650 to 1987 for those seeking to understand the origins and evolution of the Society of Friends. Part Two provides biographies of those people whose lives and actions particularly shaped American Quakerism.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A survey of the Quaker movement from 1650 to 1987 for those seeking to understand the origins and evolution of the Society of Friends. Part Two provides biographies of those people whose lives and actions particularly shaped American Quakerism.