Quaker "Spirits"
Speak -1851
The Progressive Friends'
"Manifesto" of 1853
The Founding Voices of FGC Two Addresses from
1900
The Stirring Memoir of a Heroic Friend;
William Rotch
A companion Memoir by Valiant Woman Friend:
Dinah Goff
A Report from the Quaker Theology Roundtable of 1995
Links to other Online Quaker Collections
A Report on Labor over Same-Sex Issues, Pendle
Hill, 1996
Links to online essays by Chuck Fager,
Editor of Quaker Theology
Links to Pendle Hill Monday Night Lectures
An Essay by Douglas Gwyn on "Quaker
Bispirituality Today"
Quakers & The Arts -- A Historical
Collection of Quotations
A US Yearly Meeting Struggles Over Sexuality
A Consensus Statement on Theology by a Seminar of Some
Unprogrammed Friends - 2001
FGC's "Uniform Discipline" Rediscovered
Quakers as a "Chosen People"
Some Quaker Web Theology Resources:
New: The "Exposition of Sentiments," 1853. This is the seminal manifesto of the "Progressive Friends" movement, which quietly but decisively shaped the direction and agenda of contemporary liberal unprogrammed Quakerism. Although previously obscure, not to say forgotten, this is a crucial landmark in intra-Quaker apologetic.
Friends General Conference--1900: Two Addresses from the Founding of the major liberal Quaker association of the modern era. These stirring speches show the dynamic spirit that launched this movement.
NEW! The Amazing
Autobiographical MEMORANDUM of William Rotch, an Authentic Quaker hero.
Rotch was a leading Friend in the
Quaker community of Nantucket Island, and his story of faithfulness during the American
and French Revolutions is a truly memorable story.
NEW! A companion Memoir: Divine Protection Through Extraordinary Dangers, by Dinah Goff. Goff and her family lived through the ordeal of rebellion and massacre in Ireland in 1798. Her compelling acount of this experience was published in 1857.
Links to online Quaker texts and Collections: This set of links is a part of "Quaker.org" the massive and pioneering website maintained by Friend Russ Nelson. It will point you to most of the major pages and sites on which to find classic and historical Quaker writings.
More Quaker Theology resources:
NEW: Quakers as a "Chosen People." An Examination of Contemporary Quaker Identity, by Chuck Fager.
A Consensus Statement on Theology from the QUEST Quaker Theology Seminar, First Month, 2001.
Quaker "Spirits" Speak -- Two "messages," purportedly from George Fox and Edward Hicks, delivered by Isaac Post, a Quaker medium in 1852. Excellent specimens of Progressive Quaker theology.
FGC's "Uniform Discipline" Rediscovered. (Reprinted from Quaker History, Vol. 89, Fall 2000. by Chuck Fager. An introduction to the lost "Rosetta Stone" of 20th Century liberal Quaker religious thought.
A Report on the Quaker Theology Roundtable at Pendle Hill, 1995. This exciting gathering also produced a book of papers, New Voices, New Light, which is out of print, but worth looking into if you can find it.
Report of a Theological Retreat on Same-Sex Issues at Pendle Hill, 1996. This searching consultation likewise produced a volume of papers, The Bible, The Church and the Future of Friends.
Online Theological Essays by Chuck Fager, Editor of Quaker Theology. Articles dealing with Bible study, liberal Quaker history and thought, and recent Quaker theological controversies.
Pendle Hill Monday Night Lectures: Probably the most useful ongoing series of formal presentations on Quaker topics, it was a great contribution to the wider Friends world when Pendle Hill began posting some of these lectures on the net. There are too many to list here; browse the list for topics and presenters.
Doug Gwyn: Sense and Sensibilities: Quaker Bispirituality Today. A fine essay by one of today's most thoughtful and perceptive Quaker writers, on ways to bridge, or at least encompass, the divergent streams of contemporary Quakerism. From his book of essays and addresses, Words in Time.
Quaker Quotations on the Arts: While not a theological study per se, this collection of quotations is nonetheless a rich source of theological reflection. Gathered by Friend Esther Murer, it traces the evolution of Quaker attitudes to the arts over three hundred-plus years, and from vehement opposition to somewhat halfhearted, uncertain acceptance.
A Yearly Meeting Labors Over Sexual Issues -- A Case Study: An excellent account of how New York Yearly Meeting struggled to produce a revised "Book of Faith and Practice" which was true to the deepest convictions of its diverse membership on sexual and family issues.
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