This book traces the Quaker experience in New England and New York from the Arrival of the first English Quaker missionaries in 1646 to 1790. The first Friends faced considerable hostility, so much so that it took almost eighty years for Quakers and their antagonists to solve their differences. By then, Quakers had settled into a comfortable period of numerical increase, and, to the extent that colonies permitted, participated as individuals in colonial political life. During the early eighteent...
A Quaker Astronomer Reflects (James Backhouse Lecture, #2013)
by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Can a scientist also be religious? How, and with what limitations? World renowned astronomer and Quaker Jocelyn Bell Burnell reflects on the big issues confronting scientists who also have a strong spiritual belief system. How can the principles of science be reconciled with the faith required by religion? Does scientific investigation call into question the givens of religion? While specific to her Quaker beliefs, Burnell's reflections apply to many other religions as well. This is the 2013 Jam...
The History of the Society of Friends in America, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
by James Bowden
Some Fruits of Solitude with the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers
by William Penn
Quakers, Creation Care, and Sustainability (Quakers and the Disciplines, #6)
by Stephen Potthoff and Rebecca Artinian-Kaiser
The History of the Society of Friends in America, Volume 2 - Primary Source Edition
by James Bowden
Man's Relation to God & Other Adresses; With Life of the Author
by John Wilhelm Rowntree
