LibGuides: REL 110: Quakerism: Finding Resources at Guilford

Finding Resources at Guilford
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Spring 2023 Update: Accessing the Quaker Archives

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Many books are available to check out. You can come during open hour or place a hold through the library catalog to have it for pick up via Commons Ground hold shelf.
Items that don't leave the library can be consulted in our research room. Schedule in advance if needing to use a rare book or manuscript source and it will be made available during open hours or by appointment.
Research consultations available weekdays by appointment.

Finding Resources

The Quaker Archives comprehensively collects publications by and about Quakers (Friends) worldwide. Most books are included in the Library Catalog and you may also find articles about Quakers through the catalog. Note that many Quaker periodicals are not included in the Library Catalog so you will want to use multiple search strategies. Use this guide to find a variety of sources online through our library's subscriptions and partnerships with other institutions.

Quaker Periodicals
List of Quaker Periodicals in the Quaker Archives at Guilford College. Current issues are located in the Quaker Archives Research Room. Back issues are available by request. Some have online options and others are available for consultation on microfilm. Contact archives@guilford.edu if needing assistance in locating and using these materials.

Recommended Readings/Resources

The Quaker World by C. Wess Daniels (Editor); Rhiannon Grant (Editor)
ISBN: 9780367142513
Publication Date: 2022-11-04
A comprehensive and authoritative collection containing sixty-one original chapters from a team of international contributors. The Quaker World contains substantial thematic articles on a variety of topics on the living experience of the global Quaker community. An outstanding and accessible reference source on all topics of relevance, concern and interest to students of world religions, Christianity, comparative religions and religious studies.
The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism by Stephen W. Angell (Editor); Pink Dandelion (Editor)
ISBN: 9781107136601
Publication Date: 2018-04-19
The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism offers a fresh, up-to-date, and accessible introduction to Quakerism. Quakerism is founded on radical ideas and its history of constancy and change offers fascinating insights into the nature of non-conformity. In a series of eighteen essays written by an international team of scholars, and commissioned especially for this volume, the Companion covers the history of Quakerism from its origins to the present day. Employing a range of methodologies, it features sections on the history of Quaker faith and practice, expressions of Quaker faith, regional studies, and emerging spiritualities. It also examines all branches of Quakerism, including evangelical, liberal, and conservative, as well as non-theist Quakerism and convergent Quaker thought. This Companion will serve as an essential resource for all interested in Quaker thought and practice.
Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) by Margery Post Abbott; Mary Ellen Chijioke; Pink Dandelion; John William Oliver
ISBN: 9780810868571
Publication Date: 2011-12-01
The modern reputation of Friends in the United States and Europe is grounded in the relief work they have conducted in the presence and aftermath of war. Friends (also known as Quakers) have coordinated the feeding and evacuation of children from war zones around the world. They have helped displaced persons without regard to politics. They have engaged in the relief of suffering in places as far-flung as Ireland, France, Germany, Ethiopia, Egypt, China, and India. Their work was acknowledged with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Friends Service Council of Great Britain. More often, however, Quakers live, worship, and work quietly, without seeking public attention for themselves. Now, the Friends are a truly worldwide body and are recognized by their Christ-centered message of integrity and simplicity, as well as their nonviolent stance and affirmation of the belief that all people--women as well as men--may be called to the ministry. The expanded second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) relates the history of the Friends through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on concepts, significant figures, places, activities, and periods. This book is an excellent access point for scholars and students, who will find the overviews and sources for further research provided by this book to be enormously helpful.
The Oxford Handbook of Quaker Studies by Stephen W. Angell (Editor); Pink Dandelion (Editor)
ISBN: 9780199608676
Publication Date: 2013-11-19
Quakerism began in England in the 1650s. George Fox, credited as leading the movement, had an experience in 1647 in which he felt he could hear Christ directly and inwardly without the mediation of text or minister. Convinced of the authenticity of this experience and its universalapplication, Fox preached a spirituality in which potentially all were ministers, all part of a priesthood of believers, a church levelled before the leadership of God. Quakers are a fascinating religious group both in their original "peculiarity" and in the variety of reinterpretations of the faithsince. The way they have interacted with wider society is a basic but often unknown part of British and American history. This handbook charts their history and the history of their expression as a religious community.This volume provides an indispensable reference work for the study of Quakerism. It is global in its perspectives and interdisciplinary in its approach whilst offering the reader a clear narrative through the academic debates. In addition to an in-depth survey of historical readings of Quakerism,the handbook provides a treatment of the group's key theological premises and its links with wider Christian thinking. Quakerism's distinctive ecclesiastical forms and practices are analysed, and its social, economic, political, and ethical outcomes examined. Each of the 37 chapters considersbroader religious, social, and cultural contexts and provides suggestions for further reading and the volume concludes with an extensive bibliography to aid further research.
The Quakers by Pink Dandelion
ISBN: 9780199206797
Publication Date: 2008-03-20
The Quakers are a fascinating religious group both in their origins and in the variety of reinterpretations of the faith since. Emerging from the social unrest of the English civil war, the Quakers have gone on to have an influence way beyond their numbers: be it their continued stanceagainst war or their pioneering work against slavery. At the same time, Quakers maintain a distinctive worship method to achieve the direct encounter with God which has been at the heart of the movement since its beginning. This book charts the history of Quakerism and its present-day diversity, andoutlines its approach to worship, belief, theology and language, and ecumenism.
Quaker Writings by Thomas D. Hamm
ISBN: 9780143106319
Publication Date: 2011-01-25
A uniquely comprehensive collection of work from the Religious Society of Friends, one of the most distinctive Christian sects in the English-speaking world Formed in England in the middle of the seventeenth century, they orginally had no name. Eventually they called themselves the Children of Light, then the Friends of Light, and finally, the Religious Society of Friends. Known by their detractors as the Quakers, they ended up exerting tremendous influence on religious and secular events on both sides of the Atlantic. This singular work compiles nearly three centuries of Quaker writings, shedding light on their spiritual life and beliefs, contributions by the Friends of European and American civilization, and the scope of Quaker history around the globe. For those seeking an understanding of Quaker history and religious thought, this book is essential.

Library Catalog

Subject Terms

There are several terms which are used to describe Quakers:

Quakers
Friends
Society of Friends

All can be used with keyword searches but "Society of Friends" is the official subject term. Sometimes different books will be listed on your topic depending upon which term(s) you select. Try several different searches to maximize results.

Extra Tip

In addition to information in books and periodicals, the Quaker Archives also maintains extensive files on particular topics relating to Quakerism. There may also be a manuscript collection or other "hidden" resource useful to your research topic. Contact us at archives@guilford.edu once you have done your initial research to see if there are additional materials relating to your topic.

REL 110: Quakerism