$$$ FOR FURTHER READING Here are listed some books on Quakerism, on particular Quakers, and on Quaker topics. The order of arrangement follows approximately that in the Table of Contents (click ) for the (currently) ten Essays that I have at my web site. Some of the books listed I found in Whitaker's, the British Books in Print. These have prices in pounds, written 'œ'. A pound is about $1.70, but you cannot always multiply the price in pounds by 1.7 and obtain the price in dollars in America. Pulling a paperback off my shelves at random, I find that the price is listed on the cover as œ7 or $8. Books tend to be cheaper west of the Atlantic. I can only guess that wood pulp is scarcer in England than here, or printers' unions more aggressive, or readers more passionate and willing to shell out. Some books listed in the British but not the American BIP are nonetheless available from American bookstores. A Quaker source on the Internet has provided a list of books about Quakerism. Go to www.quaker.org and click on "book list," line 3 under "Introductory Items." For a list of Quaker bookstores, go to the same web site and click on "bookstores," line 3 under "Quaker Organizations." The addresses of several Quaker publishing houses are given below. ======================= Friends United Press is affiliated with the Friends United Meeting, the largest group of programmed, or Evangelical, or Gurneyite Quakers. Friends United Press 101 Quaker Hill Drive Richmond, Indiana 47374 Phone 800-573-8839 or 765-962-7573 Fax 765-966-1293 Website at www.fum.org Friends General Conference Bookstore is affiliated with the Friends General Conference, the largest group of unprogrammed, or Liberal, or Hicksite Quakers. It carries books from several publishing houses. Friends General Conference Bookstore Arch St. Philadelphia, PA 19107 800-966-4556 (9 AM-4:30 PM EST) International: +1-215-561-1700 Web site at Quakerbooks.Org ======================= Pendle Hill is a Quaker center for retreats, conferences, and study. It also publishes books. In addition to its book list, Pendle Hill publishes numerous pamphlets, available individually for $3.25 each. Consult their web page for a list. Subscribers receive new pamphlets six times a year for $13 a year. Two- and three-year subscriptions are cheaper. Their pamphlets used to be $3.00, so if I list something below as costing $3, it may very well be a $3.25 item taken from an old price list. Pendle Hill 388 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, Pennsylvania 19086 Phone 800-742-3150 or 610-566-4514 Fax 610-566-3679 Website at www.pendlehill.org ======================= Kimo Press Post Office Box 82 Bellefonte, PA 16823 Kimo Press is a private project of Chuck Fager. The best way of seeing what it has to offer is to visit the web site at www.kimopress.com and browse a bit. It is a friendly place, and fun to explore. ======================= In what follows, the descriptions of books are often supplied by the publisher or bookseller. My own comments, if any, are normally in brackets with my initials JEK. Prices are given where I have found them listed, in Books in Print, on publishers' lists, or on the Internet, usually www.amazon.com or the like. Therefore, a book listed by the publisher at $10 and by a discount bookstore at $8 may be listed by me at either price, randomly. Note that if you buy by mail there will be shipping and handling charges. Note also that if the publisher lists the price at $7.95 I am likely to list it at $8, both to save keystrokes and because I have a testimony against prices that fall just short of a round number. The abbreviations FGCB, FUP (or FUM), and PHP, and Kimo, mean that the book can be obtained from (among other places) Friends General Conference Bookstore, Friends United Press, Pendle Hill Publications, or Kimo Press, respectively. $$$ INTRODUCTION TO QUAKERISM D(avid) Elton Trueblood, THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, FUP, ISBN 0-913408-02-6 298pp, $13pb. $12 from FGCB This author's acquaintance with all the major current branches of Quakerism and most prominent Quaker writers makes this book come alive with detail. A broad portrait of a way of life and a way of thought which is a live option for vital, contemporary Christians. D. Elton Trueblood, author of more than 30 books, depicts the Quaker experiment in radical Christianity. His portrayal of early Quakers and their lives is vital background for the impact that Quakers have had on society for more than three hundred years. [JEK: I have drawn heavily on this book for the material on this web site. If I have a reservation about it, it is a suspicion that the author, who is himself a thoroughly evangelical Quaker, may not be doing justice to the strength of non-evangelical thought in some branches of Quakerism.] Howard H Brinton, FRIENDS FOR THREE HUNDRED YEARS. PHP. 239pp, $10, 1965 ISBN 0-87574-903-8. $9 from FGCB An outline, by a cogent and lucent author, of the history and beliefs of the Religious Society of Friends since George Fox started the Quaker movement. Clearly written overview of basic Quaker understandings and practices: Light Within, Meeting for Worship, Vocal Ministry, Reaching Decisions, Meeting Community, Meeting and the World, Four Periods of Quaker History, and Quaker Thought and the Present. Hugh Barbour, J William Frost, THE QUAKERS. 407pp, $30pb, FUP (1994), ISBN 0-6150-0281-1, ISBN 0-313-22816-7 434 pp, $30 In the first comprehensive book since 1942 on American Quaker history, scholars Hugh Barbour and J. William Frost summarize the development and life of the American Quaker communities themselves, and look, as well, at the times and cultures in which they lived. "We hope," they write, "to present the common Quaker tradition at a time when Friends are painfully divided, to interpret the varied religious experiences of Friends in many eras and regions, and to illustrate the rich variety of cultural forces which have shaped and often limited Quaker worship and social service." Hugh Barbour is Professor Emeritus at Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana. J. William Frost is Professor of American History and Librarian of the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. A. Neave Brayshaw, THE QUAKERS: THEIR STORY AND MESSAGE. (George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1921, rev 1938, new chapter 1953) Brayshaw (1861-1940) is from Manchester, England. A. Neave Brayshaw, THE QUAKERS: THEIR STORY AND MESSAGE. London, Friends Home Service. This is the third (1953) edition. A. Neave Brayshaw, THE QUAKERS: THEIR STORY AND MESSAGE, 1982, 354 pp. $22 from FGCB This reprint returns to the original text, first written in 1921. An interesting historical, British approach to inquirers. THE FAITH AND PRACTICE OF QUAKERS, by Rufus Jones. (FUP, 1980) ISBN 9-013408-57-3 181 pp, $7pb In-depth discussion of the Quaker method of worship and business, sacraments as an attitude toward life, simplicity, peacemaking education and service to others. THE QUAKER WAY, Friends General Conference, illus. by Signe Wilkinson, 1998, 96 pp. $7.50 from FGCB This pocket FAITH AND PRACTICE for young people is being used widely as an accessible reference book for serious inquirers, newcomers, and those who wish they knew more answers but don't enjoy or have the time for heavier reading. Many meetings are bulk buying this precious gem. [JEK: Is this an abridgement of the Jones book listed just above it?] JUST AMONG FRIENDS: The Quaker way of life, by William Wistar Comfort, President Emeritus of Haverford College, Macmillan, NY, 1941. Lyn Cope-Robinson, LITTLE QUAKER SOCIOLOGY BOOK WITH GLOSSARY, $10, Canmore Press 1995, 1-8877-7401-7, 220 pp. $13 from FGCB The author's roots in all the major branches of the Religious Society of Friends are reflected in this lively, intelligent introduction to Quakerism. ONE EXPLORER'S GLOSSARY OF QUAKER TERMS, by Warren Smith; Mae Smith Bixby, ed., 1983, rev. 1992, 42 pp., FGC $6 from FGCB QUAKERSPEAK: FIRST AID FOR NEWCOMERS, by Alastair Heron (British) 1994, 55 pp. $6 from FGCB $$$ HISTORY OF QUAKERISM The following volumes by Braithwaite and Jones, up to the asterisks, are The Rowntree Series, generally considered to be the standard history of the Quaker movement. Rufus M Jones, STUDIES IN MYSTICAL RELIGION, (1909) Rufus M Jones, SPIRITUAL REFORMERS IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES, (1914), reprinted 1959, Peter Smith, $14.50 0-8446- 0161-6 Rufus M Jones, SOURCES OF UNIVERALISM IN QUAKER THOUGHT (abbreviated edition of previous entry), œ0.90pb, 0-948232-20-X Quaker Universalist Group. William C Braithwaite, THE BEGINNINGS OF QUAKERISM, œ13.25, Sessions, York, England, 0-900657-25-1. William C Braithwaite, THE BEGINNINGS OF QUAKERISM TO 1660, 1981, 607 pp., $28hc from FGCB Standard history of the early days of the Quaker movement, based largely on the writings of the first Friends. Second edition revised by Henry J. Cadbury. William C Braithwaite, THE SECOND PERIOD OF QUAKERISM, œ13.25, Sessions, York, England, 0-900657-26-X. William C Braithwaite, THE SECOND PERIOD OF QUAKERISM, 1981, 607 pp., $28hc from FGCB Sequel to The Beginnings of Quakerism (see above), it covers the years 1660 to 1725. Second edition revised by Henry J. Cadbury. Rufus M Jones, THE LATER PERIODS OF QUAKERISM, 2 vols., written 1921, $125 (1971) 0-8371-4248-2 Greenwood Rufus M Jones (with Amelia Mott Gummere and Isaac Sharpless), THE QUAKERS IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES, written 1911. The Introduction is particularly recommended, as giving a good return for a short reading time. ************************* Here follow some other books about Quaker history. THE BRITISH QUAKERS 1647-1997: HIGHLIGHTS OF THEIR HISTORY, by Alastair Heron, 1997, 44 pp. $7 from FGCB For inquirers, newcomers, attenders, and members who wonder how it all began and where has that taken Quakerism in Britain today. PORTRAIT IN GREY, by John Punshon, 1984, 293 pp. $16.50 from FGCB Traces the beginnings of the Religious Society of Friends, its distinctive way of life, and its explosive expansion in England and elsewhere. $$$ SOME QUAKER BIOGRAPHIES RICH HERITAGE OF QUAKERISM, by Walter Williams, 1987, 330 pp. $15 from FGCB A frank, evangelical mood, presents biographical sketches that challenge the reader to Christian integrity and selfless service. WITNESSES FOR CHANGE: QUAKER WOMEN OVER THREE CENTURIES, Elisabeth P. Brown, Susan M. Stuard, eds., 1989, 190 pp. $17 from FGCB Explores the extraordinary importance of Quaker women in American history. WOMEN AND QUAKERISM IN THE 17TH CENTURY, by Christine Trevett, 1992, 171 pp. $16 from FGCB History of the struggles and heart-searchings of early British Quaker women and their ministry. WOMEN OF POWER AND PRESENCE: THE SPIRITUAL FORMATION OF FOUR QUAKER WOMEN MINISTERS by Maureen Graham. 1990, 40 pp. $3.25 from FGCB Spiritual and psychological development of Rebecca Jones, Rachel Hicks, Elizabeth Fry, and Lucretia Mott. VALIANT FRIEND, by Margaret Hope Bacon, New Edition (August 99). FGC, 1999, illustrated, $15pb Lucretia Mott--Quaker minister, anti-slavery leader, champion of the feminist cause--this gentle woman's life is chronicled in a dynamic biography by Margaret Hope Bacon. This new edition of VALIANT FRIEND makes the life story of Lucretia Mott, "the most venerated woman in America," available to us as a shining example of what a life of courage and conviction can accomplish. THE LIGHT WITHIN AND SELECTED WRITINGS, by Isaac Pennington, 1995, 69 pp. $3.50 from FGCB A collection of works by one of Quakerism's early adherents. THE QUAKER READER, selected and introduced by Jessamyn West. PHP, 1992, ISBN 0-875749-16-x 560pp $17.50pb This classic reprint includes extracts from the writings of Margaret Fell, George Fox, William Penn, Elizabeth Fry, Hannah Whitall Smith, Rufus M. Jones, Elizabeth Gray Vining and Douglas Steere, all faithful members of the Religious Society of Friends from 1650 to 1962. Their witness confirms Elizabeth Fry's belief "that neither individuals nor collective bodies should stand still in grace, but that their light should shine brighter and brighter unto the perfect day." GENTLE INVADERS, by Linda B. Selleck. ISBN 0-944350-30-5 312 pp, $16 Grounded in the Quaker sense of spiritual equality for all believers, and funded primarily by Friends in northern yearly meetings, more than two hundred Quaker women headed south to establish and/or teach in the first schools for contraband and former slaves during the Civil War and period of Reconstruction. What audacity prompted nineteenth-century Quaker women to befriend and teach blacks in areas where virulent racism had persisted for centuries? What were they hoping to accomplish? Author Linda Selleck's readable and well-documented work reveals the individual hardships and successes of the more visible leaders of these enterprises-as well as issues of slavery and membership of blacks in monthly meetings faced within the Society of Friends itself. A PROCESSION OF FRIENDS, by Daisy Newman. Friends United Press, 1992, ISBN 0-913408-59-X 460 pp, $14, from FGCB Quaker author of fiction and non-fiction, Daisy Newman writes of the role Quakers have had in befriending Indians, opposing slavery, providing humane treatment for prisoners and the mentally ill, and opposing war and capital punishment. This is history in its most readable form, as the author's sense of detail gets beneath the facts to give the reader the sense of place and emotion in each event. $$$ SOME QUAKER IDEAS Horace Mather Lippincott, editor, THROUGH A QUAKER ARCHWAY. (Thomas Yoseloff, 11 E 36th Street, NY, or 123 New Bond Street, London, Sagamore Press, Inc.) Twenty-five essays by prominent Quakers on various aspects of Quaker life. THE COVENANT CRUCIFIED: QUAKERS AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM, by Douglas Gwyn. PHP, 1995, ISBN 0-875749-24-0 hc, 416pp $16pb or $26hc THE COVENANT CRUCIFIED tells the story of a failed and forgotten revolution. The Quaker Lamb's War offered an alternative path for capitalism at the threshold of the modern era. The story of its defeat charts the rise of daily life as we now know it. The book's conclusion is a meditation on covenantal faith in our postmodern world, offering examples of faithful, integrative community arising among us today. UNMASKING THE IDOLS: A JOURNEY AMONG FRIENDS, by Douglas Gwyn. FUP ISBN 0-944350-04-6 120 pp, $12 What are the idols we serve today which keep our hearts and minds imprisoned? How do we recognize the form of Christ emerging in human experience? How does Christ break down our idols? Douglas Gwyn, author of the popular APOCALYPSE OF THE WORD, helps identify our creative role in finding the answers to these questions and recognizing God's abiding presence anew. THE QUAKER APPROACH TO CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS, a collection of Essays edited by John Kavanaugh, Public Relations Director AFSC. (1953, G P Putnam's Sons, NY), reprinted by Greenwood Publishing Group; $55hc ISBN 0-8371-4432-9 WORDS IN TIME: ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES, by Douglas Gwyn. KimoPress ISBN 0-945177-14-3 165pp $9pb Douglas Gwyn is known for his combination of scholarly research, challenging thought and lucid writing . His books APOCALYPSE OF THE WORD and THE COVENANT CRUCIFIED are landmarks of Quaker writing in our time. Besides his distinguished scholarship, Doug Gwyn has traveled and ministered among both pastoral and unprogrammed Friends for over twenty years. In this new collection of essays and addresses (1989-97), he speaks eloquently to current tensions and impasses among Friends, drawing upon traditional Quaker images of "seed" and "covenant." He urges Friends to go deeper into our spiritual tradition to find renewal and the way forward, and shows how that can be done. FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE QUAKERS, by Rufus M. Jones, 1980, reprint 1997, 181 pp. $7 from FGCB Includes history, Christianity, structures, methods, sacraments, simplicity, peacemaking, humanitarian spirit, education, and service. INTRODUCTION FROM QUAKER SPIRITUALITY, by Douglas V. Steere, 1988, 56 pp. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting $4 from FGCB Thoroughly and thoughtfully describes the many aspects of Quakerism as they were and are lived. Especially good for serious inquirers, new Friends, and renewal study groups with bibliography. GUIDE TO QUAKER PRACTICE, by Howard H. Brinton, 1955, 92 pp. $3.25 from FGCB A basic guide to practices of worship, structure, business, committees, traveling ministry, queries, teaching, social testimonies, and advices, setting practice in the context of belief. SEEKING GOD IN THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, by Marlene Morrison Pedigo, 1991, 20 pp. $2 from FGCB Seeking inner peace and happiness in our lives is a spiritual hunger. Our message is a timeless message for anyone seeking the Living Spirit, "to walk over the world answering that of God in every one." $$$ BY GEORGE FOX THE JOURNAL OF GEORGE FOX, edited, abridged, and annotated by Rufus M. Jones, with an Essay on the Influence of the JOURNAL by Henry J Cadbury, and a Glossary by Howard Alexander. (1976, Friends United Press), ISBN 0-913408-24-7 605 pp, $15pb George Fox's record of his life and ministry is a Christian classic. Its pages chronicle not only Fox's spiritual travail and subsequent consolation when he heard a voice that said, "There is one, even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy condition," but his years of ministry and gathering of a people for Christ who became known as the Society of Friends. A glossary of words and phrases most commonly used by George Fox is the addition to this edition of the Journal, edited by Rufus M. Jones. [This is an abridgement, weighing only one and a half pounds, while I am told that an earlier edition weighed four and a half pounds. But it will serve any reader for a first reading.] GEORGE FOX'S JOURNAL (1988) $69 0-913408-24-7 In US: State Mutual; In UK: W Sessions [JEK: I assume that this is the unabridged edition?] THE JOURNAL OF GEORGE FOX, John L. Nickalls, ed., 1952, reprinted 1997, 789 pp. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, $17 from FGCB Fox's own account of his development as a spiritual leader and the rise of the Society of Friends is presented. [H J Cadbury calls this "the most useful" edition of the Journal.] JOURNAL OF GEORGE FOX, Society of Friends (London Meeting) (1975) œ10 hc 0-900469-16-1 (or œ7pb 0-900469-28-5) A READER'S COMPANION TO GEORGE FOX'S JOURNAL, by Joseph Pickvance, 1989, 149 pp. $14 from FGCB Sets the 17th century religious scene and helps interpret Fox's language. Concordance. George Fox, TO ALL THAT WOULD KNOW THE WAY TO THE KINGDOM (1992) œ1.35 ISBN 1-897702-03-5 Abel Press THE POWER OF THE LORD IS OVER ALL: THE PASTORAL LETTERS OF GEORGE FOX, edited by T. Canby Jones, 1989, FUP. ISBN 0-944350-08-9 530 pp, cloth $29, from FGCB. Fox maintained a prodigious correspondence with groups of Friends--perhaps as many as 3,000 epistles. This collection draws us into the power of the Lord experienced by early Friends, immersing us in striking imagery and inspired praise, admonishment, and exhortation. This book of the letters of George Fox is a must for every library and meeting or church. Jones has produced a valuable index to the epistles. The earnest reader will find that this index is to the epistles what a concordance is to the Bible. Fox's clear and concise manner comes through these letters in a strong calling to return to the leading of the "light" which Christ has made known. Devotional reading, scholarly reference. GEORGE FOX SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF, comp. and ed. by Hugh McGregor Ross, 1991, 153 pp. $13 from FGCB Hugh McGregor Ross, a stepson of George Fox in the eighth generation, did intensive research amongst the 5,000 documents left by Fox. This book presents highlights from Ross' research by skillfully selected quotations, mostly from the documents excluded from other sources. $$$ THE LIFE OF GEORGE FOX H Larry Ingle, FIRST AMONG FRIENDS: GEORGE FOX AND THE CREATION OF QUAKERISM (Illus) 407pp, 1994, $20pb, Oxford U Pr, ISBN 0-19-510117-0pb, ISBN 0-19-507803-9hc. From FGCB. Grounded in primary sources and enriched with gripping detail, this well-written and original study reveals hitherto unknown aspects of George Fox and his times. [JEK: Many biographies of Fox are concerned with him as a prophet with a message for the ages. They are content to say that he got his ideas from the Inner Light and leave it at that. This book undertakes to place Fox in the context of his time, and to understand the influence of the surrounding political and religious ideas and events on the development of his thought and the movement that he founded. I recommend it. I found it hard to start reading, but easy to continue once I was hooked. It explains clearly the issues and dilemmas Fox faced as his movement developed.] Cecil W. Sharman, GEORGE FOX AND THE QUAKERS, 1991, 256pp $15 from FGCB, FUP, ISBN 0-944350-14-3 George Fox first gathered Friends 340 years ago by "opening to them the way." Cecil Sharman places all the key events of George Fox's life within their historical setting and brings out his warmth of personality and intense sense of mission. Vernon Noble, THE MAN IN LEATHER BREECHES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE FOX. London: Elek, 1953. Harry E. Wildes, VOICE OF THE LORD: A BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE FOX. Philadelphia, U of Penn Pr, 1965 ISBN 0-8122-7431-8 Arthur O. Roberts, THROUGH A FLAMING SWORD: A SPIRITUAL BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE FOX. Portland, Oregon, Barclay Pr, 1959. Rufus M. Jones, GEORGE FOX, SEEKER AND FRIEND (1930) THE LIFE AND MESSAGE OF GEORGE FOX, 1624-1924, by Rufus M Jones. New York: MacMillan and Co., 1924. A. Neave Brayshaw, THE PERSONALITY OF GEORGE FOX Elfrida Vipoint, GEORGE FOX AND THE VALIANT SIXTY, illus. by Anne E. G. Nydam, 1997, 160 pp. FGC $11 from FGCB This account of early Quaker ministers' work--their travels and the "Society" they built--is written with vitality and spark. Belongs in every Friend's library. Updated reprint includes bibliography and line drawings of flowers. [JEK: "The Valiant Sixty" is a standard term for the first sixty-plus Quaker preachers.] $$$ INTERPRETING THE THOUGHT OF GEORGE FOX APOCALYPSE OF THE WORD: THE LIFE AND MESSAGE OF GEORGE FOX (1624-1690), by Douglas Gwyn. FUP ISBN 0-913408-91-3 240 pp, $15 Gwyn emphasizes the apocalyptic perspective behind George Fox's declaration that "Christ has come to teach his people himself" and describes how it affected Fox's view of preaching, worship, and Church order. This work helps explain the urgency of the message that sparked early Friends. FRESH WINDS OF THE SPIRIT, by Alan Kolp, foreword by Alan Jones, 1991. ISBN 0-944350-16-X, 143 pp, $10 from FGCB The author has opened the arena to study George Fox's spirituality. A fresh new look at the core of Fox's reason for living. NEW LIGHT ON GEORGE FOX (1624-1691): A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, Michael Mullett, ed., 1994, 162 pp. $10 from FGCB This fascinating, eye-opening collection of papers by international scholars compiles recent research into Fox's life and thought. $$$ BY MARGARET FELL FOX A SINCERE AND CONSTANT LOVE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKS OF MARGARET FELL, edited by Terry H. S. Wallace. 1992, FUP, ISBN 0-944350-19-4 142 pp, $11, from FGCB This book brings together selected writings of Margaret Fell and sets them into the proper context of seventeenth century England. Fell [who eventually married George Fox] was one of the foremost writers for the Friends movement and aided in its development. Her words continue to speak to the conditions found in lives today. $$$ ABOUT MARGARET FELL FOX MARGARET FELL AND THE RISE OF QUAKERISM, by Bonnelyn Young Kunze, 1994, 327 pp. $45 from FGCB The mother of Quakerism, this is a probing new insight to her family relations, house-hold economics, neighborhood networks, architectural skill in early Quaker church order, and connections in the wider sectarian religious community; the co-leader and co-founder of the Religious Society of Friends. MARGARET FELL: MOTHER OF QUAKERISM, by Isabel Ross, ( 2nd ed, York, England, Ebor Press), 1984, 421 pp. $28 from FGCB A comprehensive, well-researched biography of the Mother of Quakerism includes historical document reproductions and photographs. Maria Webb, THE FELLS OF SWARTHMORE $$$ BY ROBERT BARCLAY BARCLAY'S APOLOGY IN MODERN ENGLISH, by Dean Freiday, ed., Barclay Press, ISBN 0-913342-69-6, 1967, 465 pp. $18 from FGCB Classic systematic statement of Quaker faith by the first Quaker theologian. The editor has modernized the language and added topic headings. $$$ ABOUT ROBERT BARCLAY D Elton Trueblood, ROBERT BARCLAY, 1968, Harper & Row, NY, LC 68-11731 $$$ DANGERS OF SUBJECTIVISM SORROWS OF THE QUAKER JESUS: JAMES NAYLER AND THE PURITAN CRACKDOWN ON THE FREE SPIRIT, by Leo Damrosch, 1996, 384pp $40 from FGCB Both a compelling and a fascinating story, this is an important addition to the literature of Quaker history. THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, by Elton Trueblood, FUP 1988; ISBN: 0-9443-5000-3; $7.80pb 2nd edition $$$ ABOUT QUAKER WORSHIP $$$ ABOUT QUAKER ORGANIZATION Michael J Sheeran, S.J., "Friendly Persuasion: Voteless Decisions in the Religious Society of Friends," Ph.D. diss., Princeton University, 1977. Michael J Sheeran, S.J., BEYOND MAJORITY RULE: VOTELESS DECISIONS IN THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (1983, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, ISBN 0-94130-804-9) $8.75pb [JEK: Sheeran is a Jesuit scholar who has studied the dynamics of the Quaker method of proceeding by dialogue and consensus. Quakers have said: "Since he comes from outside the tradition, he sees things about it that a Quaker wouldn't notice. Both Quakers and non-Quakers will understand the process better for reading him."] $$$ ABOUT MARY DYER Ruth T Plimpton, MARY DYER: biography of a rebel Quaker, 300pp (1994) $22 ISBN 0-8283-1964-2 Brandon Pub Co, from FGCB Plimpton examines the reality of religious freedom and tolerance in the American colonies in light of the life of Mary Dyer. A moving, question-filled book. $$$ BY WILLIAM PENN NO CROSS, NO CROWN, by William Penn, edited and abridged by Ronald Selleck, 1981. FUP, ISBN 0-913408-71-9 156 pp, $9.50pb from FGCB. William Penn outlines a life of discipleship with Christ. Ronald Selleck's modern English, abbreviated edition of this classic is a window into the faith of a favorite Quaker figure. Penn's own writing on daily living and the cross within, the work of the cross in true worship, excesses of knowledge, power, and personal honors, covetousness, and rejection of luxury. NO CROSS, NO CROWN, $32pb 0-900657-57-X (or $69hc -58-8) W Sessions [JEK: ...and this, I assume, must be the unabridged edition.] NO CROSS, NO CROWN, text edition (ed. Anna Brinton) $3.25p PHP, ISBN 0-87574-030-8 SOME FRUITS OF SOLITUDE, by William Penn. FUP ISBN 0-913408-39-5 101 pp, $7 The maxims and comments on life are as true today as when Penn wrote them. THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, Friends United Press, $75, 0-913408-32-8 THE PEACE OF EUROPE, THE FRUITS OF SOLITUDE, AND OTHER WRITINGS, $7 (or œ5) pb, 376pp, ISBN 0-460-87302-4 (pub., C E Tuttle) THE PEACE OF EUROPE, THE FRUITS OF SOLITUDE, AND OTHER WRITINGS, by William Penn, ed. by Edwin B. Bronner, 1994, 320 pp. $7 from FGCB A comprehensive collection of Penn's essays reflecting the passion and vision of a man who believed in the best of humankind. QUAKER CLASSICS IN BRIEF 1978 $8pb PHP 0-87574-904-6 THE CHRISTIAN QUAKER AND HIS DIVINE TESTIMONY VINDICATED: in Two Parts. The First, more General, by William Penn, the Second, more Particular, by George Whitehead. (1674) $$$ ABOUT WILLIAM PENN Elizabeth Gray (Vining), PENN, 1986, 298 pp., PYM $9 from FGCB Penn's life emerges from the narrative as an inspiring story of courage, honesty, and faith. [JEK: After the Japanese defeat in 1945, the author of this work was appointed governess to Prince Akihito, now the Emperor of Japan.] Elizabeth G Vining, WILLIAM PENN, MYSTIC (1969) $3.25p PHP, ISBN 0-87574-167-3 Harry Emerson Wildes, WILLIAM PENN (Macmillan, 1974) ISBN 0- 02-628570-3 [Seems first-rate.] Edwin G Brenner, WILLIAM PENN, 17TH CENTURY FOUNDING FATHER 36pp, $3.25pb PHP, ISBN 0-87574-204-1 William W. Comfort, WILLIAM PENN AND OUR LIBERTIES, 146pp, (1976) $5pb, $3 from FGCB. ISBN 0-941308-02-2 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends Tells how the Liberty Bell was intended to symbolize Penn's lifelong insistence on civil and religious liberties. Thakeham Quaker Meeting, WILLIAM PENN, œ1.50 (1993) Praxis Books 0-9518729-2-3 Massey, THE LEGACY OF WILLIAM PENN, "CITIZEN OF THE WORLD," œ2.20 (1993) Quaker Home Service 0-85245-245-4 Hugh S. Barbour, WILLIAM PENN ON RELIGION AND ETHICS: the emergence of Liberal Quakerism, 2 vols, œ80, E Mellen Press, US (1991) 0-88946-687-4 A study that shows in some detail how Penn moved from an early Quaker prophetic or radical conception of the divine Light as challenge to every person, into a conception of moral truth as already known in part by everyone. A complete exploration of Penn's relation to the Socinian Unitarians, to the Cambridge Platonists and English humanists, and to some intense debates between Quakers and Anglicans and Baptists in which Penn took a vigorous part. Joyce Reason, QUAKER CAVALIER: THE STORY OF WILLIAM PENN, œ2, Lutterworth Press (1984) 0-7188-2609-4 William C. Kashatus, VIRTUOUS EDUCATION: PENN'S VISION FOR PHILADELPHIA SCHOOLS, 1997, 262 pp. $15 from FGCB Penn's call for universal, compulsory education faced many issues familiar to us today: increasing poverty, the inadequate schooling of the urban poor, and considerable resistance to spend tax dollars to create quality public education. This illuminating history has many implications for today. WILLIAM PENN: A TWENTIETH-CENTURY PERSPECTIVE, by Richard R. Wood, 28 pp., PYM $2.25 from FGCB A retrospective of Penn's life and his work. $$$ BY JOHN WOOLMAN THE JOURNAL AND MAJOR ESSAYS OF JOHN WOOLMAN, edited by Phillips P. Moulton. ISBN 0-944350-10-0 336 pp, $11.50 from FGCB A carefully researched and definitive edition of the journal of this Quaker abolitionist and prophet. The secret of Woolman's purity of style is that his eye is single, and that conscience dictated his words. This Quaker preacher and tailor was a man of wisdom and true philosophy. These pages are filled with insight and messages for our time. This is a major classic of American spirituality. THE JOURNAL OF JOHN WOOLMAN and A PLEA FOR THE POOR $8pb Citadel Press 0-8065-0294-0 SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE KEEPING OF NEGROES (1978) $15 Ayer 0-405-00670-5 WORKS OF JOHN WOOLMAN $223 Ayer 0-8369-8694-6 WORSHIP (1950) $3.25pb PHP 0-87574-051-0 $$$ ABOUT JOHN WOOLMAN JOHN WOOLMAN, 1720-1772: QUINTESSENTIAL QUAKER, by David Sox. Sessions Book Trust, York, England, in association with FUP, USA, 148 pp, $25pb ISBN 1-85072-218-8 pb, 0-944350-43-7 hc JOHN WOOLMAN: QUINTESSENTIAL QUAKER, by David Sox, 1999, 240pp, $25pb from FGCB John Woolman, quintessential Quaker, was far ahead of his time. Aside from writing his celebrated Journal and many essays, he was an anti-slavery pioneer--long before there was an abolitionist movement. Mystic and activist, today we would also call Woolman an "environmentalist" and a promoter of animal concern. As well, he championed the Native Americans, learned from them and worked for their better treatment. In an intolerant age Woolman also displayed a noteworthy irenical attitude toward all religious groups. This book offers Woolman to a new generation of readers, and by placing him in the historical context of 18th-century America lets his extraordinary life shine forth even more clearly. Samuel Taylor Coleridge despaired of the man "who could peruse the life of John Woolman without an amelioration of heart." David Sox, the author, was raised in North Carolina but now lives in England. Both a Quaker and an Anglican clergyman, for many years he taught history and has previously published seven books. Edwin H Cady, JOHN WOOLMAN: THE MIND OF THE QUAKER SAINT, (Great American Thinkers Series) 1966, Washington Square Press, NY, 182pp Paul Rosenblatt, JOHN WOOLMAN (Great American Thinkers Series) $18 Irvington 0-89197-813-5 Henry Joel Cadbury, JOHN WOOLMAN IN ENGLAND, œ2 pb, Friends Historical Society, 0-900469-06-4. Reginald Roberts, JOHN WOOLMAN AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (1958) $3.25p PHP 0-87574-096-0 JOHN WOOLMAN: A NONVIOLENCE AND SOCIAL CHANGE SOURCE BOOK, ed. by Sterling Olmstead and Mike Heller, 1997, 117 pp. $10 from FGCB A tool for becoming more intentional about our own lives by learning of the actions, beliefs and inspirations of extraordinary historical figures. MOTIONS OF LOVE: WOOLMAN AS MYSTIC AND ACTIVIST, by Sterling Olmsted, 1993, 47pp. $3.25 from FGCB Observes the language of John Woolman's journal and charts the movement in him of a "leading" of faith. $$$ BY LEVI COFFIN REMINISCENCES OF LEVI COFFIN, edited by Ben Richmond. FUP ISBN 0-944350-20-8 390 pp, $16 A classic book of Levi Coffin's life and times. A must reading for history buffs and those wanting to know about the underground railroad. $$$ ABOUT LEVI COFFIN LUKE'S SUMMER SECRET, by Randall Wisehart. FUP ISBN 0-944350-17-8 165 pp, $9 The author has given young readers a new look at Levi Coffin, leader of the underground railroad. This stirring novel is worth reading to renew interest in the struggles of the slaves, and the risks they were willing to take to obtain their freedom. STORIES FOR JASON, by Mary Cromer, illustrated by Jeffrey S. Dowers. FUP ISBN 0-944350-28-3 125 pp, $9 Jason looks forward to the stories his mother tells about the Underground Railroad. These stories will show children how they can be a part of any work that brings glory to God. This illustrated book is for junior-age children or "one evening" readers. LEVI COFFIN: A FRIEND TO THE SLAVES, by Jeffrey S. Dowers. 32 pp, $3 This historical booklet deals with the life of Levi Coffin and the Underground Railroad. It is accurately written and illustrated for children. However, anyone will find the stories exciting and enlightening. $$$ BY ELIZABETH GURNEY FRY MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF ELIZABETH FRY, with extracts from her letters and journals, 1120pp $45 0-87585-187-8 Patterson Smith $$$ ABOUT ELIZABETH GURNEY FRY Emma R Pitman, ELIZABETH FRY (1969) $38.50 269pp 0-8371-1005-X Greenwood Janet Whitney, ELIZABETH FRY, QUAKER HEROINE (1972) $27 0-405-90972-2 Ayer June Rose, ELIZABETH FRY: A BIOGRAPHY, 1994, 218 pp. $17 from FGCB In this perceptive biography, based on Fry's journals, Rose shows us Fry as she really was--complex, contradictory, but courageously defying the conventions of her age. J. Rose, ELIZABETH FRY (London, 1980) [Same as the preceding? I got this reference from a source that names it as a hostile work.] $$$ BY JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY JOURNEY IN NORTH AMERICA, described in familiar letters to Amelia Opie, 1973, $50, ISBN 0-306-70572-9 Da Capo WINTER IN THE WEST INDIES, described in familiar letters to Henry Clay of Kentucky, 282pp $35 (1969) 0-8371-1022-X Greenwood Press A PECULIAR PEOPLE, ASIN 0-9134-0848-4 $$$ ABOUT JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY David E Swift, JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY: BANKER, REFORMER, AND QUAKER, 1962, Wesleyan Univ Pr, Middletown, Conn, LC 62-18346, 255pp+N+I $$$ BY ELIAS HICKS Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of Elias Hicks, Written by Himself . $25.50hc, 1969, Ayer Co Pub; ISBN: 0405002491 $$$ ABOUT ELIAS HICKS Bliss Forbush, ELIAS HICKS, QUAKER LIBERAL, 1956, Columbia U Pr, NY, LC 56-6250 INTRODUCING ELIAS HICKS by Norma Jacob. 1984, repr. 1991, 29 pp. $4 from FGCB Condensation of the lively history by Bliss Forbush. QUAKERS IN CONFLICT: THE HICKSITE REFORMATION, by H. Larry Ingle. PHP, 1997, ISBN 0-875749-26-7, 310pp, $10pb A definitive interpretation of the single most influential development in American Quaker history, the Hicksite Reformation. Setting the context of religious development of the period, the author locates the origin of the Quaker split in a reaction to evangelical doctrines. $$$ ABOUT LIBERAL QUAKERISM $$$ BY KENNETH BOULDING ECONOMICS OF PEACE, $21, PHP ISBN 0-8369-2982-9 Ayer. THE EVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL OF QUAKERISM, $3.25pb, PHP, ISBN 0-87574-136-3 MENDING THE WORLD: Quaker insights on the social order, 1986, $3.25pb, PHP, ISBN 0-87574-266-1 THE ORGANIZATIONAL REVOLUTION: a study in the ethics of economic organization, $57.50, ISBN 0-313-24371-9 Greenwood MAYER-BOULDING DIALOGUE ON PEACE RESEARCH (by Milton Mayer and Kenneth Boulding), 1967 $3.25pb PHP, ISBN 0-87574-153-3 BEYOND ECONOMICS: Essays on society, religion and ethics, University of Michigan Press (1970) 0-472-06167-4 œ11pb CONFLICT AND DEFENSE: a general theory, UnivPr of Am (1988) œ24p 0-8191-7112-3 PEACE AND THE WAR INDUSTRY (Boulding, editor) œ8pb THREE FACES OF POWER: A GENERAL THEORY, Sage Publications (1990) 0-8039-3862-4 THERE IS A SPIRIT: THE NAYLER SONNETS by Kenneth Boulding. fourth edition 1998, 34 pp. $4.50 from FGCB Twenty-six sonnets by Kenneth Boulding embracing the tragedy of Nayler when the wings of the spirit brush very close: "There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil . . ." SONNETS ON COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, by Kenneth E. Boulding. PHP 36pp $10pb "In a century of tragedy, it may seem almost indecent to record products of a very happy life. I met my princess, we were married, and with a few footnotes, lived happily ever after."-Kenneth E. Boulding SONNETS FROM LATER LIFE: 1981-1993, by Kenneth E. Boulding. PHP, 1995, ISBN 0-875749-20-8, 180pp $12pb, from FGCB Sonnets on science, nature, war, peace, faith, marriage, aging, sickness, death, and more. This book stands as a remarkable testimony to Boulding's unique life and spirit. "The writing of sonnets became increasingly central to Kenneth Boulding's life as advancing illness sapped his energy. This book stands as a remarkable testimony both to the poetic tradition they revive and to their author's spirit." -Peter Bien, Professor of English, Dartmouth College $$$ BY ELISE BOULDING ONE SMALL PLOT OF HEAVEN: REFLECTIONS ON FAMILY LIFE BY A QUAKER SOCIOLOGIST, by Elise Boulding. PHP, ISBN 0-875749-12-7, 225pp, $12.50pb or $16.50hc This collection of Elise Boulding's perceptive writings on the family draws the findings of her career work as sociologist and futurist together with experiential wisdom gleaned from her own rich family life. THE FAMILY AS A WAY INTO THE FUTURE, by Elise Boulding, 1978 $3.25pb PHP, 0-87574-222-X CHILDREN AND SOLITUDE, by Elise Boulding 1962 $3.25pb PHP, ISBN 0-87574-125-8 $$$ ABOUT KENNETH BOULDING Cynthia Earl Kerman, CREATIVE TENSION: the life and thought of Kenneth Boulding (University of Michigan Press, 1974, $12.50 hc, 354pp plus notes and index, ISBN 0-472-51500-4). This was written during Boulding's lifetime by a friend of his. $$$ ABOUT PACIFISM SELMA 1965: THE MARCH THAT CHANGED THE SOUTH, by Chuck Fager. 2nd edition, Beacon Press, 250pp $11pb. Photos. The story of the turbulent, historic voting rights crusade led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The CHRISTIAN CENTURY hailed Chuck Fager's recounting of this campaign as one of the best books on a social movement in recent memory. $$$ BY RUFUS JONES RETHINKING QUAKER PRINCIPLES, by Rufus M Jones (1940) $3.25pb PHP 0-87574-008-1 SPIRITUAL REFORMERS IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES (1959) $14.50 0-8446-0161-6 Peter Smith SOURCES OF UNIVERSALISM IN QUAKER THOUGHT (abr. ed. of previous entry) œ0.90pb, 0-948232-20-X Quaker Universalist Group THOU DOST OPEN UP MY LIFE (1963) $3.25 pb PH -127-4 MYSTICISM IN ROBERT BROWNING, $40, 0-8383-1029-X MSG Haskell House NEW STUDIES IN MYSTICAL RELIGION (1973) $250 Gordon Press THE FLOWERING OF MYSTICISM: THE FRIENDS OF GOD IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. New York: MacMillan and Co., 1939. MYSTICISM AND DEMOCRACY IN THE ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard U Press, 1932. STUDIES IN MYSTICAL RELIGION. London: MacMillan Co., 1923. $$$ ABOUT RUFUS JONES David Hinshaw, RUFUS JONES, MASTER QUAKER (1977) $24 0-8369-5554-4 Ayer Elizabeth Gray Vining, FRIEND OF LIFE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF RUFUS M JONES, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1958 and 1981, 347pp $14.50 from FGCB Account of a Friend whose ministry and writing had a profound influence on modern Quakerism. $$$ ABOUT THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE Marvin R Weisbord, SOME FORM OF PEACE: TRUE STORIES OF THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE AT HOME AND ABROAD. Viking Press, NY, 1968, LC 68-23996. $6, 168pp Gerald Jonas, ON DOING GOOD, Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1971, ASIN 0-684-10317-6 Portions of this book appeared originally in the NEW YORKER, in somewhat different form. Historically, Quakers have worked for prison reform, care of the mentally ill, racial equiality, and resolution of differences in a nonviolent context. The AFSC seeks to implement these and allied goals, and of the 50,000 persons who make regularly scheduled donations to its work, a majority are non-Quakers. It takes its cue from William Penn, who said: "A good end cannot sanctify evil means, nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it.... Let us then try what Love will do; for if men did once see we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us. Force may subdue, but Love gains; and he that forgives first, wins the laurel." Part I, "ROOTS," gives a history of the Quaker movement, with special attention to the Colony of Pennsylvania, and the effort to establish a permanent relationship of trust, friendship, and fair dealing with the Indians of the area, and how and why that relationship eventually deteriorated. Part II, "CASES," relates the work of some AFSC representatives with the East Garfield Tenants Union in a mostly black area in Chicago, and discusses problems relating to segregated and to substandard housing. It also contains an extensive discussion of how the AFSC works, and how Quaker groups arrive at decisions. Part III, "COMMUNITY," deals with the Quaker "peace testimony," and the traditional Quaker refusal to countenance war or to participate in it, regardless of the justice of the cause. The AFSC was organized to provide alternative service for conscientious objectors in World War I. But in the 1960s, some members argued that to accept CO status was an unacceptable compromise with evil that to allow the government to decide who was a sincere objector and who was a malingerer was to let the government be the arbiter of the conscience, and that to accept alternative service, or even to accept a jail sentence as an alternative to being drafted was wrong, just as it was wrong in the Civil War to get out of the draft by paying a $300 exemption fee. To take this position amounted to saying that the AFSC had been actively working hand in glove with the Devil since its inception. Not all AFSC members welcomed this insight. The AFSC Community Relations Division faced difficulties in 1967 and 1968 when a Black Power Caucus in the New England Region demanded that AFSC funds be turned over to black liberation groups with no strings attached. One Quaker responded that to ask him to furnish money that might well be used to buy guns was totally unacceptable, but opinion, and ultimately response, was divided. One leader said, "Our sympathy for black people as victims is so great that we go too far in blinding ourselves to their faults we romanticize their strength and vitality. I'd be inclined to criticize their violent words and actions and let the chips fall where they may. We made it a point of honor to challenge white violence and racism we used so much ingenuity to show that you COULD have a black person working in the suburbs when we were ASSURED that you couldn't.... I only hope we can use the same ingenuity to show the Black Power people that they can work with whites." (Jonas, 158-164) During the Vietnam conflict, the AFSC sent drugs and other medical supplies to North Vietnam, sometimes in violation of federal law. They normally would have sent representatives to supervise the distribution of the supplies, but the Hanoi government would not permit this, and the AFSC acquiesced. (Jonas, 166-177) Peter Brock, PACIFISM IN THE UNITED STATES (1968) Lester M. Jones, QUAKERS IN ACTION, 1929, MacMillan, NY, 226pp John Forbes, THE QUAKER STAR UNDER SEVEN FLAGS, 1917-1927, 1962, U Penn Pr, Philadelphia, LC 61-5539 David Hinshaw, AN EXPERIMENT IN FRIENDSHIP, 1947, G P Putnam's Sons, 147pp, (AFSC in Finland) Guenter Lewy, PEACE AND REVOLUTION: THE MORAL CRISIS OF AMERICAN PACIFISM, Eerdmans, 1987, ISBN 0-8028-3640-2. Chuck Fager (Charles E Fager), editor, QUAKER SERVICE AT THE CROSSROADS, Kimo Press, 1987, ISBN 0-945117-02-X, 216pp, $5pb In the U.S., Quaker service, especially the American Friends Service Committee, has caused controversy both within and outside the Society of Friends. In QUAKER SERVICE AT THE CROSSROADS, sixteen distinguished writers examine the issues and criticisms involved. A fascinating, searching look at a key Quaker institution. $$$ BRANCHES OF QUAKERISM SHAPE OF QUAKERISM IN NORTH AMERICA, by Ferner Nuhn, 1984, 20 pp. $1.50 from FGCB A tree of major branches of Friends is followed by brief explanations of branches and cross-fertilizations. RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN NORTH AMERICA CHART, by Geoffrey Kaiser, 30 by 40 inches, black on white. $10 from FGCB Traces all yearly meetings established since 1661. Includes commentary on the development of the various branches, comparative numerical statistics, and some provocative questions about the future. TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN QUAKERISM, by Thomas D. Hamm, 1988, 286 pp. $14 from FGCB Study of Orthodox Friends 1800-1907. GROWING UP PLAIN: THE JOURNEY OF A PUBLIC FRIEND, by Wilmer A. Cooper, Friends United Press, 1999, 200pp, $16.50pb GROWING UP PLAIN: THE JOURNEY OF A PUBLIC FRIEND, by Wilmer A. Cooper, FUP, ISBN 0-944350-44-5 200pp, $16.50pb from FGCB In GROWING UP PLAIN, Quaker theologian, teacher and author Cooper sets forth the theology and practice of faith among the "plain people" of Quakerdom. His personal story brings that theology to life in an intimate, accessible way. From his boyhood pranks, to the life-changing decision to leave his community for many years of graduate study and scholarship, through his role as founding dean at Earlham School of Religion, Wilmer Cooper's memoirs of his "life as a Public Friend" are set firmly in a part of Quaker culture that is very relevant today. GROWING UP PLAIN is, in fact, three books in one a mix of history, theology, and autobiography. In addition to placing Conservative Friends within the Quaker historical "mix," Wil Cooper draws on early books of discipline and favorite spiritual readings to clarify the basis of the Conservative Friends faith. He is honest about the strictures of that faith on the life of a young boy as he also claims its benefits. Wil's final charge is for Conservative Friends to be true to who they are and to their role among Friends today. You will delight in this story of a Quaker culture that has wisdom to offer Friends today and its impact on the life of Wilmer Cooper, founding dean of the Earlham School of Religion. (Read an excerpt published in the September 1999 issue of Quaker Life.) A LIVING FAITH: A HISTORICAL STUDY OF QUAKER BELIEFS, by Wilmer A. Cooper, 1990, 217pp $14 from FGCB, ISBN 0-944350-12-7 Account of changing Quaker belief, noting Friends theological heritage in many areas being discussed in meetings today. Books which present a systematic theological reflection on Quaker beliefs are rare. Wilmer Cooper draws on thirty years of teaching theology and social ethics, with a concentration on Quaker studies, for this work. Each chapter has questions for use by those who wish to use the book for group discussions. Includes glossary of theological terms. $$$ QUAKERISM AS EVANGELICAL QUAKERS IN PURITAN ENGLAND, by Hugh Barbour, 1964, 272 pp. $15 from FGCB A classic study in the beginnings of Quakerism and its relationship to other religious movements of its time. Douglas Gwyn, APOCALYPSE OF THE WORD: THE LIFE AND MESSAGE OF GEORGE FOX, Friends United Press, Richmond, Indiana, 1986, ISBN 0-913408-91-3. [JEK: Gwyn is concerned to present the message of Fox, based on an analysis of some of his statements. He sees Fox's thought as based on the New Testament, in particular on the Book of Revelation. He explicitly disagrees with Rufus Jones, saying: "Jones's sense of the universal is tied to an understanding of human reason as a divine, saving faculty. But we shall see repeatedly in this study that Fox understands the light as inward but fundamentally alien to human nature."] Maurice A. Creasy, "Early Quaker Christology, with special reference to the Teaching and Significance of Isaac Penington, 1616-1679." PhD diss., U of Leeds, 1956. T. Joseph Pickvance, GEORGE FOX ON THE LIGHT OF CHRIST WITHIN. Gloucester, England: George Fox Fund, 1978. Lewis Benson, CATHOLIC QUAKERISM, 1968, Philadelphia, Philadelphia YM. Lewis Benson, WHAT DID GEORGE FOX TEACH ABOUT CHRIST? 1976 Gloucester, New Foundation. Lewis Benson, THE QUAKER VISION, 1979 Gloucester, New Foundation. Lewis Benson, THE TRUTH IS CHRIST, 1981, Gloucester, New Foundation. Lewis Benson, "George Fox's Teaching about Christ," QUAKER RELIGIOUS THOUGHT, vol XVI, nos. 1 & 2 (Winter 1974-5): 20-42. Lewis Benson, "'That of God in Every Man'--What Did George Fox Mean by It?" QUAKER RELIGIOUS THOUGHT, vol XII, no. 2 (Spring 1970) 2-25 Dean Freiday, THE BIBLE: ITS CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION AND USE IN 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY ENGLAND, 1979, Pittsburgh, Catholic and Quaker Studies. Dean Freiday, NOTHING WITHOUT CHRIST: SOME CURRENT PROBLEMS IN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN THE LIGHT OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY THOUGHT AND EXPERIENCE, 1984, Newberg, Oregon: Barclay Press. T. Canby Jones, editor, QUAKER UNDERSTANDING OF CHRIST AND OF AUTHORITY, Philadelphia, Faith and Life Movement, no date. T. Canby Jones, "The Nature and Functions of the Light in the Thought of George Fox," QUAKER RELIGIOUS THOUGHT vol IV, nos. 1,2 (Winter 1974-5): pages 53-71 Geoffrey Nuttall, THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE PURITAN FAITH AND EXPERIENCE, 1946, Oxford: Blackwell. Hannah Whitall Smith, THE CHRISTIAN'S SECRET OF A HAPPY LIFE, $5 pb Fleming H Revell Co, 1985, ISBN 0-8007-8007-8 A LIFE OF SEARCH by D. Elton Trueblood, 1996, 106 pp. $10.50 from FGCB Elton Trueblood understood his spiritual journey to be a life of search, and this book chronicles how that search led him to view his Christian faith. $$$ QUAKERISM AS LIBERAL WITHOUT APOLOGY: THE HEROES, THE HERITAGE, AND THE HOPE OF LIBERAL QUAKERISM, by Chuck Fager. Kimo Press ISBN 0-945177-13-5 190pp $9pb Quaker theology with a sense of humor. Upbeat and assertive, Without Apology has been met with wide praise among readers: "Without Apology is an important addition to any Quaker library, I know of nothing quite like it anywhere in the Quaker corpus. It will repay many times over the provocation its compelling prose offers." --Larry Ingle, author of First Among Friends. "We are impressed by the job you've done. We considered ourselves knowledgeable about Quaker history, but we both learned a lot from your book." --Elizabeth Watson JOB SCOTT'S ESSAYS ON SALVATION BY CHRIST, AND THE DEBATE THAT FOLLOWED THEIR PUBLICATION, by Job Scott. 1993, 154pp, $9.25hc from FGCB This 18th century [Hicksite] Quaker's theological writings are reprinted here, along with responses and records from the debate that followed their original publication. The Barbados Letter is not Fox's only creedal statement. Two others, both less orthodox than it, are SOME PRINCIPLES OF THE ELECT PEOPLE OF GOD WHO IN SCORN ARE CALLED QUAKERS (London, no pub., 1661) and SOME PRINCIPLES OF THE ELECT PEOPLE OF GOD IN SCORN CALLED QUAKERS (London, no pub., 1671). [ASK INGLE HOW TO FIND COPIES!!] $$$ QUAKERISM AS MYSTICAL For an overview of the debate on Fox's mysticism, see Melvin B. Endy, Jr., "The Interpretation of Quakerism: Rufus Jones and his Critics," QUAKER HISTORY 70 (1981): 3-21. Christopher J. Holdsworth, "Mystics and Heretics in the Middle Ages: Rufus Jones Reconsidered." JOURNAL OF THE FRIENDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY 53 (1972): 9-30. $$$ QUAKERISM AS APOCALYPTIC Douglas Gwyn, APOCALYPSE OF THE WORD: THE LIFE AND MESSAGE OF GEORGE FOX, Friends United Press, Richmond, Indiana, 1986, ISBN 0-913408-91-3 Gwyn is concerned to present the message of Fox, based on an analysis of some of his statements. He sees Fox's thought as based on the New Testament, in particular on the Book of Revelation. He explicitly disagrees with Rufus Jones, saying: "Jones's sense of the universal is tied to an understanding of human reason as a divine, saving faculty. But we shall see repeatedly in this study that Fox understands the light as inward but fundamentally alien to human nature." APOCALYPSE OF THE WORD by Douglas Gwyn. 1986, 241pp. $15 from FGCB, Study Guide $1.50 Examines the apocalyptic vision behind Fox's teaching and spirituality. Study Guide includes 12 sessions with Bible readings, questions for discussion, and resources. See H. Larry Ingle, "George Fox, Millenarian," ALBION 24 (1992): 259-76. $$$ QUAKERISM AS HUMANISTIC $$$ QUAKERISM AS AD HOC H. Larry Ingle, "From Mysticism to Radicalism: Recent Historiography of Quaker Beginnings." QUAKER HISTORY 76 (1987): 79-94. $$$ BY STEPHEN GRELLET $$$ ABOUT STEPHEN GRELLET $$$ QUAKERS IN EDUCATION $$$ QUAKERS IN SCIENCE Anna Ruth Fry (QUAKER WAYS, London: Cassel & Co., 1933) Sir Arthur Eddington, THE NATURE OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD (The Gifford Lectures for 19??), Sir Arthur Eddington, SCIENCE AND THE UNSEEN WORLD (Swarthmore Lecture, 1929), $$$ QUAKERS IN THE ARTS QUAKER ARTISTS by Gary Sandman. 1992, 78 pp., paperback $15 from FGCB Contains the stories of Quaker artists such as James Michener, Joan Baez, Ben Kingsley, Bonnie Raitt, James Dean, and many more. Includes reviews, history of Friends, history of Quaker art, study questions, reproductions, illustrations, and a bibliography. Period covered: 1657-1992. $$$ QUAKERS IN INDUSTRY Arthur Raistrick, QUAKERS IN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (Philosophical Library, NY, 1950) PHILADELPHIA QUAKERS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE, 1865-1920, by Philip S. Benjamin, 1976, 301 pp., PYM $6hc from FGCB Well researched, illuminating sociological study of Friends at an important turning point. On Quakers in business, see: Joshua Rowntree, SOCIAL SERVICE: ITS PLACE IN THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (London, 1913); Isabel Grubb, QUAKERISM AND INDUSTRY BEFORE 1800 (London, 1930); Paul H. Emden, QUAKERS IN COMMERCE (London, 1939) END OF LIST