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The Quakers

Book by Hugh Barbour, J. William Frost; Greenwood Press, 1988

Subjects:

Quakers--United States--Biography, Society Of Friends, Society Of Friends--United States

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...differences remain. Those professionally Quaker also interact. The Superintendents of...FWCC called a series of Conferences on Quaker Mission and Service in London and Maryland to bring together evangelists from Quaker mission fields and Friends Service Committees...
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Walking in the Way of Peace: Quaker Pacifism in the Seventeenth Century

Book by Meredith Baldwin Weddle; Oxford University Press, 2000

Subjects:

England--Church History--17th Century, King Philip's War, 1675-1676--Religious Aspects--Society Of Friends, New England--Church History--17th Century, Quakers--England--History--17th Century, Quakers--New England--History--17th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Howland of Duxbury signed a Quaker marriage certificate...married under the care of Quakers in 1683. 53 These men were cousins, one a Quaker and one not; such are...Plymouth for holding Quaker meetings in his house and entertaining foreign Quakers. 55 Smith moved to Dartmouth...
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The Quakers in English Society, 1655-1725

Book by Adrian Davies; Clarendon Press, 2000

Subjects:

Great Britain--Church History--17th Century, Great Britain--Church History--18th Century, Quakers--Great Britain--History--17th Century, Quakers--Great Britain--History--18th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...favourably upon non-Quaker kin and the wider community...customs reveals that the Quakers did not usu- ally discriminate...and property to non-Quaker children, brothers...by the manner in which Quakers proved their wills during...Friends looked to non-Quaker kin to serve as executors...
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The Quakers and the English Revolution

Book by Barry Reay; Temple Smith, 1985

Subjects:

England--Church history--17th century, Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660, Quakers--England--History--17th Century, Society of Friends--England--History--17th century

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...counties to mobilize Quaker support for suitable non-Quaker parliamentary candidates. The Quakers were by then an acknowledged...lines. 33 Two Norfolk Quakers were in trouble in 1662...threatening that if the Quaker Act was enforced rather...
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Two Early Political Associations: The Quakers and the Dissenting Deputies in the Age of Sir Robert Walpole

Book by N. C. Hunt; Clarendon Press, 1961

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Church and state--Great Britain, Dissenters, Religious--Great Britaian, Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714, Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1760, Quakers--Great Britain

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Lincolnshire: Quaker letters to M.P.s, 7; Quakers lobby M.P.s...in, 28 -29; Quaker letters to M.P.s in, 7; Quakers admitted to Freedom...petition against Quakers from Clergy of...Military service, Quaker objection to...

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Journal Articles on: quaker

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Imaginary Friends: Representing Quakers in Early American Fiction

Journal article by James Emmett Ryan; Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 31, 2003

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American literature, American literature--Criticism and interpretation, Quakers, Quakers--Portrayals, Religious Society of Friends--Portrayals, Stowe, Harriet Beecher--Criticism and interpretation, Uncle Tom's Cabin (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...of spirituality, no Quaker refers to Christ." (5) Quakers in the novel are fashioned...while the imaginary Quaker does what only Quakers can apparently do...the standards set by Quaker idealism. But Quakers in American fiction...
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Roman Catholic-Quaker Dialogue [*

Journal article by Jay Wesley Worrall Iv; 1999

Subjects:

Catholicity--Research, Ecumenical movement--Research, Intercommunion--Research, Quakers--Research

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Divine Will in the Quaker Meeting. That both Roman Catholics and Quakers see the activity...Roman Catholics and Quakers who report mystical...Both Catholic and Quaker religious experiences...Roman Catholics and Quakers a unique opportunity...Roman Catholic-Quaker encounter has taken...
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Quakers, Ecumenism and the WCC

Journal article by Dean Freiday; The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 46, 1994

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Ecumenical movement--Analysis, Quakers--Attitudes, World Council of Churches--Membership

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the death of some Quakers. For a long time...Eskimos has been a Quaker; and they now have...1987 catalogue from Quakers United in Publishing...print from thirty Quaker-related publishers...1885-1977) were Quakers. (9)John Punshon...Silence, London, Quaker Home Service, and...
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They Who Burned Themselves for Peace: Quaker and Buddhist Self-Immolators during the Vietnam War

Journal article by Sallie B. King; Buddhist-Christian Studies, 2000

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Buddhist monks--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Martyrs--Analysis, Quakers--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Suicide--Religious aspects, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Demonstrations, protests, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...central tenets of the Quaker tradition. Quakers model themselves...supportive than the Quaker in this regard...noteworthy that the Quakers are quite straightforward...ambivalence among both Quakers and Buddhists regarding these acts, the Quaker community has come...
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Women in the Seventeenth-Century Quaker Community: A Literary Study of Political Identities, 1650-1700

Journal article by Judith Kegan Gardiner; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, Women in the Seventeenth-Century Quaker Community: A Literary Study of Political Identities, 1650-1700 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...nearly four thousand Quaker texts published between...century England were Quakers when women authors overall...repression created martyrs, Quaker accounts highlighted...official rhetoric: "Quakers suffer together as one...distinctions" (63). Quaker women also published...

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Magazine Articles on: quaker

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A Heavenly Visitation: Larry Gragg Recounts the Reasons for the Visit of the Quaker George Fox to Barbados in 1671, and the Significance of His Presence There

Magazine article by Larry Gragg; History Today, Vol. 52, February 2002

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Barbados--History, Colonization--Barbados, Evangelistic work--Barbados, Fox, George--Conduct of life, Missionaries--Conduct of life, Quakers--Conduct of life

Collections: History, Entire Library

...entrusted cargoes to Quaker shipmasters and created...network of fellow Quakers with whom they traded...Predictably, several Quakers risked arrest by...slaves to meetings. Quaker slave owners also...of the decline in Quaker numbers. In their...Meeting, island Quakers reported the heavy...
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Pennzoil: Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Drives Supplier Diversity

Magazine article; Black Enterprise, Vol. 32, June 2002

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Industrial suppliers--Management, Lubricants industry--Economic policy, Multiculturalism--Business and industry, Pennzoil-Quaker State Co.--Management

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Pennzoil: Pennzoil-Quaker State Company drives supplier diversity HOUSTON, Apr. 24-Pennzoil-Quaker State Company emphasizes supplier diversity...and the driving experience. Pennzoil-Quaker State Company holds the number one and...
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Rethinking Pacifism: The Quakers' Dilemma in a Time of War

Magazine article by Natasha Hunter; The American Prospect, Vol. 12, December 3, 2001

Subjects:

Pacifism--Social aspects, Quakers--Social aspects, War and society--Social aspects

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...Rethinking pacifism: the Quakers dilemma in a time...alive somehow. The Quaker meetinghouse in Washington...unsteady. "I find my Quaker peace testimony stretched...front of him. "Quakers were able to resist...the questions that Quakers throughout the nation...doubts exemplifies the Quaker ideal of openness...
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The Americas: Pepsi Acquires Quaker Oats

Magazine article by Gordon Platt; Global Finance, Vol. 15, January 2001

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Acquisitions & mergers, Food processing industry, PepsiCo Inc, Quaker Oats Co, Soft drink industry, Swap arrangements, United States

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The Americas: Pepsi Acquires Quaker Oats by Gordon Platt PepsiCo, based in Purchase, New York, has agreed to acquire Quaker Oats, a Chicago-based producer of cereals...15.75 billion merger agreement with Quaker Oats, but Cokes board voted down the...
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Among Friends: My Life as a Jew & a Quaker

Magazine article by Ernest Rubinstein; Commonweal, Vol. 132, January 14, 2005

Subjects:

Christianity--Personal narratives, Faith--Personal narratives, Faith--Practice, Judaism--Personal narratives

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...discussion among Quakers today whether a Quaker must be Christian...officially joined a Quaker meeting. This...leadings (as the Quakers would say) toward...New York State Quakers) "those who manifest...meeting." As one Quaker friend explained...

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Newspaper Articles on: quaker

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Pennzoil, Quaker State Agree to $1 Billion Merger

Newspaper article by Peter Kaplan; The Washington Times, April 16, 1998

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Lubricants industry, Pennzoil Co., Petroleum industry, Quaker State Corp., Union Pacific Resources Group Inc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Pennzoil, Quaker State agree to $1 billion merger by Peter Kaplan Pennzoil Co. and Quaker State Corp. agreed to a $1 billion merger...production company, then combining them with rival Quaker State. Pennzoil spokesman Robert Harper said...
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Quaker Oats Leader Also Devoted Locally

Newspaper article by By Eileen O. Daday; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 25, 2008

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Cereal products industry, Quaker Oats Co.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Quaker Oats Leader Also Devoted Locally. by By...O. Daday Daily Herald Correspondent The Quaker Oats technical center has been a landmark...illness. He was 86. "He was a huge asset to Quaker Oats, both internally and with the Washington...
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Family Finds Stardom through Quaker Oatmeal

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 19, 2006

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Celebrities, Grain industry, Quaker Oats Co.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Family Finds Stardom through Quaker Oatmeal. Byline: Eileen O. Daday...cholesterol to consider taking the Quaker Oats Smart Heart Challenge. At the...and from the train to his office." Quaker Oats officials agreed, and within...
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Marwin Brown, Quaker Oats

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 16, 2011

Subjects:

Cereal products industry--Officials and employees, Quaker Oats Co.--Officials and employees, Vegetables

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Marwin Brown, Quaker Oats. Marwin Brown is a self-taught chef who combines his native Texan...expectation is that much greater because his dads the boss." Marwin Brown, Quaker Oats Marwin Brown is a self-taught chef who combines his native Texan...
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Most Quakers Opt out of Fight; Southern Cause Has Few Believers among Loudoun Friends

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 25, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...North. Although Loudouns Quakers had little to do with...Samuel M. Janney, a Quaker from Loudoun County...north, lost many of its Quakers to westward migration...said to have a distinct Quaker Community. * Steve Meserve...place of worship for Quakers in Loudoun County. NO...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: quaker

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Quaker-Ladies

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

QUAKER-LADIES see madder . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Quakers

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

QUAKERS see Friends, Religious Society of . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Friends, Religious Society Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...organization of the Wider Quaker Fellowship offers to non-Quakers, in sympathy with the Quaker spirit, a chance to aid...of Feminism: The Story of Quaker Women in America (1989); J. Walvin, The Quakers: Money and Morals (1998...
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Penn, William , Founder of Pennsylvania

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Pennsylvania 1644 1718, English Quaker, founder of Pennsylvania...Edward Byllynge, one of the two Quaker proprietors of West Jersey...charter of government for the Quakers settling there. In 1681...Buranelli, The King the Quaker (1962); M. B. Endy, Jr...
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Fenwick, John

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

FENWICK, JOHN 1618 83, Quaker colonist in America, b. England. Planning to found a Quaker refuge in America, Fenwick...New Jersey in trust for the Quaker merchant Edward Byllynge. In 1675 he and other Quakers founded at Salem the first...

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