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Whatever happened to Puritans, the 17th-century radicals and religious zealots who are credited with founding the country, giving us its work ethic and being the bulk of the Pilgrims who gave us the first Thanksgiving? Contemporary scholars say their keystone concept of religious community contributing to create a better society lives on in modern ...

Church Leaders in Liverpool have issued a joint statement condemning homophobia.

Members of the Fairview Elementary School Student Council recently raked leaves for elderly people in their neighborhood.

Text Archive > American Libraries > Some account of the life and religious services of Joseph Edgerton, a minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends, with extracts from his correspondence Some account of the life and religious services of Joseph Edgerton, a minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends, with extracts from his ...

The public is invited a presentation sponsored by Redding Friends Meeting entitled Meet the Quakers 10 a.m. to noon, Sunday, Nov.

This morning I spoke at meeting to deliver a vocal ministry that, once it had fully formed in my consciousness, I knew would likely not be received with accolades.

Text Archive > American Libraries > Incidents illustrating the doctrines and history of the Society of Friends Incidents illustrating the doctrines and history of the Society of Friends This book has an editable web page on Open Library .

Text Archive > American Libraries > A journal of the life, travels, and religious labors of William Savery, a minister of the Gospel of Christ, of the Society of Friends, late of Philadelphia A journal of the life, travels, and religious labors of William Savery, a minister of the Gospel of Christ, of the Society of Friends, late of Philadelphia ...

Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice by Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye depicts the insidious nature of racism as it highlights the work for racial justice among Quakers, also known as Friends.

Montgomery County residents seem to love a good ghost story. Whether they believe them or not, few can resist haunted tales this time of year.

The Hamilton Religious Society of Friends will meet at Chapel House on the Colgate Campus at 10 a.m. from Oct.

This country once was filled with good, old-fashioned individualism. Lately many people seem to represent subservient sheep that call the conservative opposition to "anything this administration" plain stupidity and back-worldly. I posit that opposition in a democracy is a good thing.

Early American Quakers were once persecuted for their faith, with a history in their new North American home that included public executions on Boston Common and being accused of witchcraft by New England's 17th century Puritan populace.

The word "Puritan" conjures images of black cloaks and a bleak lifestyle, but according to award-winning author Diane Rapaport, 17th-century American colonists wore bright clothes and "even had sex." It wasn't just Hester Prynne who challenged tenets of the times, she said.

Quakersism is a non-credal faith having neither magisterium or hierarchy. That its ethos survives, coheres and continues to develop, is in no small part due to the central Testimonies against which Quakers, both corporately and as individuals, constantly check and challenge their lives.

This much was clear from the moment she opened her mouth and told the capacity audience in the new Quaker Centre that she had a wet bottom from getting caught in the October rain And this was not just an ice-breaker, although it succeeded as such too; her dialogue with Geoffrey Durham, about her life, career, writings and experiences of Quakerism - ...

Santa Fe Quakers are inviting the whole community to the new southside "Quaker House," which opened in September 2008.

Reading Eagle: Bill Uhrich Overseer and birthright Quaker member with the most "weight," Winfield Keck, 92, of Boyertown sits quietly in a facing bench that at one time was used by elders in the Exeter Friends Meetinghouse, Exeter Township.

Quakers in Warwick are welcoming people of all ages and backgrounds to find out about their group next week.

THE religiously curious are invited to a series of events held by Enfield Quakers which start tonight.