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Quaker views of homosexuality
The views of Quakers toward gay marriages, to the view that homosexuality is abhorrent and sinful. Since Quaker decision making is generally based on seeking "unity" or following the "sense of the meeting", some Quaker -
Wink (game)
Wink is a game generally played by high-school and college-aged people. Play is generally loud and vigorous, and often results in rug burns and other minor injuries. Games can attract a group of -
Quaker history
The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, is a movement that began in England in the 17th century. In its early days it faced opposition and persecution; however, it continued to expand, extending -
Religious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, was founded in Christian religious denomination by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. Historians generally credit George Fox with being -
Shakers
The Shakers, a Protestant religious denomination officially called the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, originated in Manchester, England in 1772 under the leadership of Mother Ann Lee, who moved the nine -
Westtown School
Founded in 1799 by the Religious Society of Friends, Westtown’s 600-acre campus is located in historic Chester County, PA, 25 miles west of Philadelphia. Westtown is a coeducational, college preparatory day and boarding -
Germantown Friends School
Germantown Friends School (GFS) is a co-educational Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, USA under the supervision of Germantown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is governed by a School Committee whose -
Haverford College
Haverford College is a private, liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. The college was founded in 1833 by area members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) to ensure an -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention, held in Seneca Falls, women's rights convention held in the United States, and as a result is often called the birthplace of feminism. Prominent at the 1848 convention were leading -
Yearly Meeting
Members of the Monthly Meetings. Quarterly meetings are organizations usually composed of a group of Monthly Meetings. Yearly Meetings derive their name from annual gatherings of members and attenders of the Religious Society of Friends -
Business
“It is nearly impossible to overestimate the influence of the Religious Society of Friends in the industrial revolution.”* The early Friends of the Truth were evangelical activists. George Fox, a preeminent Quaker minister at -
Swarthmore Lecture
The preface to the very first lecture explains the purpose of the series. “This book is the first of a series of public addresses to be known as the Swarthmore Lectures. The Lectureship was established -
Friends School of Baltimore
Friends School of Baltimore is a private school founded in 1784 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Classes were first held in the Aisquith Street Meetinghouse in the East Baltimore community of -
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the Swarthmore, Philadelphia. The school was founded in 1864 by a committee of Quakers who were members of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious -
Conservative Friends
Conservative Friends refers to members of a certain branch of the Yearly Meetings-- Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative), and Ohio Yearly Meeting. Conservative Friends are often seen as occupying a middle -
Testimony of Simplicity
The Testimony of Simplicity is the Quaker belief that a person ought to live his or her life simply in order to focus on what is most important and ignore or play down what is -
Inner light
The concept of the Inner Light is central to many versions of Quaker (or Religious Society of Friends) theology. It refers to God's presence within a person and to a direct and personal experience -
Earlham College
Earlham College is a national, selective Quaker liberal arts college in Friends' belief in equality, everyone addresses each other at Earlham by his or her first name, without the use of titles such as "doctor -
The Friends' School, Hobart
The Friends' School, Hobart is a private, co-educational Quaker school, located in Tasmania, Australia with a total enrolment of approximately 1250 (2006). It enjoys the distinction of being the largest Quaker-affiliated school in -
Worship
Silent communal worship goes back to the earliest generation of Friends. Why worship? -
Benjaminville Friends Meeting House and Burial Ground
The Benjaminville Friends Meeting House and Burial Ground is located north of the rural McLean County village of Benjaminville. The village was founded in 1856 after Quakers settled the area. More Quakers followed and the -
Quaker wedding
Quaker weddings are the traditional ceremony of marriage within the Religious Society of Friends. As soon as Friends began to grow in the early 1650s, the question of how to conduct the wedding became prominent -
Testimony of Equality
The Testimony of Equality is the Quaker belief that all people are created equal in the eyes of God. This Testimony has prompted Quakers to participate in actions that promote the equality of the sexes -
George School
George School is a private Quaker boarding and day Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA. George School was founded in Hicksite members of the Orthodox Westtown School; Although most of the early boarding students were Quaker, day students -
Brynmawr Experiment
Brynmawr, in South Wales suffered greatly from the 1920s through the Great Depression and World War II, when much of its traditional heavy industry disappeared. The distress began in 1921 with the closure of several
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