QUAKERS
INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DENOMINATION
Summary: "The Religious Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers) is a Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. Traditionally George Fox has been credited as the founder or the most important early figure. The Society of Friends is counted among the historic peace churches." "The various branches have widely divergent beliefs and practices, but the central concept to many Friends is the "Inner Light". Accordingly, individual Quakers may develop individual religious beliefs arising from their personal conscience and revelation coming from "God within"; further, Quakers feel obliged to live by such individual religious beliefs and inner revelations. Many Quakers feel their faith does not fit within traditional Christian categories of Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant, but is an expression of another way of experiencing God. Although Quakers throughout most of their history and in most parts of the world today consider Quakerism to be a Christian movement, some Friends (principally in some Meetings in the United States and the United Kingdom) now consider themselves universalist, agnostic, atheist, pagan, or nontheist, or do not accept any religious label.[2] This phenomenon has become increasingly evident during the latter half of the 20th century and the opening years of the 21st century, and is still controversial among Friends." (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers )
Denomination Home Page: www.quaker.org/
Related Colleges & Seminaries
Quaker-originated Colleges and Universities:
Barclay College;
Bryn Mawr;
Cornell University;
Earlham College;
Earlham School of Religion;
Friends Theological College (Kaimosi, Kenya);
Friends University;
Friends World Program (formerly Friends World College);
George Fox University;
Guilford College;
Haverford College;
Houston Graduate School of Theology;
Johns Hopkins University;
Malone College;
Swarthmore College;
William Penn University;
Wilmington College;
Whittier College.
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INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DENOMINATION
Summary: "The Religious Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers) is a Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. Traditionally George Fox has been credited as the founder or the most important early figure. The Society of Friends is counted among the historic peace churches." "The various branches have widely divergent beliefs and practices, but the central concept to many Friends is the "Inner Light". Accordingly, individual Quakers may develop individual religious beliefs arising from their personal conscience and revelation coming from "God within"; further, Quakers feel obliged to live by such individual religious beliefs and inner revelations. Many Quakers feel their faith does not fit within traditional Christian categories of Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant, but is an expression of another way of experiencing God. Although Quakers throughout most of their history and in most parts of the world today consider Quakerism to be a Christian movement, some Friends (principally in some Meetings in the United States and the United Kingdom) now consider themselves universalist, agnostic, atheist, pagan, or nontheist, or do not accept any religious label.[2] This phenomenon has become increasingly evident during the latter half of the 20th century and the opening years of the 21st century, and is still controversial among Friends." (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers )
Denomination Home Page: www.quaker.org/
Related Colleges & Seminaries
Quaker-originated Colleges and Universities:
Barclay College;
Bryn Mawr;
Cornell University;
Earlham College;
Earlham School of Religion;
Friends Theological College (Kaimosi, Kenya);
Friends University;
Friends World Program (formerly Friends World College);
George Fox University;
Guilford College;
Haverford College;
Houston Graduate School of Theology;
Johns Hopkins University;
Malone College;
Swarthmore College;
William Penn University;
Wilmington College;
Whittier College.
Related Publishing Companies
Related Publications
Related Entities
Links by others about this denomination: