| Photo: The Clearing in Autumn by Dave Clark |
Resources
| Books on Quakerism |
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Midlothian Meeting maintains a library of books on Quakerism. Listed
below are some of the all-time favorite books of friends.
Note that some of these books may be
out of print, in which case an on-line book store like Amazon.com or
Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com) may be helpful: General: Friends for 300 Years by Howard H. Brinton, ISBN 0-87574-903-8, Pendle Hill Press. A history of Quakers, written about 1952 but still definitive. Beyond Majority Rule: voteless decisions in the Religious Society of Friends by Michael J. Sheeran. ISBN: 0-941308-04-9. This book, written by a Catholic Jesuit priest, explores how Friends arrive at a decision without relying on votes or majority rule. Encounter with Silence by John Punshon,
ISBN: 0-913408-96-4. A personal account of
experiences in silent worship, written by a British Quaker. |
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Resources
| Magazines and Newsletters |
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The dominant magazine for the unprogrammed tradition of which
Midlothian Quakers are a part is
Friends Journal, an
independent magazine serving the Religious Society of Friends.
Published monthly, an annual subscription costs $29. For more
information, email Friends
Journal. Midlothian Meeting publishes its own newsletter every other month. To receive a free 6 month subscription, email your request, including your mailing address to the Newsletter Editor. Pendle Hill is the name of a Quaker retreat and conference center outside of Philadelphia that also publishes numerous pamphlets on Quakerism. Some of these pamphlets are available each Sunday at meeting for worship. For more information, or to order a catalog, contact the Pendle Hill bookstore. Pamphlets can be ordered on-line through this site. |
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Resources
| Web Site Links |
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The best starting point for learning about Quakers through the
Internet is
www.quaker.org. This is a general purpose entry point, and
includes everything from Quaker schools to Quaker meetings to Quaker
businesses. This is a US based web site. In Great Britain, the equivalent to www.quaker.org is www.quaker.org/uk. A helpful part of that site is the "Unofficial Internet Starter Pack for Quakers". Richmond Friends Meeting web site is www.richmondfriends.org. Baltimore Yearly Meeting web site is www.bym-rsf.org. (Included on their web site are the web addresses of the other Virginia meetings.) Friends Committee on National Legislation has a web site at www.fcnl.org. The American Friends Service Committee maintains a web site at www.afsc.org. |
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