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Towards modern Quakerism - Coggle Diagram
Towards modern Quakerism
Evangelicalism 1830-1890
new
Quakers part of the wider Christian family
in alliance with other evangelical movements
Bible is source of authority
emphasis on need for salvation
can marry non-Quaker Christians
increasing
outreach
bring people to Christ
in the world, but not of it
activism
prison reform
Elizabeth Fry
Joseph Rowntree
poverty
alcohol
Friends Foreign Mission Association
education
health
agriculture
spread of Gospel
Peace work
Crimea
Relief and rehabilitation
education
Adult schools movement
mental health
numbers
freedom from repression
1870 Quakers allowed to participate fully in public life
lessening
interference of the Meeting in Quaker private lives
insistence on dress and speech codes
inward and exclusive orientation
disputes and separation between rival strands of Quakerism in America
later emerging as 3 groups*
Pastoral / Programmed Friends
Conservative Friends
Liberal Friends
Liberal Quakerism 1890-1950
Manchester Conference 1895
foundation of modern Quakerism
experience is primary basis of authority
faith to be relevant to the age
progressive revelation
open to new light
Woodbrooke College established
influence on Quaker thought
Darwinism
new Biblical criticism
activism
peace
conscientious objection
Friends Ambulance Unit
Friends War Victims Relief Committee
Nobel Peace prize 1947
involvement in music and the arts
Contemporary Quakerism 1950s on
broad spectrum of belief
Christocentric Friends
New Foundation
Universalists
one mountain, many paths
less interest in the Bible
strong links
Green movement
anti-nuclear movement
peace movement
scepticism about theological distinctions and definitions
Today: challenges & opportunities
emergence of
Multi-faith / no-faith Society
concerns about
reducing numbers
loss or change of Quaker identity
relevance of existing Quaker structures
activism
growth of Mediation movement
Restorative justice