"The earth to be spann'd, connected by net-work...
The oceans to be cross'd, the distant brought near,
The lands to be welded together." (W. Whitman, d. 1892)
Welcome to theQUAKER ELECTRONIC ARCHIVEand MEETING PLACE |
Founded in early 1994 as the first general-purpose Quaker site on the Internet, this site contains Quaker writings and other documents such as minutes and resource guides, as well as a message board. The archive offers a keyword search function, and links to other sites of interest to Friends are also provided.
The site is maintained by George Amoss Jr., a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
DOCUMENTS IN THIS ARCHIVE:
Click here for a list of recent additions to the archive. (Most recent update: 02/26/04)
BIBLICAL ISSUES
- George Fox: some remarks
on the Bible
- Samuel Fisher on the
Bible
- Isaac Penington on the
Bible
- "One Quaker's View" -- Papers by George Amoss on biblical issues
BOOK REVIEWS
- Michael Christianson on
Marcus Borg's Meeting Jesus Again for the First
Time
- Rhoda Gilman on Phyllis Mack's Visionary Women
HISTORIC MATERIAL (See also BIBLICAL ISSUES and JOURNALS.)
- Barclay's fifteen theses,
from his Apology for the True Christian Divinity
(1675)
- "The testimony of
Margaret Fox, concerning her late husband, George Fox" -- an
excerpt
- George Fox on Ministry
- George Fox -- an epistle on peace
- George Fox -- Three annotated selections from The
Great Mystery
- George Fox -- The Pearl Found in
England and The Wrath of the Lamb (annotated)
- James Nayler's last
testimony
- Isaac Penington on the
ground of unity and liberty
- Two brief passages on
silent worship by Caroline Stephen
- Excerpt from a letter on
Quakers by Voltaire
- John Woolman's "A Plea for the Poor" (Part X)
- John Woolman's
universalist credo
INTRODUCTIONS TO QUAKERISM
- "A Guide to Quaker Worship" - intro. leaflet from Homewood
Friends Meeting, MD, USA
- "What Friends Believe" - from Little Falls Meeting, MD,
USA
- "Nine Questions About Friends"
- "Facts About Friends" by T. Hoare of Australia Yearly
Meeting
- "Friendly Answers to Questions About Quakers" - link to
San Francisco Friends Meeting page
- "Quakers in Brief" by David Murray-Rust
- Adaptation of a welcome leaflet from Oxford (Ohio, USA)
Meeting
- Quaker Views -- an excellent series of leaflets
(link to the Britain Yearly Meeting page at
www.quaker.org.uk)
- An introduction to meeting for business, from Glasgow Meeting,
Scotland
- A brief description of the main branches of USA Quakerism by
Bill Samuel
JOURNALS
- Excerpts from George
Fox's Journal and other writings
- Autobiography
of George Fox - (link to Christian Classics Ethereal
Library)
- Journal of John Woolman - (link to U of VA)
- "Members of One Body" --
Vol. 1 of excerpts from the Journal of George Amoss
Jr.
- "Reflections on Quaker Worship and Business Meetings" -- Vol. 2
of excerpts from the Journal of George Amoss Jr.
- "Transcriptions of Messages Given in Worship" -- Vol. 3
of excerpts from the Journal of George Amoss Jr.
MINUTES, QUERIES, EPISTLES, FAITH & PRACTICE (See also SAME SEX ISSUES.
- "Some Thoughts on Minutes" - an essay by John Little
Randall
- Minute on the death penalty, from Green Country
M.M.
- Minute on the death penalty, from Providence
M.M.
- Minute on the death penalty/Declaration of Life, from Lexington
M.M.
- Minute from Illinois Yearly Meeting on human reproductive
issues
- Minute from Illinois Yearly Meeting on issues involving human
sexuality
- Quaker Faith & Practice: Britain Yearly Meeting
(1995) (link to Norwich)
- Quaker Faith & Practice: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
(1997: PDF format) (link to PYM)
- Queries of Baltimore Yearly Meeting (1988)
- Queries for prospective members, from Stony Run,
MD
- An epistle on peacemaking from Bethesda Meeting,
MD
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL
- "Echoes from a M&W Committee Retreat Concerning
Eldering"
- "The Feather of Peace" - a story from Quaker history, re-told
for children. (Religious Ed. pamphlet)
- An Easter (1994) message from Friend David Finke
- "The Making of a Quaker Atheist" by George Amoss Jr. -- link to
Quaker Theology site
- "The Power of Suffering Love: James Nayler and Robert Rich" by
George Amoss Jr.
- "Reforming Christianity," a Universalist Friends editorial by
George Amoss Jr. (link to QUF)
- "The Whipping of the Quaker Women" (Link to Dover Library)
- Reactions of an American Friend to business meetings in
England
- On Quaker Weddings (from Glasgow, Scotland)
- "John Woolman: The Story of a Quaker Conscience" (Religious Ed. pamphlet)
OUTREACH SERVICES
- "Pendle Hill on the Road" announcement of service from Pendle
Hill
- The Quaker Universalist Fellowship page
- The Wider Quaker Fellowship -- excerpt from a pamphlet
POEMS AND PRAYERS
- Richard Bear: "George Fox," a poem
- Judy Brutz: a prayer
- Michael Christianson: "Art School," a poem
- "Daily Prayer" by Brian Dunn
- "Are You Sitting Comfortably?" by Tommy Dunn
- Camilla Hewson Flinterman: two poems
- Francis of Assisi: two (attributed) prayers
- Gary Gillespie: two poems
- Jody Hopkins: seven poems
- Arthur O. Roberts: "When I Am Very Old," a poem
- Tony Scilipoti: six poems
- Michael E. Thompson: two poems
- Roger Wilson: poem
RESOURCE GUIDES
- A short list of resources on rapid population growth as a
Friends concern
- Some print and electronic resources for persons interested in
Quakerism
SAME SEX ISSUES:
Link to
the Archive's Same Sex Issues page.
American Friends
Service Committee 
Fellowship of Friends of
African
Descent 
Friends Committee on
National Legislation 
QuakerFinder.org -- locates FGC meetings
Quaker Universalist
Fellowship
Link to other Quaker
Web sites through www.quaker.org.
The Engaged
Buddhist-Dharma site 
Link to other peace and
justice sites through the Bread Not Bombs page
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