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Founded in early 1994 as the first general-purpose Quaker site on the Internet, this site contains Quaker writings as well as documents such as minutes and resource guides and basic information about Quakerism. The archive offers a keyword search function, and links to other sites of interest to Friends are also provided. (PLEASE NOTE: Because of thousands of "spam" messages, the message board has been shut down.) This site is maintained by George Amoss Jr., a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

DOCUMENTS IN THIS ARCHIVE
Choose from the following, or simply scroll down.

Biblical Issues	Book Reviews	Historic Material	Introductions to Quakerism
Journals	Minutes, Queries, Epistles, Faith & Practice	Miscellaneous Material	Outreach Services
Peace and Pacifism	Poems and Prayers	Resource Guides	Same Sex Issues

Click here for a list of recent additions to the archive. (Most recent update: 04/07/2016)

BIBLICAL ISSUES   

• Samuel Fisher: the Quaker view of the Bible  
  
• George Fox: some remarks on the Bible
  
• "One Quaker's View" -- George Amoss on the resurrection and on messiahship & discipleship in Mark
• Isaac Penington on the Bible
  
• Isaac Penington: The rule and guide of a Christian
  
• Caroline Stephen: "The Cardinal Doctrine of Quakerism"

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, JOURNALS, and PEACE & PACIFISM.)   

• Barclay's fifteen theses, from his Apology for the True Christian Divinity  (1675)
  
• "The testimony of Margaret [Fell] Fox, concerning her late husband, George Fox" -- an excerpt
  
• George Fox -- an exhortation on the Parable of Lazarus & the Rich Man
  
• George Fox -- an exhortation to Friends in the ministry 
  
• George Fox on marriage celebrations (Epistle 419)
  
• George Fox on ministry
  
• George Fox -- Three annotated selections from The Great Mystery (1659)
  
• George Fox -- The Pearl Found in England and The Wrath of the Lamb (annotated)
  
• James Nayler: "Truth Cleared from Scandals" -- a succinct summary of Nayler's beliefs
  
• James Nayler's last testimony  
  
• Isaac Penington: "Concerning Love"
  
• Isaac Penington on the ground of unity and liberty
  
• Isaac Penington on the early Quaker view of Justification
  
• 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  
  
• John Woolman on Wisdom and Simplicity  
  

INTRODUCTIONS TO QUAKERISM   

• "A Guide to Quaker Worship" - intro. leaflet from Homewood Friends Meeting, MD, USA
  
• "Facts About Friends" - by T. Hoare of Australia Yearly Meeting
  
• "Friendly Answers to Questions About Quakers" - link to San Francisco Friends Meeting page
  
• Introduction to meeting for business, from Glasgow Meeting, Scotland
  
• "Nine Questions [and Answers] About Friends"  
  
• "Quakers in Brief" - by David Murray-Rust - link to site at CCSG
  
• Quakerism's USA branches in brief - by Bill Samuel
  
• Welcome leaflet (adapted) from Oxford (Ohio, USA) Meeting
  
• "What Friends Believe" - from Little Falls Meeting, MD, USA
  

JOURNALS   

• Excerpts from George Fox's Journal  and other writings
  
• Journal of George Fox - (link to edited version of the Journal at Christian Classics Ethereal Library)
  
• Journal of John Woolman - (link to U of VA)
• Selections 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 and Practice: Baltimore Yearly Meeting (1988) (link to Baltimore Yearly Meeting site)
  
• Quaker Faith & Practice: Britain Yearly Meeting (1994, rev. 2004) (link)
  
• Quaker Faith & Practice: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (2002) (link to PYM)
  
• Queries of Baltimore Yearly Meeting (1988)
  
• Queries for prospective members, from Stony Run, MD
  

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL   

• A Contemporary Adaptation of George Fox's Epistle CXXX (Link to The Postmodern Quaker)
  
• "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)
  
• "The Making of a Quaker Atheist" by George Amoss Jr. -- link to Quaker Theology site
  
• On Quaker Weddings (from Glasgow, Scotland)
  
• "The Power of Suffering Love: James Nayler and Robert Rich" by George Amoss Jr.
  
• "The Psychology of Salvation: Recovering, Reframing, and Reclaiming the Early Quaker Experience" by George Amoss Jr.  
  
• A Quaker-L Easter (1994) Message from David Finke
• "A Quaker's Buddhist Practice" by George Amoss Jr., reprinted from Universalist Friends
• Reactions of an American Friend to business meetings in England
  
• "Reforming Christianity," a Universalist Friends editorial by George Amoss Jr. (link to QUF)
• "The Whipping of the Quaker Women" (Link to Dover Library)
• "John Woolman: The Story of a Quaker Conscience" (Religious Ed. pamphlet)

OUTREACH SERVICES   

• Quaker Quest U.K. (link)
  
• Quaker Quest U.S.A. (FGC) (link)
  
• Quaker Universalist Fellowship (link)
  
• Wider Quaker Fellowship -- excerpt from a pamphlet

PEACE & PACIFISM   

• The Quaker Peace Testimony -- link to Wikipedia article
  
• An epistle on peace by George Fox  
  
• An epistle on peacemaking from Bethesda Meeting, MD
  
• Isaac Penington's pacifism -- by George Amoss Jr. (link to Northwest Yearly Meeting)   
  
• Why Pacifism? -- A Post 9-11 Response to Kathleen Parker by George Amoss Jr.
  

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
  
• Some poems by John Greenleaf Whittier (link to Kimo Press)  
  
• 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:
(This section is not up to date and is provided for historical purposes.)   

• "Love and the Law" -- a 1995 essay by Michael Christianson, Esq., on same-sex unions and marriage "under the care of the Meeting"
• Minutes from New England YM meetings on same-sex unions
• Minute of Exercise, Putney M.M. (VT, USA) - on whether to sign state marriage certificates
• Misc. Meeting minutes re: same-sex unions (incomplete)
• Statement on Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights in Marriage - from University Monthly Meeting (WA, USA)

OTHER LINKS:   

American Friends Service Committee

Fellowship of Friends of African Descent

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology

Friends General Conference

Friends Journal

Friends Peace Teams

Peaceweb

Pendle Hill

QuakerFinder.org -- locates FGC meetings

Quaker House

Quaker Information Center

A Quaker Page

Quaker Theology

Quaker Universalist Fellowship

Quaker.org

Quaker.org.uk

Amnesty International

Buddhist Peace Fellowship

The Catholic Worker

War Resisters League

Link to other peace and justice sites through the Bread Not Bombs page

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