Articles and Publications

Articles and Publications By Christopher Densmore and Barbara Addison Michael L. Birkel explores the broad historical scope ofQuaker spiritual ideals from the seventeenth century to the present in Silence and Witness: the Quaker Tradition (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004), part of the "Traditions ofChristian Spirituality" series. InShaggyLocks &Birkenstocks: Early Explorations in American Liberal Quaker History and Religious Thought (Fayetteville, NC: Kimo Press, 2003), Chuck Fager explores the history of"liberal" Friends from the Progressive Friends ofthe 19th century to the present, largely concentrating on Quakers associated with Friends General Conference. Several essays in this collection have appeared in QuakerHistory and Quaker Theology. Mathew S. Hedstrom, "Rufus Jones and Mysticism for the Masses," Cross Currents 54.2 (Summer 2004), 3244 , examines Jones' influence from the 1920s into the 1940s on the public and on Howard Thurman and Harry Emerson Fosdick, and Jones' similarities with Thomas Merton. Lives that Speak: Stories ofTwentieth-Century Quakers, edited by Marnie Clark (Philadelphia: Friends General Conference , 2004) includes brief biographies of contemporary Friends, most associated with the peace movement. Though written for children, the book provides useful information on many individuals not familiar to the general public. Walk Worthy of Your Calling: Quakers in the Traveling Ministry, edited by Margery Post Abbott and Peggy Parsons (Richmond: Friends United Press, 2004) provides a contemporary view of a long-standing Quaker practice. The latest issue of Quaker Studies 9.1 (September 2004), includes contributions, 5-16, by Rosemary Moore, "Seventeenth Century Published Quaker Verse"; 17-30, Catie Gill, "Ministering Confusion: Rebellious Quaker Women (1650-1660)"; 31-53, Richard C. Allen, "In Search of a New Jerusalem: A Preliminary Investigation into the Causes and Impact of Welsh Quaker Emigration to Pennsylvania, c. 1660-1750"; 54-67, Jeanne Henriette Louis, "The 'Desert' Society in Languedoc (1686-1704) and Popular Culture and the Roots of French Quakerism"; 68-94, James Gregory , '"Some Account of the Progress of the Truth as it is in Jesus': The White Quakers ofIreland" investigating a group of schismatic Quakers in Ireland active in the 1 840s and 1 850s; 95-113, Jonathan S. Davies and Mark Freeman, "A Case of Political Philanthropy: the Rowntree Family and the Campaign for Democratic Reform," considering one family's contributions to political reform andphilanthropy in late 19th and early 20th century England; and two articles concerning modern demographic trends and the future of British Quakerism: 114-120, Bill Chadkirk, "Will the Last (Woman) Friend to Leave Please Ensure that the Light Remains Shining?" Articles and Publications63 and 121-125, Charles Stroud and Pink Dandelion, "British Quakers and a New Kind of End-Time Prophecy." Quaker Studies is published by the Quaker Studies Research Association, Birmingham, England (www .qsra.org). Lucinda Martin explores contacts between Quakers and Pietists in the 1670s in "Female Reformers as the Gate Keepers ofPietism: the Example of Joanna Elonora Merlau and William Penn," Monatshefte 95.1 (Spring 2003), 33-58. Martin concludes that Quakers had a significant impact on German Pietism. Several new books explore Quakers and the early woman's rights and anti-slavery movements. Judith Wellman, The Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth CadyStanton andtheFirst Woman 'sRights Convention (Urbana: University ofIllinois Press, 2004) inhistorical context ofupstateNewYork, the anti-slavery movement and the Progressive Friends. Lucretia Mott's younger sister, Martha Coffin Wright (1806-1875), though disowned in 1 824 for marrying a military officer, retained her connections with Friends and was also one of the organizers of the Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention in 1848. Sherry H. Penney and James D. Livingston, A Very Dangerous Woman: Martha Wright and Women 's Rights (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2004) is the first full length biographical treatment of Martha Wright. Walking by Faith: The Diary ofAngelina Grimké, 1828-1835, edited by Charles Wilbanks (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2003), provides the spiritual journal of Angelina Grimké, later famous as an early female voice in the anti-slavery movement during the period ofher conversion to Quakerism in Philadelphia. Priscilla Eppinger's recent Ph.D. dissertation, Lucretia Mott: Theology is Reform 's Foundation (Northwestern University, 2002) considers how Mott's theology supported her reform work and considers Mott as a "prototype feminist theologian." The experiences ofwomen are...