Author: Chandler Family Reunion CommitteePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
A Record of the Descendants of George and Jane Chandler
Author: Chandler Family Reunion CommitteePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Quaker Aesthetics
Author: Emma Jones Lapsansky-WernerPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812236927
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The notion of a uniquely Quaker style in architecture, dress, and domestic interiors is a subject with which scholars have long grappled, since Quakers have traditionally held both an appreciation for high-quality workmanship and a distrust of ostentation. Early Quakers, or members of the Society of Friends, who held "plainness" or "simplicity" as a virtue, were also active consumers of fine material goods. Through an examination of some of the material possessions of Quaker families in America during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries, the contributors to Quaker Aesthetics draw on the methods of art, social, religious, and public historians as well as folklorists to explore how Friends during this period reconciled their material lives with their belief in the value of simplicity. In early America, Quakers dominated the political and social landscape of the Delaware Valley, and, because this region held a position of political and economic strength, the Quakers were tightly connected to the transatlantic economy. Given this vantage, they had easy access to the latest trends in fashion and business. Detailing how Quakers have manufactured, bought, and used such goods as clothing, furniture, and buildings, the essays in Quaker Aesthetics reveal a much more complicated picture than that of a simple people with simple tastes. Instead, the authors show how, despite the high quality of their material lives, the Quakers in the past worked toward the spiritual simplicity they still cherish.
When I Know that Thou Art Near Me
Author: Franz AbtPublisher:
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Category : Vocal duets with piano
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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A Retrospect of Early Quakerism
Author: Ezra MichenerPublisher:
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Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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The History of the Society of Friends in America
Author: James BowdenPublisher:
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Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy
Author: William Wade HinshawPublisher:
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Category : Quakers
Languages : en
Pages :
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History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Author: Henry Graham AshmeadPublisher:
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Category : Delaware County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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Silence and Witness
Author: Michael Lawrence BirkelPublisher:
ISBN: 9780232524482
Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Tells the story of the movement’s origins and describes how the distinctive Quaker practice of group worship in silence develop. The Quaker tradition integrates mystical insight with prophetic witness. Birkel tells the story of the movement’s origins, describes how the distinctive Quaker practice of group worship in silence developed and explains how ‘collective discernment’ is used in decision-making. He explores the ethical stands taken by Quakers for peace, justice, equality, integrity and simplicity, and reflects on the contemporary relevance and meaning of a Christian tradition with a strong contemplative and activist dimension.
Stone Houses
Author: Margaret Bye RichiePublisher: Rizzoli International Publications
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Stone Houses is a unique presentation of a beloved building tradition in one of the most charming and historically significant regions in the nation.
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