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Jun 15, 2024
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College Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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RELG 023. Quakers Past and Present
In Swarthmore’s 150th anniversary year this course asks: Who are Quakers today? What are the common roots and variations in Quaker belief and practice over time? How did Quakers come to be so well-known for their social activism? This course explores the impact of Quakers in North America from the 1650s to the present as well as the contemporary rapid growth of Quakerism in Africa (46% of Quakers worldwide) and in Latin America. Topics include Quakers and peace work, abolition, women’s rights advocacy, prison reform; Quakers and nature; Quakers and education; Quakers and evangelical and Spirit-centered traditions; Quakers and hospital and school foundations; and Quaker writings about God, self, and world. In exploring Quaker Traditions this class contributes to students’ understanding of the study of Religion and of Christianity. Readings will include the work of George Fox, Margaret Fell, William Penn, John Woolman, Lucretia Mott, Elias Hicks, Elise Boulding, and Rufus Jones, The Friends World Committee on Consultation, and the American Friends Service Committee. Students will have the opportunity to work with the resources of Swarthmore College’s Friends Historical Library and Peace Collection.
Eligible for PEAC credit.
1 credit.
Fall 2014. Ross.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/religion
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