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Quaker History
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Do Quakers Drink Alcohol?
Historically, Quakers are known for abstaining from drinking alcohol. What was the reason behind Quaker teetotalism? Was that always the…
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The Top 7 Most Quaker Bible Verses
What are the most relevant Bible passages to the Quaker faith? Mark Wutka shares his list.
Quaker History
How Are Quaker Cemeteries Different?
Why are Quaker graveyards different? Early Quakers believed that ornate gravestones communicated the dominion of the upper classes, even in…
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How Quakers Got Their Name
Why Quakers are called Quakers: the name “Quaker” was originally intended as an insult, until the Religious Society of Friends…
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The Differences Between Quakers and Amish
"You're a Quaker? You mean, like, Amish?" It's something every Quaker has heard. Max Carter educates us on the differences…
Quaker History
The History of Quaker Plain Speech
The Quaker conviction of equality sometimes caused small changes in behavior that ultimately had radical consequences. Thomas Hamm explains the…
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“Form Without Substance”
Quakers threw out everything they saw as “empty forms” in the church of their day, including communion and baptism.
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Quakers and Women in Ministry
The Quaker testimony on equality began in worship, and it began with the experience that women were called by the…
Quaker History
Quaker Faith in Song
The act of creating music from Quaker spiritual writings helped Paulette Meier through a difficult time in her life. These…
Interview
Why Are Quakers Pacifists?
We talked with George Lakey about Quakers’ call to struggle, the myth that violence works, and how that’s all changing.
Quaker History
How Quakerism Began
The Quaker way emerged in circumstances like those we face today. Max Carter, a professor at Guilford College, shares the…
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