{"product_id":"the-quaker-world-9781032352930","title":"The Quaker World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Quaker World\u003c\/em\u003e is an outstanding, comprehensive and lively introduction to this complex Christian denomination. Exploring the global reach of the Quaker community, the book begins with a discussion of the living community, as it is now, in all its diversity and complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book covers well-known areas of Quaker development, such as the formation of Liberal Quakerism in North America, alongside topics which have received much less scholarly attention in the past, such as the history of Quakers in Bolivia and the spread of Quakerism in Western Kenya. It includes over sixty chapters by a distinguished international and interdisciplinary team of contributors and is organised into three clear parts: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGlobal Quakerism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpirituality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmbodiment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin these sections, key themes are examined, including global Quaker activity, significant Quaker movements, biographies of key religious figures, important organisations, pacifism, politics, the abolition of slavery, education, industry, human rights, racism, refugees, gender, disability, sexuality and environmentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Quaker World\u003c\/i\u003e provides an authoritative and accessible source of information on all topics important to Quaker Studies. As such, it is essential reading for students studying world religions, Christianity and comparative religion, and it will also be of interest to those in related fields such as sociology, political science, anthropology and ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC. Wess Daniels\u003c\/strong\u003e is the William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies at Guilford College, United States. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eResisting Empire: The Book of Revelation\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eA Convergent Model of Renewal: Remixing The Quaker Tradition in Participatory Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRhiannon Grant\u003c\/strong\u003e is Deputy Programme Leader in the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies at Woodbrooke and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Modern Quaker Thought at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her most recent books are \u003ci\u003eTheology from Listening: Finding the Core of Liberal Quaker Theological Thought \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) and \u003ci\u003eHearing the Light: The Core of Quaker Theology\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50871114301714,"sku":"9781032352930","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5e31eae-f9f0-4ad7-acee-88504d1e88e3.jpg?v=1737822707","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-quaker-world-9781032352930","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}