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6 - Seeking Peace: Quakers Respond to War

from Part II - Expressions of Quaker Faith

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2018

By
Elaine Bishop  and
Jiseok Jung
Edited by
Stephen W. Angell  and
Pink Dandelion
Stephen W. Angell
Affiliation:
Earlham School of Religion, Indiana
Pink Dandelion
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
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Summary

This chapter surveys the history of the Quaker Peace Testimony (QPT), explores challenges of defining peace, and uses an original model to explain how modern QPT is of two sorts, ‘war abolishing’ and ‘conflict-transforming’. It describes some current expressions of QPT, including examples from the authors’ countries, Canada and Korea, and closes with some challenges, as Friends seek to maintain their witness for peace into the future.
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The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism , pp. 106 - 127
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Suggested Further Reading

Bailey, S. D. (1993). Peace Is a Process, London: Quaker Home Service and Woodbrooke College.Google Scholar
Brock, P. (1990). The Quaker Peace Testimony 1660–1914, York: Sessions Book Trust.Google Scholar
Broughton, G. (2013). Four Elements of Peacebuilding: How to Protect Nonviolently, Toronto: Canadian Friends Service Committee. Available as a free download from http://quakerservice.ca/news-and-resources/public-statements/ scroll down to the section on Peace.Google Scholar
Curle, A. (1981). True Justice: Quaker Peace Makers and Peace Making, London: Quaker Home Service.Google Scholar

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