The Evolution of a Testimony
Description:
A history of the Quaker Peace Testimony from 1660 to the present day.
A history of the Quaker Peace Testimony from 1660 to the present day.
Excepts from several sources relevant to questions about Quakers and the military.
Notes of a conversation among Friends in the West and beyond, August 9, 2018, concerning ways that Friends meetings support -- and fail to support -- veterans and members of the military who join F
Recording of a conversation among Friends in the West and beyond, August 9, 2018, concerning ways that Friends meetings support -- and fail to support -- veterans and members of the military who jo
on one side
guns
on the other
lit candles
Claudette Cervinka is a member of Davis Meeting in California (PYM).
Transcription of the keynote talk presented to Pacific Yearly Meeting in 2017.
Coming Home
Written by Zachary Moon
Reviewed by James Summers
Dear Friends: The January/February 2016 issue of Western Friend included a short essay by me, “The Original Quaker Peace Testimony.” In that essay I challenged the view of the Quaker Peace Testimony held by most contemporary Friends: that it is identical with pacifism, as commonly understood. My argument drew not only upon my own research and reflection, but also upon the work of a Quaker scho
