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Quakerism, its legacy, and its relevance for Gandhian research / by Satish Sharma.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781527505070
  • 1527505073
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 289.6 23
LOC classification:
  • BX7731.3 .S53 2017eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Foreword / Dr. Brij Mohan -- Preface / Author -- Chapter one. Introduction -- Gandhian orientations and principles -- Quakerism and Quakers -- Outlining of this work -- Chapter two. Times, conditions, and thought -- Early Europe -- Middle Ages: early, high, and late -- Thought of the times -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter three. Seeds and brief history -- The seeds -- A short history -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter four. Beliefs, worship, and practices -- Truth, theology, and changes -- Conscience, service, and simplicity -- Equality, integrity, and peace -- Family, business, and community -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter five. Spirituality, pacifism, and peace -- Spirituality and its practice -- Spiritual ideals and expressions -- Practical spirituality -- Pacifism, and peace -- Other issues -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter six. Aid/relief/reform/conciliation efforts -- Family and community sense -- Social organization for need satisfaction -- Quaker welfare efforts -- Aid and relief -- Prison reforms -- Sanitation, physical health, and nursing -- Care of mentally-ill people -- Temperance -- Human equality -- Slave trade and slavery -- Educational endeavours -- Conciliation efforts -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter seven. Legacy and interfacing -- Legacy -- Interfacing -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter eight. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Timelines of Quakerism -- Appendix B. A declaration from the the harmless and innocent people -- Appendix C. Sermon on the Mount -- Appendix D. William Penn's "An essay..." -- Notes and references -- Bibliography.
Summary: This elaborate book explores Quakerism, its legacy, and its relevance for Gandhian research. The topics covered here include the historical circumstances, conditions, and thought that led to the birth of Quakerism; the seeds and history of the movement; the themes, principles, and practices of the sect; and the aid, change, reform, and conciliation efforts Quakers made to make people, communities, and nations more tolerant, problem-free, and united. As such, the book will appeal to scholars, planners, policy-makers, and practitioners concerned with the boundaries of liberties, freedoms, pacifi.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1627486

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 9, 2017).

This elaborate book explores Quakerism, its legacy, and its relevance for Gandhian research. The topics covered here include the historical circumstances, conditions, and thought that led to the birth of Quakerism; the seeds and history of the movement; the themes, principles, and practices of the sect; and the aid, change, reform, and conciliation efforts Quakers made to make people, communities, and nations more tolerant, problem-free, and united. As such, the book will appeal to scholars, planners, policy-makers, and practitioners concerned with the boundaries of liberties, freedoms, pacifi.

Foreword / Dr. Brij Mohan -- Preface / Author -- Chapter one. Introduction -- Gandhian orientations and principles -- Quakerism and Quakers -- Outlining of this work -- Chapter two. Times, conditions, and thought -- Early Europe -- Middle Ages: early, high, and late -- Thought of the times -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter three. Seeds and brief history -- The seeds -- A short history -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter four. Beliefs, worship, and practices -- Truth, theology, and changes -- Conscience, service, and simplicity -- Equality, integrity, and peace -- Family, business, and community -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter five. Spirituality, pacifism, and peace -- Spirituality and its practice -- Spiritual ideals and expressions -- Practical spirituality -- Pacifism, and peace -- Other issues -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter six. Aid/relief/reform/conciliation efforts -- Family and community sense -- Social organization for need satisfaction -- Quaker welfare efforts -- Aid and relief -- Prison reforms -- Sanitation, physical health, and nursing -- Care of mentally-ill people -- Temperance -- Human equality -- Slave trade and slavery -- Educational endeavours -- Conciliation efforts -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter seven. Legacy and interfacing -- Legacy -- Interfacing -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter eight. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Timelines of Quakerism -- Appendix B. A declaration from the the harmless and innocent people -- Appendix C. Sermon on the Mount -- Appendix D. William Penn's "An essay..." -- Notes and references -- Bibliography.