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Woodbrooke
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Woodbrooke provides opportunities for Quaker learning, research, and worship across the world - offering adult education since 1903.
Interview with Ben Jarman (2024 Swarthmore Lecturer)
Get to know the 2024 Swarthmore Lecturer, Ben Jarman, in conversation with Aled Vernon-Rees, Woodbrooke’s Communications Officer.
More about the Swarthmore Lecture: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/research/swarthmore-lectures/
Woodbrooke courses: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/our-courses/
More about the Swarthmore Lecture: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/research/swarthmore-lectures/
Woodbrooke courses: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/our-courses/
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Truth and Integrity: Renewing Democracy & Revitalising Integrity - Jessica Metheringham & Ben Wood
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Democracy relies on trust, truth, and integrity. However there has been an increasing number of times where these foundational principles have felt absent. This session explored how we can renew and revitalise democracy. Democracy requires trust as the necessary glue to unite all partners in the political process. In turn, this demands truth and integrity from those choosing to govern. Unfortun...
The 2024 George Richardson Lecture - Back to the Light: A Fresh Approach
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In this George Richardson Lecture, Nigel Smith looks back to the dynamic period of Quaker activity from the mid-1650s to the early 18th century and explores what we can learn from it today. Nigel Smith is William and Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature at Princeton University, which he joined in 1999 from Oxford University.
Truth and Integrity: working with other faiths (with Elaine Green and Anne Peacey)
Просмотров 863 месяца назад
The coming General Election provides a golden opportunity for us to promote our concern for truth and integrity in public life and particularly within politics. Truth and integrity are also core elements of other faiths. How could we work together? In this session we heard from Esther Green and Anne Peacey Elaine Green, clerk of the Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations which ...
Friends Quarterly Conversations: Articles of Faith
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Explore articles of faith with Paul Hodgkin and Marigold Bentley in conversation with the editors of the Friends Quarterly.
Eva Koch 2024 Part 3 Tending the Flames: resilience in activism
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How do we keep going when we feel like all is lost? How do we keep talking when we feel no one is listening? We might find the answers in metaphors of fire - in what it takes to keep a fire burning and what it means to tend the flames. In this poetic presentation, M. Amelia Eikli will share messages of hope, courage and resilience through metaphors of fire.
Eva Koch 2024 Part 2 Where the Wild Things Are: gardening for nature in Quaker spaces
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The UK is one of the most nature-depleted places on Earth, in the face of this our gardens provide a vital sanctuary. This presentation will consider how we can use our gardens to support nature and provide a refuge for different members of our community. Drawing on the experiences of three Quaker meeting houses in London, this presentation will consider the different roles of Quaker gardens: a...
Eva Koch 2024 Part 1 From Small Acorns Come Wide Branches: building community in an uncertain world
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From humble beginnings come gardens for minds to rest in, one thousand trees and places to call home. Find out more about how communities are coming together to protect nature and each other’s wellbeing. When Jo Cremins heard how the residents in her town raised enough money in five weeks to buy a local wood, she was inspired to meet others who were taking similar action in their own neighbourh...
The Start of the Quaker Way
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Join us from 25 January to 8 February 2024 to explore the Start of the Quaker Way. Book your place here: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/the-start-of-the-quaker-way-fox-400/ Explore the beginnings of the Quaker movement and how the summer of 1652 proved pivotal for the start of the Quaker movement. Each week will take you step by step through some of the key figures and texts to better understand...
Friends Quarterly Conversations: Good Grief
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Friends Quarterly Conversations: Good Grief
Friends Quarterly Conversations: Outreach
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Friends Quarterly Conversations: Outreach
Reparations: a retreat for Friends already acting on this commitment
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Reparations: a retreat for Friends already acting on this commitment
2023 Swarthmore Lecture - How we can change society by Esther Loukin
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2023 Swarthmore Lecture - How we can change society by Esther Loukin
Friends Quarterly Conversations: discernment
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Friends Quarterly Conversations: discernment
George Richardson Lecture 2023 with Rachel Muers
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George Richardson Lecture 2023 with Rachel Muers
Friends Quarterly Conversations: feeling our way
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Friends Quarterly Conversations: feeling our way
Eva Koch 2023 Part 3 - Anti racism in Meetings - A Call to Right Order
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Eva Koch 2023 Part 3 - Anti racism in Meetings - A Call to Right Order
Eva Koch 2023 Part 2 - Climate Crisis - Food and Solidarity
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Eva Koch 2023 Part 2 - Climate Crisis - Food and Solidarity
Friends Quarterly Conversations: climate justice
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Friends Quarterly Conversations: climate justice
Twentieth century Fox - Origins of Quakers Part 4
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Twentieth century Fox - Origins of Quakers Part 4
The Nineteenth Century - Origins of Quakers Part 3
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The Nineteenth Century - Origins of Quakers Part 3
The Second Period - Origins of Quakers Part 2
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The Second Period - Origins of Quakers Part 2
The Start of Quakerism - Origins of Quakers Part 1
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The Start of Quakerism - Origins of Quakers Part 1
Swarthmore Lecture 2022 Perceiving the temperature of the water by Helen Minnis
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Swarthmore Lecture 2022 Perceiving the temperature of the water by Helen Minnis
Helen and Ellie talk about Quakers and Slavery
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Helen and Ellie talk about Quakers and Slavery
Thank you Helen. Found this helpful in 2024.
Is it consistent to call for transparency in respect of financial contributions but not in electoral registration?
This is nice but I feel it is odd not to mention the site. Seems a bit blinkered maybe? 🐎 The material world is part of the stuff of life as much as concepts, theory, knowledge etc. eg. Climate chaos is material events .....And love is also material as well as emotional and relational etc. I don't think WB should be embarrassed if it did it's best.
New Quaker here. Excited to learn all I can. 🕊️
"promo sm" ❣️
Thank you. There is a lot to think about.
Thanks for this easy to engage with way of reporting on 2023. Perhaps in future you could provide a version with audio for those who can't follow the visuals. 😊
Thanks much for this. It's such a relief to hear Quaker history told within the context of clear, accurate grasp of Quaker faith.
Fascinating
Thank you for these videos and your courses.
Another fascinating aspect of the early Quakers was that so many of the leadership were so young, many only in their 20s. If we can get the young 'SBNR' demographic of today to become perhaps an online modern equivalent to the 'valiant sixty', then Quakerism will be in good hands for the future.
What is the SNBR demographic? I'm only familiar with the 'gen's and social grading used in business & media such as ABC1 & similar.
@@wkt2506 "Spiritual but not religious" (SBNR), also known as "spiritual but not affiliated" (SBNA), or less commonly "more spiritual than religious" is a popular phrase and initialism used to self-identify a life stance of spirituality that does not regard organized religion as the sole or most valuable means of furthering spiritual growth. see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_but_not_religious
Fabulous!
Friend from Canada: useful; thanks for posting.
Link in Woodbrooke newsletter works.
*promo sm* 😄
Link is broken. Getting an error message.
Link gave me a "403 Forbidden" error. Searched "British Quaker Survey 2023" and found the survey
This is a superb lecture with some deeply insightful observations and experiences. The only thing I would say is that the Advice that Esther 'excoriates', No.29, was of course written at an earlier time and by authors who were writing in their time. The line in question is: 'Although old age may bring increasing disability and loneliness, it can also bring serenity, detachment and wisdom.' It seems clear to me that the use of the word 'disability' is not intended to mean folk who are disabled - as we understand that word to mean now. On the one hand, this shows how large the 'blind spot' was back then! On the other hand, we need perhaps to read 'in tongues' to discern the real meaning of the Advice and the intended audience. The Advice was written to guide the elderly. In that sense, Esther is too young for it to apply to her in any case. If the word 'disability' is changed to a modern word that carries the meaning the authors intended, then the Advice still makes sense. Only one word needs to be changed. The word I would suggest in place of 'disability' is 'infirmity'. So the line should perhaps best be read as: Although old age may bring increasing infirmity and loneliness, it can also bring serenity, detachment and wisdom.' I personally find this Advice one the most inspirational in the whole of A&Q. This still does not solve the question of how A&Q handles the question of disabled, or differently-abled, people. It needs to. I very much hope that those involved in re-writing A&Q will approach Esther to ask her to write a suitable paragraph of Advice for us on that matter. As well as replace the word 'disability' in No.29 with 'infirmity', so that the paragraph can continue to be a source of realism, counsel and comfort to those of us who are old or who - like me - need to think seriously about the consequences of it.
the infirmity from aging works in the same way as disability - one is disabled by the things around you, for example steps and stairs, uncomfortable seats etc. And the word burden implies that all who require care are a burden. Yes there are things you might be able to do - reduce possessions is one thing, you can only plan financially if you have earned enough money to do so
Thank you, Esther, for all that you do. I also challenge shops, businesses etc on accessibility and constantly point out that I don't need 'help' because I'm not an infant, it's only my feet which don't work. Such simple things can be done and sometimes the will is there, which still takes time and more letters to different CEOs, but then change comes about. It's an uphill struggle and I could just leave but I think of all those in wheelchairs, or using other aids, who stay home because going out defeats them, so I call for the manager.
…and this message/lecture is still relevant in 2023…maybe more than ever!
And what about the billion+ Asians who are not Brown, ie racialised Chinese? And what about other people of colour who also do not self identify as “White, Brown or Black”? For example Canadian First Nations or Inuit. We are all excluded from this talk. Disappointed 😢. Time to check the temperature of the water again?
This is so fascinating because I do not attend meetings in person for a number of reasons, though I went to Quaker school and I do consider myself a Quaker and try to live that way. I always feel I can't be a 'real' Quaker because of this though, and it holds me back. I'd love to be able to get involved more in thinking about how we can make being a Quaker more flexible and accessible.
I am in a similar position. I have described my history with Friends over the years in the May 2024 edition of The Friends Quarterly.
How many Quakers are vegetarian or vegan?
Thanks for this most interesting video with its presentations
From a fellow CofE priest (retired) and Quaker attender--Thanks for such a well presented & clear presentation
Is Quakerism about free worship or the identity-based politics of grievance?
i have a book published by a local historian, Peter Lucas, who has I think produced a very scholarly account of early Quakers. It's called The Rise of the Quakers - Revaluing the Place of Preston Patrick in the Early Movement. I think I gave one to Woodbrooke library.
Thank you for these films, as a newish attender they have been really illuminating
Where has that Light that was evident in early Friends, gone?
it appears that the Quakers continued being targeted in covert ways. It appears that they have been being pushed aside and infiltrated and some of them even manipulated into becoming more like the traditional forms of Christian religions - the ones where the preachers teach and lead the people instead of people being lead by their own direct connection to God. The result of this is the various types of "Quaker" groups that exist today. But there is only one genuine Quaker group, and it is the one that has held strong to the old original Quaker ways of worshiping and living. How many real authentic Quakers still exist? I do not know. It is probably very few.
Wow, Hellen this am amazing lecture opening new perspectives in the Quaker corridors between races
This was excellent, brilliant and courageous Helen. Am proud of your lecture
Brilliant lecture. Thank you so much, Helen! ❤
This was great
Thank you for sharing, Ben. I shared this with my Quaker History class at Friends Theological College, Kaimosi.
An informative and educational series of films. Well done Ben.
A very good account of the nascent movement, a movement whose vibrancy was due largely to their -re-discovery of what the 'kingdom' of God meant to them individually, collectively and for the nations, indeed (as they said) 'all people on the Earth' ,. This 'kingdom' was within. It was the Inward Light. In the 1690s, William Penn would identify it as 'consciousness'.
It sounds more like a lecture on Protestantism rather than Quakerism. Too much dogma.
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Fascinating talk. And amazing singing! 😃