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Quaker Brotherhood:

Interracial Activism and the American Friends Service Committee, 1917-1950

ISBN-13: 9780252037047
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
By Allan W. Austin
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Local release date: 14/10/2012
Format: Hardback 272 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Religion & beliefs [HR]

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Google Preview: The links among religion, race relations, and peace activism.; ''A beautifully conceived and gracefully executed study of race and the American Friends Service Committee. Situated at the intersection of modern American religion, race relations, and social reform, Quaker Brotherhood engages issues of theology and practice, African American history, and Quakers' tangled experiences with both.'' Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner, co-editor of Back to Africa: Benjamin Coates and the Colonization Movement in America, 1848-1880 ''Quaker Brotherhood traces the transformation of one of the most influential social activist groups in the United States. Friends have long been recognized for having an impact beyond their relatively small numbers because of their reform activism, yet until now, book-length work on the period after the Civil War has been limited. Allan W. Austin's study is a truly significant contribution to the history of Quakerism, especially the history of Quaker activism.'' --Thomas D. Hamm, author of The Quakers in America ''A beautifully conceived and gracefully executed study of race and the American Friends Service Committee. Situated at the intersection of modern American religion, race relations, and social reform, Quaker Brotherhood engages issues of theology and practice, African American history, and Quakers' tangled experiences with both. With professional and personal grace, Austin points us toward a new Quaker history.'' --Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner, coeditor of Back to Africa: Benjamin Coates and the Colonization Movement in America, 1848-1880; Google Preview content

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Interracial Activism and the American Friends Service Committee, 1917-1950