04. History

Explores the history of the Religious Society of Friends from its seventeenth-century origins to the 20th century, tracing the people, movements, institutions, controversies, and social forces that shaped Quaker faith and practice. These studies examine how Friends responded to persecution, war, slavery, reform movements, theological division, cultural change, and the challenges of maintaining a distinctive religious community across changing historical circumstances. See references: 350 Years of the Society of Friends in North America, 1661–2011