In her lecture Emily engaged with the challenge of how people can live and cooperate in community, especially when those communities are not ones that we have chosen. Emily presented a testimony of community drawn from books of discipline used across Friends’ theological spectrum and in many parts of our global community. In her lecture … Read more
Recording of the Blacklash Blues by The Sirens. Originally performed by Nina Simone. The Sirens includes Helen Minnis who performed the song during her 2022 Swarthmore Lecture, you can find out more about this here.
Perceiving the temperature of the water by Helen Minnis The 2022 Swarthmore Lecture was given by Helen Minnis of Glasgow Meeting. Helen will spoke from her experience as a scientist and a Quaker, addressing issues of white privilege within the Quaker movement and scientific community. Woodbrooke and Helen see the lecture as part of the … Read more
Christine Trevett delivers the 2017 George Richardson Lecture and questions the age of Quaker membership.
The Swarthmore Lecture 2017: Faith in politics? A testimony to equality was given by Catherine West at 7:30 pm on Monday 31st July 2017 as part of Yearly Meeting Gathering at Warwick University.
This public lecture was delivered by Stephen W. Angell in 2013.
A public lecture by Betsy Cazden.
A basic overview of the founding story and ideas of Quakerism and how the movement has grown into a worldwide religion of six traditions.
An accessible account of the history of Quakerism from the time when it was a movement setting out to change the world, abolish slavery and promote women’s rights.
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