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Quakerism

Christian religious movement Religious Society of FriendsGeorge Fox, the principal early leader of the QuakersScriptureProtestant BibleTheologyVariable; depends on meetingDistinct fellowshipsFriends World Committee for ConsultationAssociationsBritain Yearly Meeting, Friends United Meeting, Evangelical Friends Church International, Conservative Friends, Friends General ConferenceFounderGeorge Fox Margaret FellOriginMid-17th century EnglandSeparated fromChurch of EnglandSeparationsShakers Part of a series onQuakerismGeorge Fox, founder of the Quakers Notable individuals Susan B. Anthony Robert Barclay Hannah Jenkins Barnard Anthony Benezet Kenneth E. Boulding Howard Brinton John Cadbury Carla Denyer Levi Coffin Anne Conway James Dean Judi Dench William Edmundson Margaret Fell George Fox Elizabeth Fry Joseph John Gurney Edward Hicks Elias Hicks Henry Hodgkin Herbert Hoover Rufus Jones Thomas R. Kelly Benjamin Lay Lucretia Mott James Nayler Richard Nixon Parker Palmer Alice Paul Isaac Penington William Penn Robert Pleasants Bayard Rustin Jessamyn West John Greenleaf Whittier John Wilbur John Woolman Meetings and other groups Yearly Meeting Monthly Meeting American Friends Service Committee A Quaker Action Group Britain Yearly Meeting Central Yearly Meeting of Friends Conservative Friends Evangelical Friends Church International Friends Committee on National Legislation Friends General Conference Friends United Meeting Friends World Committee for Consultation Quaker Council for European Affairs Quaker Peace and Social Witness Quaker United Nations Office Szechwan Yearly Meeting World Gathering of Young Friends Testimonies Peace Equality Integrity ("Truth") Simplicity By region North America Latin America Europe Africa Other themes Faith and Practice or Book of Discipline Richmond Declaration of Faith ClerkDecision MakingBusinesses and charitiesHistoryInward lightMeeting housesWorshipFirst Day of the WeekNew BirthPerfectionismQuerySchoolsScienceTapestryWeddingHomosexualityWomen Christianity portalvte Part of a series onProtestantism Outline Concepts Anti-Protestantism Bible Criticism Culture Demographics Ecclesiology Liturgy Relations with Catholics Theologies Five Solas History Proto-Protestantism Bohemian Reformation Reformation Magisterial Radical Counter Martin Luther Ninety-five Theses Augsburg Confession Huldrych Zwingli John Calvin Arminianism Crypto-Protestantism Nonconformists Dissenters Puritans John Wesley Pietism Great Awakenings in America Revival meetings Branches Proto-Protestants Hussites Waldensians Lutherans Reformed Continental Presbyterians Congregational Anglicans Continuing Anabaptists Amish Hutterites Mennonites Quakers Baptists Black church Methodists Radical Pietism Shakers Stone-Campbell Plymouth Brethren Pentecostals Adventist Irvings Holiness Keswickians Eastern Protestant United and uniting churches Nondenominational Movements Augsburg Catholics Charismatics Neo-Charismatics Confessionalism Confessing Movement Convergence Church Growth Ecumenism Emerging church Evangelicalism Fundamentalism High church Liberalism Mainlines Neo-charismatics Neo-orthodoxy New Calvinism Paleo-orthodoxy Progressivism Spiritual Christianity Christianity portalvte Part of a series onChristianity JesusChrist Nativity Baptism Ministry Crucifixion Resurrection Ascension BibleFoundations Old Testament New Testament Gospel Canon Church Prophets Creed New Covenant Theology God Trinity Father Son Holy Spirit Apologetics Baptism Christology History of theology Salvation Stewardship Universalism HistoryTradition Apostles Peter Paul Mary Early Christianity Church Fathers Constantine Councils Augustine Three Holy Hierarchs East–West Schism Crusades Aquinas Reformation Luther Denominations(list) Western Latin-rite Catholic Independent Catholic Protestant Anabaptist Anglican Baptist Evangelical Lutheran Methodist Moravian Pentecostal Plymouth Brethren Quaker Reformed Unitarian Waldensian Western Orthodox Eastern Eastern Orthodox Oriental Orthodox East Syriac Eastern Catholic Eastern Protestant Restorationist Adventist Irvingite Jehovah's Witness Latter Day Saint Swedenborgian Related topics Art Adherents Criticism Culture Ecumenism Liturgy Mission Other religions Persecution Prayer Sermon Symbolism Western society Worship Sabbath in Christianity Gregorian calendar Christians Glossary Index Outline Christianity portalvte Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, originally known as simply the Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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