The westward movement of the churches has intrigued historians for several decades now, and new chapters in its history are still being written. Paralleling Frederick Jackson Turner’s general research ...

Society and politics are forged by movements. The evolution of our country, and its state today, is a consequence of these ...

THE QUAKERS are well-known as the least doctrinaire of all the religious movements that have emerged from Christianity. Silent reflection has been the hallmark of their gatherings ever since 1652 when ...

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The Arch Street Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Built between 1803-1805 by Owen Biddle Jr (1774-1806). (Photo by: PHAS/Universal ...

Rochester's community of Quakers announced Thursday that it has decided to become a "sanctuary support church," even as a handful of other Rochester churches weigh whether to join the sanctuary ...

The prominent role that Quakers played in calling and attending the 1848 Seneca Falls meeting on women’s rights is an example of the importance of members of the Religious Society of Friends in ...

One of the birthplaces of the anti-slavery movement in New York is the Chappaqua Friends Meeting House. Chappaqua was first settled around 1740 by members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, from ...

EDITOR'S NOTE — Information for the following story was taken from the book "Meeting the Spirit: An Introduction to Quakers," by Hans Weening, plus various Web sites. The Quakers — or the Religious ...

In the last month, many things once deemed impossible have suddenly become imaginable. That’s certainly true for the Religious Society of Friends. Pendle Hill is closed to conferences and guests under ...