Library

Our library is mostly on shelves on the east wall of the Fellowship Room in the meetinghouse. The books for children are in one of the nearby small meeting rooms. A draft library policy is available on the Library Policy [3] page of this website. There is much useful information on libraries and record-keeping at https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisation/quaker-roles/records-custodians-librarians [4].

A catalog of our books, pamphlets, and other items is on LibraryThing.com. You can find it at https://www.LibraryThing.com/catalog/ConcordQuakers [5]. You may wish to click on the column labeled ‘Dewey/Melvil’, which will sort the list by Dewey Decimal Number; this may be more convenient for browsing by subject. Alternately, you may wish to search by ‘tag’, such as “17th century” or “education”. Feel free to have a play; you can’t break anything.

There are several lists of recommended books, many of which we have in our library.

New England Yearly Meeting has put a catalog of its religious education lending library on LibraryThing.com. You can find the catalog at https://www.LibraryThing.com/catalog/NEYM_RE_Library [9].

While we have many Pendle Hill Pamphlets, you may wish to browse the pamphlets from their web site at https://www.pendlehill.org/product-category/pamphlets/ [10].

The New England Friend is the newsletter of New England Yearly Meeting of Friends is available via https://neym.org/beliefs/monthly-newsletters [11]. Although archived issues of Quaker Life, the magazine of Friends United Meeting (FUM), are no longer available on line, you can find news about FUM at https://www.friendsunitedmeeting.org/ [12]. Archived issues of Friends Journal are available at https://www.friendsjournal.org/issue-archive/ [13] to current subscribers. Britain Yearly Meeting publishes Quaker News, which is available at https://www.Quaker.org.uk/Quaker-News [14], and various newsletters are at https://www.Quaker.org.uk/Newsletters [15]. Although The Friend, an independent British Quaker weekly magazine, does not have free access to archived issues, it’s worth browsing their website at https://TheFriend.org/ [16].

There are a number of Quaker bookshops, including the following.

Friends General Conference Bookstore https://www.quakerbooks.org/ [17]
Pendle Hill Bookstore https://www.pendlehill.org/bookstore [18]
Friends United Press https://bookstore.friendsunitedmeeting.org/ [19]
Barclay Press https://www.barclaypress.com [20]
Vintage Quaker Books https://www.vintagequakerbooks.com/ [21]

Other Quaker meeting libraries include the following.

Friends Meeting of Washington, DC [22]
Inward Light - an online library about Quakersm : https://InwardLight.org/ [23]
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Library [24]
https://earlyquakerarchive.wordpress.com/the-meetinghouse-library-you-might-not-have-known-about/ [25]
Friends House Library : https://www.quaker.org.uk/resources/library [26]

Not far from Friends House in London is the British Library https://www.bl.uk/ [27].

You can find documents from World Conference of Friends 2012 “Being Salt and Light - Friends living the Kingdom of God in a broken world” at http://www.saltandlight2012.org/FollowTheConference [28]. The most recent World Plenary Meeting [29] (formerly the Triennial/International Representatives Meeting) was held in Peru from 19 to 27 January 2016, at the Royal Inca Hotel in Pisac, near Cusco.

Other Sources of Quaker writings
Source	Web Links
Faith & Practice of New England Yearly Meeting	1985 Faith and Practice [30] 1985 “Advices & Queries” [31] 2014 Interim Faith and Practice : https://neym.org/faith-and-practice-online [32] 2014 Interim Faith and Practice Study Guide : https://neym.org/faith-and-practice-online/study-guide-interim-faith-and-practice [33] 2014 Interim Faith and Practice webpage : https://www.ConcordFriendsMeeting.org/2014NEYM-Faith&Practice [34] 2014 “Advices & Queries” (selections) [35] : https://ConcordFriendsMeeting.org/sites/all/files/documents/Advices&Queries2014NEYM.pdf [36]
Faith & Practice course and study guide	Quaker Basics (‘Quakerism 101’): An Introductory Course in Quaker Faith & Practice [37] by Peter Blood-Patterson Glossary of Quakerisms [38] [See also “Quaker Manual of Style and Glossary [39]”.] Readings for Quaker Basics, Week 1 [40], The Beginnings of Quakerism Readings for Quaker Basics, Week 2 [41], “The Inward Light” Readings for Quaker Basics, Week 3 [42], Meeting for Worship Readings for Quaker Basics, Week 4 [43], Meeting for Business Readings for Quaker Basics, Week 5 [44], The Testimonies Readings for Quaker Basics, Week 6 [45], The Meeting Community Friendly Faith and Practice Study Guide by Joanne and Larry Spears [Friendly Faith and Practice Study Guide [46], as a booklet in Word .doc format]
“Quakerism 201: This is Our Testimony to the World” course and readings	Quaker Testimonies (‘Quakerism 201’): “This is Our Testimony to the World” [47] by Peter Blood-Patterson Readings for Quakerism 201, Week 1 [48]: “What Is A Testimony?” Readings for Quakerism 201, Week 2 [49]: “The Testimony on Integrity” Readings for Quakerism 201, Week 3 [50]: “Simplicity (or Purity)” Readings for Quakerism 201, Week 4 [51]: “Equality, including Antislavery, Women’s Rights, Social Justice” Readings for Quakerism 201, Week 5 [52]: “The Peace Testimony” Readings for Quakerism 201, Week 6 [53]: “The Testimony On Earthcare (aka Unity With Nature)” Readings for Quakerism 201, Week 7 [54]: “Continuing Revelation, How New Testimonies Are Born”
“Quakerism 301: Gospel Order: Strengthening God’s Leadership of the Faith Community” course and readings	Community (‘Quakerism 301’): “Gospel Order: Strengthening God’s Leadership of the Faith Community” [55] by Peter Blood-Patterson
Quaker faith & practice of Britain Yearly Meeting “Advices & Queries” of Britain Yearly Meeting	https://qfp.quaker.org.uk/ [56] https://qfp.quaker.org.uk/chapter/1/ [57] “Advices & Queries [58]”; in booklet form, BritainYearlyMeeting-Advices&Queries_booklet.doc [59]
Faith & Practice (links to ‘books of discipline’ of other yearly meetings via QuakerInfo.com) [‘Discipline’ is used in the sense of ‘disciple’.]	http://www.QuakerInfo.com/fandp.shtml [60]
Faith & Practice (links to ‘books of discipline’ of other yearly meetings via QuakerInfo.org)	http://QuakerInfo.org/quakerism/fandplinks.html [61]
Scripture [Bible] study (links to on-line & downloadable ‘Bibles’)	Quaker Bible Index (QBI) https://esr.earlham.edu/qbi/ [62] King James Bible (Univ. of Michigan) https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kjv/ [63] Oremus (Latin: “Let us pray”) Bible Browser http://bible.oremus.org/ [64] Bible Hub http://biblehub.com/ [65] Bible Study Tools: http://www.biblestudytools.com/ [66] Crosswire, open source Bible software https://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp [67] E-sword, a free Bible study program for Microsoft Windows https://www.e-sword.net/ [68] https://free.bible/ [69] Friendly Bible Study by Joanne and Larry Spears, http://www.read-the-bible.org/FriendlyBibleStudy.htm [70] [download booklet [71] as Microsoft Word file; download booklet [72] as PDF file] A Quaker Approach to the Bible, Henry Joel Cadbury. https://universalistfriends.org/cadbury-1.html [73] The Company We Keep: Empathy and Reading the Bible Together, C. Wess Daniels. http://gatheringinlight.com/2011/07/21/the-company-we-keep-empathy-and-reading-the-bible-together-acts-8/ [74] Engaging Scripture: Reading the Bible with Early Friends, Michael Birkel. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/890793.Engaging_Scripture [75] A Language for Inward Landscape, Brian Drayton. https://www.friendsjournal.org/language-inward-landscape-spiritual-wisdom-quaker-movement/ [76] Fostering Vital Friends Meetings Jan Greene and Marty Walton. Section R15-25, Peacemaking with your Religious Past, offers food for thought. https://www.fgcquaker.org/sites/default/files/attachments/Fostering%20Vital%20Meetings%20pt.2.pdf [77] audio recordings of the 2017 Annual Sessions Bible Half-Hours by Marty Grundy [78] focusing (exegeting [79]) on Romans 12:2 [80]. Draft booklet of Bible Half Hour texts [81]. ‘Attitudes toward the Bible [82]’ by Professor Sharyn Dowd, Lexington Theological Seminary
Bible Half Hours at NEYM	2017 Bible Half Hours [81] by Marty Grundy.
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21). Volume VIII. The Age of Dryden. §IV. The Early Quakers. by Edward Grubb	http://www.bartleby.com/218/0401.html [83]
Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL)	Robert Barclay http://www.ccel.org/ccel/?show=worksBy [84] George Fox https://www.ccel.org/ccel/fox_g?show=worksBy [85] Julian of Norwich https://www.ccel.org/ccel/julian?show=worksBy [86] Brother Lawrence https://www.ccel.org/ccel/lawrence?show=worksBy [87] John Woolman https://www.ccel.org/ccel/woolman?show=worksBy [88]
Digital Book Index	http://www.digitalbookindex.com/_search/search010religionquakersa.asp [89]
Digital Quaker Collection	http://dqc.esr.earlham.edu [90]
Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas	https://fwccamericas.org/pamphlet-catalog/search.aspx [91]
Leonard S. Kenworthy’s publications	https://leonardkenworthy.net/ [92]
New Foundation Fellowship	http://nffquaker.org [93] http://foundationpublicationsnffusa.org/publications/ [94]
newquaker.com notebook	http://www.newquaker.com/2010_02_14_blogarchive.htm [95]
Online Books Page — Society of Friends	http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Society%20of%20Friends [96]
Project Gutenberg	https://www.gutenberg.org/ [97]
Quaker Electronic Archive	http://www.qis.net/~daruma/ [98]
Quaker Heritage Press	Catalog of historic Quaker texts in print or online, regardless of source : http://www.qhpress.org/ [99] Peter D. Sippel’s Quaker Homiletics Online Anthology : http://www.qhpress.org/quakerpages/qhoa/qhoa.htm [100] Peter D. Sippel’s Quaker Writings Home Page : http://www.qhpress.org/quakerpages/qwhp/ [101] Rosemary Moore’s bibliographies of Quaker and anti-Quaker publications from 1652-1666 : http://www.qhpress.org/rmoore/index.html [102]
Quaker Institute for the Future [103]	QIF Focus Books Toward a Life-Centered Economy: [104] From the Rule of Money to the Rewards of Stewardship (2019 – QIF #12) Energy Choices: [105] Opportunities to Make Wise Decisions for a Sustainable Future (2018 – QIF #11) Rising to the Challenge: [106] The Transition Movement and People of Faith (2016 – QIF #10) Toward a Right Relationship with Finance: [107] Debt, Interest, Growth, and Security (2016 – QIF #9) Climate, Food and Violence: Understanding the Connections, Exploring Responses (2014 – QIF #8) [108] [108]A Quaker Approach to Research: [109] Collaborative Practice and Communal Discernment (2014 – QIF #7) Beyond the Growth Dilemma: [110] Toward an Ecologically Integrated Economy (2012 – QIF #6) It’s the Economy, Friends: [111] Understanding the Growth Dilemma (2012 – QIF #5) How Does Societal Transformation Happen? [112] Values Development, Collective Wisdom, and Decision Making for the Common Good (2011 – QIF #4) Genetically Modified Crops: [113] Promises, Perils, and the Need for Public Policy (2011 – QIF #3) [108] [108]How On Earth Do We Live Now? [114] Natural Capital, Deep Ecology, and the Commons (2011 – QIF #2) Fueling our Future: [115] A Dialogue about Technology, Ethics, Public Policy, and Remedial Action (2009 – QIF #1) Research Papers and Articles Steps Toward Dialogue on an Ecologically Integrated Economy: Focusing Context and Framing Policies [116] Co-Authored By the Quaker Institute for the Future and the Eco-Justice Working Group, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, November 2014 The Rule of Ecological Law: The Legal Complement to Degrowth Economics [117] By Geoffrey Garver, January 2013 An Earthcare Testimony for Friends [118] By Shelley Tanenbaum, Sandra Lewis, and Kathy Barnhart, December 2010, Western Friend [119] Communal Discernment and Academic Research: Is there a Quaker Epistemology for the study of Public Policy and Social Change? [120] by Gray Cox, June 2005 Meeting God Halfway [121] By Gray Cox, May 2005, Friends Journal Individual and Societal Transformations: The Connection [122] By Leonard Joy, May 2002 Public Talks The Global Transformation of Corporations, Financial Institutions, and Government: A Quaker Approach [123] – Laura Holliday
Quaker Pamphlets	http://pamphlets.quaker.org/index.html [124]
Quaker Quicks [125] book series	A Simple Faith in a Complicated World [126] : One Quaker’s journey through doubt to faith Hearing the Light [127] : the core of Quaker theology Hope and Witness in Dangerous Times [128] : Lessons from the Quakers On Blending Faith, Daily Life, and Activism Inner Healing, Inner Peace [129] : A Quaker Perspective Money and Soul [130] Practical Mystics [131] : Quaker Faith in Action Quaker Shaped Christianity [132] : How the Jesus story and the Quaker way fit together Telling the Truth About God [133] : A Quaker Perspective In Search of Stillness [134] : Using a simple meditation to find inner peace In STEP with Quaker Testimony [135] : Simplicity, Truth, Equality and Peace – inspired by Margaret Fell’s writings Quaker Roots and Branches [136] Quakers and Science [137] Quakers do What! Why? [138] Quakers in Politics [139] Tending Sacred Ground [140] : Respectful Parenting That Clear and Certain Sound [141] : Finding Solid Ground in Perilous Times The Guided Life [142] : Finding purpose in troubled times What Do Quakers Believe? [143] Why I am a Pacifist [144] Exploring Isaac Penington [145] : Seventeenth-Century Quaker mystic, teacher and activist
Street Corner Society	http://www.strecorsoc.org/ [146]
Tract Association of Friends	https://tractassociation.org/ [147]

Library

QIF Focus Books

Research Papers and Articles

Public Talks