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Books by Douglas Gwyn






A Sustainable Life(Illustrated)
Quaker Faith and Practice in the Renewal of Creation
by Douglas Gwyn
Paperback, 210 Pages, Published 2014 by Quakerpress Of Fgc
ISBN-13: 978-1-937768-55-3, ISBN: 1-937768-55-4

"A well-known Quaker historian explores the qualities of Quaker faith and practice that contribute to living sustainably in the world today. He explores such paradoxes as equality and community, unity and differentiation, integrity and personal discernment, and other aspects of life that Quakers have worked to bring into balance through their 350-year history. How have Quakers learned to create the kind of individual and community life t ..."






Conversation with Christ
Quaker Meditations on the Gospel of John
by Douglas Gwyn
Hardcover, 152 Pages, Published 2011 by Quaker Press Of Friends General Conference
ISBN-13: 978-1-888305-92-0, ISBN: 1-888305-92-4






The Anti-War
Peace Finds the Purpose of a Peculiar People; Militant Peacemaking in the Manner of Friends
by Douglas Gwyn
Hardcover, 214 Pages, Published 2016 by Inner Light Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9970604-3-0, ISBN: 0-9970604-3-3

"This book advocates a renewal of the traditional Quaker peace testimony, to meet the challenges of the 21st century. The liberal Quaker renewal of a century ago fostered a pacifist ideology that diverged from the existential faith-commitment to peace manifested by earlier Friends. But the optimism that world powers could be persuaded to adopt peace faltered as military-industrial interests grew more entrenched during the 20th century. T ..."






The Anti-War(1st Edition)
Peace Finds the Purpose of a Peculiar People; Militant Peacemaking in the Manner of Friends
by Douglas Gwyn
Paperback, 210 Pages, Published 2016 by Inner Light Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9970604-4-7, ISBN: 0-9970604-4-1

"This book advocates a renewal of the traditional Quaker peace testimony, to meet the challenges of the 21st century. The liberal Quaker renewal of a century ago fostered a pacifist ideology that diverged from the existential faith-commitment to peace manifested by earlier Friends. But the optimism that world powers could be persuaded to adopt peace faltered as military-industrial interests grew more entrenched during the 20th century. T ..."






Apocalypse of the Word(2nd Edition)
The Life and Message of George Fox (1624-1691)
by Douglas Gwyn
Paperback, 398 Pages, Published 2015 by Friends United Meeting
ISBN-13: 978-0-944350-77-5, ISBN: 0-944350-77-1

"Apocalypse of the Word is a highly informative and smoothly readable exposition of the message of George Fox,life and historical context. Doug Gwyn shows that the radical message that came from the Light within through George Fox has the promise to be spiritually transforming to those who see and listen to him, even now."






A Gathering of Spirits
The Friends General Conferences 1896-1950
by Douglas Gwyn
Paperback, 316 Pages, Published 2018 by Quakerpress Of Fgc
ISBN-13: 978-0-9993823-4-9, ISBN: 0-9993823-4-9

"This sweeping book tells about the development of Friends General Conference up to 1950, primarily through the lens of the Conferences.One central motif is that these biennial gatherings renewed the courage and resolve of Friends to face the daunting disappointments of the first half of the 20th century. Modernity promised great advances in human society and no group was more confident of progress than FGC Friends at the end of the 19th ..."






The Covenant Crucified(Reprint)
by Douglas Gwyn
Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2006 by Quaker Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-85245-397-1, ISBN: 0-85245-397-3

"Doug Gwyn has researched and written extensively on early Quakers in 17th-century England. His other books include Apocalypse of the Word, and Seekers Found. He has taught at the Pendle Hill Quaker Study Center near Philadelphia, and at Woodbrooke in Birmingham, England. Doug has also worked with the American Friends Service Committee, and is Pastor of First Friends Church, Richmond, Indiana. The Covenant Crucified combines the scholar ..."






Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope(1st Edition)
Literature, Theology and Sociology in Conversation
by Pink Dandelion, Douglas Gwyn, Rachel Muers, Brian Phillips
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-38341-8, ISBN: 1-138-38341-4

"The 'death of tragedy' in the modern era has been proposed and debated in recent years, largely in terms of literature and western culture in general. Today, any catastrophe or misadventure is likely to be labeled a 'tragedy', without any inference of a larger, transcendent horizon or providential design that the word once conveyed. This book offers new perspectives on the idea of the 'death of tragedy', taking England and the Religious ..."






A Declaration on Peace
In God's People the World's Renewal Has Begun
by Douglas Phillip Gwyn, John Howard Yoder, Eugene F. Roop, George Hunsinger
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 1991 by Herald Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8361-3541-1, ISBN: 0-8361-3541-5






The Price of Eden
(Paperback)
by John Douglas Gwyn
Paperback, Published 2017 by Moshpit Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-925595-82-6, ISBN: 1-925595-82-X






Passing the Torch
Quaker Elders & Their Lives Speak
by Chuck Fager, Carter Nash, David Zaremba, Marian Rhys, Douglas Gwyn, Helena Cobban, H. Larry Ingle, Daiane Faison Mckinzie, Emma Lapsansky-Werner, Barbara Berntsen, Barbara Bernsten
Paperback, 204 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published
ISBN-13: 978-1-70561-949-0, ISBN: 1-70561-949-5

"Quakers are often very interesting people. And generations come and go.These are the modest theses behind this book. In fif-ty-plus years among The Religious Society of Friends (our rather pompous official name), its members, attenders, hang-ers-on and even antagonists, I have kept bumping into and hearing about interesting people. And many very interesting people.And having had what some call “a good run,” my generation (beginning, as ..."






But Who Do You Say That I Am?' Quakers and Christ Today
by Douglas Gwyn
Paperback, Published 2014 by Pendle Hill Lpublications, Wallingford, Pa
ISBN-13: 978-0-87574-426-1, ISBN: 0-87574-426-5






A Sustainable Life
Quaker Faith and Practice in the Renewal of Creation
by Douglas Gwyn
178 Pages, Published 2014 by Quakerpress Of Fgc
ISBN-13: 978-1-937768-56-0, ISBN: 1-937768-56-2

"A well-known Quaker historian explores the qualities of Quaker faith and practice that contribute to living sustainably in the world today."






The Covenant Crucified
Quakers and the Rise of Capitalism
by Douglas P. Gwyn
Paperback, 404 Pages, Published 1995 by Pendle Hill Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-87574-924-2, ISBN: 0-87574-924-0






Seekers Found
Atonement in Early Quaker Experience
by Douglas Gwyn
Paperback, 410 Pages, Published 2001 by Pendle Hill Pubns
ISBN-13: 978-0-87574-960-0, ISBN: 0-87574-960-7

"Many people today respect the search for a spiritually grounded life. By studying the formation of early Friends' experience of transformation, Douglas Gywn offers an understanding of the doctrine of atonement that offers depth and hope to those with a hunger for truth."






Seekers Found
Atonement in Early Quaker Experience
by Douglas Gwyn
Hardcover, Published 2000 by Pendle Hill Pubns
ISBN-13: 978-0-87574-937-2, ISBN: 0-87574-937-2






Life in Gospel-Space
A Testimony
by Gwyn, Douglas
Trade Paperback, 194 Pages, Published 2020 by Independently Published
ISBN-13: 978-1-65673-070-1, ISBN: 1-65673-070-7






Conversation with Christ
by Douglas Gwyn
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-1-888305-91-3, ISBN: 1-888305-91-6






Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope
Literature, Theology and Sociology in Conversation
by Pink Dandelion, Douglas Gwyn, Rachel Muers, Brian Phillips
192 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-351-87841-8, ISBN: 1-351-87841-7

"This book offers new perspectives on the idea of the 'death of tragedy', taking England and the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in particular as a case study."






Conversation with Christ
Quaker Meditations on the Gospel of John
by Douglas Gwyn
Hardcover, 139 Pages, Published 2011 by Quakerpress Of Friends General Conference
ISBN-13: 978-1-888305-90-6, ISBN: 1-888305-90-8



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