Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I History of Quaker Faith and Practice
- Part II Expressions of Quaker Faith
- Part III Regional Studies
- 9 Quakers in North America
- 10 Latin American Quakerism
- 11 Quakers in Africa
- 12 Quakers in Europe and the Middle East
- 13 Quakers in Asia-Pacific
- Part IV Emerging Spiritualities
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
11 - Quakers in Africa
from Part III - Regional Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2018
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I History of Quaker Faith and Practice
- Part II Expressions of Quaker Faith
- Part III Regional Studies
- 9 Quakers in North America
- 10 Latin American Quakerism
- 11 Quakers in Africa
- 12 Quakers in Europe and the Middle East
- 13 Quakers in Asia-Pacific
- Part IV Emerging Spiritualities
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
The essay begins with an introduction to the historical and cultural context of present day African Friends and their considerable diversity even within a given region of a given country. A “thick” ethnographic description of the beliefs, practices and community among a specific community of Friends, at Vozoli Village Meeting, part of Keveye Monthly Meeting, in Chavakali Yearly Meeting, Kenya, follows.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism , pp. 197 - 215Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
References
Suggested Further Reading
Angell, Stephen W. (2006). “Quaker Women in Kenya and Human Rights Issues,” in Smith, R. Drew, ed. Freedom’s Distant Shores: American Protestants and Post-Colonial Alliances with Africa, Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, pp. 111–30.Google Scholar
Friends United Meeting. (2011). Faith and Practice of Friends in East Africa, Kisumu, Kenya: Friends United Meeting.Google Scholar
Kimball, Herbert and Kimball, Beatrice. (2002). Go into All the World: A Centennial Celebration of Friends in East Africa, Richmond, IN: Friends United Meeting Press.Google Scholar
Painter, Levinus K. (1966). The Hill of Vision: The Story of the Quaker Movement in East Africa 1902–1965, Kaimosi, Kenya: East Africa Yearly Meeting.Google Scholar
Riggs, Ann K. (2014). “Friends in Eastern Africa,” Quaker Religious Thought 123–24 (November): 85–92.Google Scholar