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5 - Social Justice and Sustainability

from Part II - Expressions of Quaker Faith

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2018

Stephen W. Angell
Affiliation:
Earlham School of Religion, Indiana
Pink Dandelion
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
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Summary

Long advocates for the oppressed, Friends have a tradition of seeking to right perceived wrongs and bring light to situations—interpersonal, familial, and societal—that demonstrate imbalances in power and the overlooking or denial of the sacred center, “that of God,” in everyone. Action on behalf of social justice arises from an inward leading, a pressure within, that calls Friends into ‘right relationship’ with the issue needing more ‘Light’, whether that is racism, oppression, abuse of power, food inequity, the need for restorative justice, exploitation of the planet, or other worthy concerns.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Suggested Further Reading

Flanagan, E. (2015). Renewable: One Woman’s Search for Simplicity, Faithfulness, and Hope, Berkeley, CA: She Writes Press.Google Scholar
Gwyn, D. (2014b). A Sustainable Life: Quaker Faith and Practice in the Renewal of Creation, Philadelphia, PA: FGC Quakerpress.Google Scholar
Swennerfelt, R. (2016). Rising to the Challenge: The Transition Movement and People of Faith, Albany, CA: QIF Focus Books.Google Scholar
Trueblood, D. E. (1966). The People Called Quakers, New York: Harper & Row.Google Scholar
Woolman, J. (1883/1774). A Journal of John Woolman, Philadelphia: Friends Books.Google Scholar

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