Category - quakers

Quaker week will focus on story telling in good faith

staff writers — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:05:37 +0100

Building bridges with storytelling is the focus for an information week beginning on Saturday, when Quakers in Britain will profile their life, faith and practice as a distinct and viable commitment in a divided world.

New model for dealing with sex offenders launches in UK

staff writers — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:31:49 +0100

A new charity is being launched in London tomorrow to pioneer an award-winning community response to sex offending, in the UK. Circles UK aims to support the development and effectiveness of Circles of Support and Accountability.

Quakers express support for campaigners arrested over Diego Garcia protest

staff writers — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:49:09 +0000

British Quakers today lent their support to the concerns of the two human rights campaigners arrested off Diego Garcia after protesting about the island's use in British and US military operations.

Churches prepare to mark fifth anniversary of Iraq invasion

staff writers — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:18:26 +0000

In the run up to the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, churches are reiterating their call for British troops to withdraw from the country and will join in a 'Christian Peace Witness for Iraq'

Army under fire for recruitment that glamourises war

staff writers — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:10:09 +0000

Representative's of Britain's armed forces are reacting with fury to a report which says that some of their recruitment advertising is giving young people, in particular, a misleading and glamourised picture of military life.

Historic peace churches commit to healing in a violent world

agency reporter — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:06:06 +0000

Representatives of the world's Historic Peace Churches gathered in Solo, Indonesia in December 2007, to ask what "Peace in Our Land" means - through the interrelated topics of injustice, religious pluralism, and poverty.

Quakers gear up to celebrate 60 years since Nobel Peace Prize award

staff writers — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:36:30 +0000

Quakers are gearing up to celebrate the 60th anniversary of their award of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Quakers sing it loud and proud

staff writers — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:45:26 +0100

Quakers, often known for the quietness and stillness of their meetings as well as their commitment to justice and peacemaking, are being urged to 'drop their traditional modesty' for the first ever National Quaker Week.

Online exhibition traces origins of slave trade abolition

staff writers — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:55 +0000

Quakers in Britain have launched an online exhibition of archived resources tracing the history of the anti slavery movement from its Quaker beginnings to the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807 and beyond.

Being a cautious mystic

Johan Maurer — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:35:24 +0000

Johan Maurer asks what we mean by spiritual experience and mysticism