Quaker Studies
Religious Society of Friends
Excellent portal site providing extensive links related to all things Quaker.
Digital Quaker Collection
DQC is a digital library containing full text and page images of over 500 individual Quaker works from the 17th and 18th centuries. Searchable by author or title. Also includes links to related sites. From the Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana.
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
A Quaker organization, organized in the "belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice." Find newspaper and magazine articles relating to issues of social and economic justice, such as the plight of civilians of Afghanistan and Iraq. Volunteer opportunities are also highlighted. Searchable. Has link to the Eyes Wide Open site.
American Friends Service Committee: Youth & Militarism
Questions and answers from this Quaker organization "committed to the principles of nonviolence," about military recruitment issues facing American youth. Topics addressed include counter-recruitment, the military in schools, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test (the admissions and placement test for the U.S. military), draft registration and selective service registration, and conscientious objection.
The Friends Council on Education
Founded by a group of volunteer Quaker educators in 1931, promotes the theory and practice of Quaker education.
Friends General Conference Quaker QuestQuaker Quest is a new outreach initiative in Britain that is also taking root in America. The above is the American link. The British site, with information about activities around the world, can be accessed at
http://www.quakerquest.org.
For additional sites in this subject area, search the Internet Public Library and/or the Librarians' Internet Index.
