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Course: Radical Spirituality: the Early History of the Quakers
Summing up
We’ve covered a lot of ground this week, looking at Fox’s arrival in Ulverston, the importance of Margaret Fell becoming a Quaker, and the subsequent history of the Quaker faith. …
Quakerism Today
In this video, we hear about the way Quakerism has become a global faith with different branches separated by theological emphases but joined by a strong Quaker heritage. The counter-cultural …
Consolidation, mission and expansion
In this video, we hear about what happened next, how the Quaker movement grew through the years of the British Republic in the 1650s and expanded through mission work, but …
The Importance of Margaret Fell
In this video, Betty Hagglund and Stuart Masters explore and explain Margaret Fell’s background, and her pastoral, organisational and theological skills and evaluate her importance in the birth of Quakerism. …
Key aspects of Margaret Fell’s thinking
This video reflects on the Margaret Fell passage we have been studying. It unpicks the main points she is raising in this account of her experience in Ulverston Church and …
Swarthmoor Hall
This video takes us to Ulverston, to Swarthmoor Hall which was the Fell family home and to Ulverston Church where Margaret Fell is so moved by Fox’s preaching. Why do …
Journal extract
We can look again at what Fox wrote about his travels by reading his journal. The text that relates to this week’s material, reprinted from a 1903 version of the …
Map of Fox’s journey
Look again at the map of Fox’s journey so you can get a clear sense about the geography of the places we are talking about. See how Fox travelled from …
Introduction to Week 3
In this video we will take a look forward to the material that we will be covering this week. We will hear about Fox’s arrival in Ulverston and of Margaret …
Summing up
This week we have covered George Fox’s arrival into Sedbergh, some of the key aspects of early Quaker theology and lifestyle, and Fox’s experience on Firbank Fell. It would be …
What about the north?
In this video, Hilary Hinds talks about the role of the North in creating a distinct Quaker identity. What was its role in the success of the movement and how …
Key aspects of Howgill’s thought
Watch this video, which offers an overview of this text. It brings out the key aspects of the Francis Howgill passage. We see the way that criticism of others with …
Firbank Fell
This video takes us to Firbank Fell and explains the key points of what Fox said there. We hear how there were probably a number of preachers present that day, …
Inward Quaker spirituality
In this video, we look at the way Quakers contrasted the ‘outward’ with the ‘inward’ and how for them the inward denoted authentic spirituality. We also hear about some of …
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Radical Spirituality: the Early History of the Quakers