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1944 – Man, Society and Religion
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Archive for the ‘Swarthmore Lectures’ Category
1944 – Man, Society and Religion
The 1944 Swarthmore Lecture by W Russell Brain, reviewed by John Hall Walter Russell Brain (1895-1966) joined the Friends’ Ambulance Unit in 1915 but did not become a Quaker until 1931, by which time he had been elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, specialising in neurology. Knighted in 1952, he was made [...]
2013 Swarthmore Lecturer revealed
by Jez Smith Gerald Hewitson, a Quaker based in Wales, is set to deliver the 2013 Swarthmore Lecture, A Journey to the Heart of the Quaker Experience. The lecture will be given during Britain Yearly Meeting at Friends House on 25/05/2013. Although the lecture will be delivered then, the Swarthmore Lecture is in the care [...]
1949 – Authority, Leadership and Concern
The 1949 Swarthmore Lecture by Roger Cowan Wilson, reviewed by Jennifer Barraclough The joy of the Swarthmore Lectures is their continuing ability to illuminate, console and inform. Although Roger Cowan Wilson wrote about authority, leadership and concern in the context of Quaker relief work during and immediately after the Second World War, there is much [...]
2012 – Snakes and Ladders
The 2012 Swarthmore Lecture by Rachel Brett, reviewed by Mark Hoda After attending the Quaker United Nations Summer School in 2001, I remember feeling really uplifted by all the behind the scenes diplomatic conciliation that the Quaker United Nations office (QUNO) in Geneva facilitates. Students who attend QUNO’s annual summer school hear scores of diplomats, officials [...]
1913 – Social Service: its place in the Society of Friends
The 1913 Swarthmore Lecture by Joshua Rowntree, reviewed by John Hall The name of Joshua Rowntree is not as familiar to twenty-first century Friends as other historical members of his clan. However, as the nineteenth century turned into the twentieth, Joshua Rowntree (1844-1915) was well known to his contemporaries in the Society. He was the [...]
1948 – The Clash of Loyalties
The 1948 Lecture by Edmond Privat, reviewed by John Hall: The Swarthmore Lecture that wasn’t The 1948 Yearly Meeting was held for the first time in Scotland: in Edinburgh. The Swarthmore Lecture was to be given by the Swiss Quaker, Edmond Privat (1889-1962) who was an ardent pacifist, human-rights activist, writer and journalist. He was [...]
1950 – Justice and the Law of Love
The 1950 Swarthmore Lecture by Konrad Braun, reviewed by John Hall Written by a former Berlin Supreme Court judge who escaped from the Nazis and became a subsequent convert to Quakerism and a lecturer at Woodbrooke, potentially this is an ideal read, written as it was, only five years after the end of the war [...]
2012 Swarthmore Lecturer is Rachel Brett
Rachel Brett is set to deliver the annual Swarthmore Lecture as part of Quakers’ Britain Yearly Meeting assembly in 05/2012. Rachel Brett will speak about Quaker processes and ways of working and how they have been applied to the United Nations sphere. She will particularly talk about this work in the context of human rights, [...]
2000 – Forgiving Justice
The 2000 Swarthmore Lecture by Tim Newell, reviewed by Ben Jarman. Introduction and content Tim Newell’s Swarthmore Lecture was delivered in 2000. Much has changed in prison and justice policy since then, and yet much of the confused thinking and practice, to which Newell offered an alternative, remain. If anything, the system’s contradictions are writ [...]
1981 – True Justice: Quaker peace makers and peace making
The 1981 Swarthmore Lecture 1981 by Adam Curle, reviewed by John Hall. The Swarthmore Lectureship was “founded with a two-fold purpose: firstly, to interpret to the members of the Society of Friends their Message and Mission; and secondly, to bring before the public the spirit, the aims and the fundamental principles of the Friends.” Any [...]