@martinkubler The original idea behind #Quakerism is a hierarchy: God himself leads the community, without intermediaries.
However, this is a difficult concept when, for example, many members in Europe are atheists, nonthists, pathists, or agnostics. It's hard to say who would then be accepted as an authority.
If one rejects divine leadership, are Quakers essentially just a humanist association?
View of Fifth Block Corridor, with Gallery, Two Stories High (1872), from Brief Sketch of the Origin and History of the State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b218afbb-b065-4213-a76c-7558d745f236
#lighting #prisons #corridors #silence #justice #cells #quakerism #architecture #doors #art #publicdomain
Thinking about core Quaker values today - how can I apply these in my daily life?
Simplicity
Peace
Integrity
Community
Equality
Stewardship
I have been joining Hong Kong quakers meeting for a few weeks. Are there any #quakers on Mastodon? Let's say Hi~👍
Younger adults in the United States find comfort in unprogrammed Friends meetings: https://apnews.com/article/quakers-worship-noisy-world-philadelphia-pennsylvania-6549d5f4560f9a068bc48a7803216502
I can attest to the same, as I started attending an unprogrammed meeting about a decade ago, in my mid thirties.
#quakers #quakerism #friends #ap #associatedpress #luisandreshenao #religionedpress
There’s been an unprecedented surge in the numbers of attendees at Sunday worship at the Quaker Arch Street Meeting House in Old City Philadelphia. Many of them are young people who are seeking respite from this noisy technological age in the silent worship of the centuries-old faith. For years, attendance at Arch Street was so low, and its historic 300-seat West Room felt so empty, that the few people present began to meet in a smaller room. But in recent years, they’ve used technology and social media to help teach others about Quakers and the meeting house that was built in the early 19th century and that is still one of the world’s largest and most important Quaker buildings.
Ground View of the New Prison in Philadelphia (1827), from Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society
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Source: Princeton Theological Seminary Library / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9461106c-7e9c-4b9d-b1c8-db4906dfced7
#prisons #diagrams #silence #justice #quakerism #design #circular #art #publicdomain
Looking towards #Hoegalidskyrkan from Kväkargården in #Stockholm . It's been a long journey back to #Quakerism .
Two Interior Views of a Cell at Eastern State Penitentiary (1872), from Brief Sketch of the Origin and History of the State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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Source: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/aed7353c-06ea-4eae-95cc-829e826f36cf
#prisons #silence #justice #quakerism #furniture #beds #rooms #doors #art #publicdomain
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