How Quakers Invented America
As America approaches its 250th anniversary, Quaker historian Max Carter joins the show to reveal how a radical, plain-speaking movement quietly hardwired the nation’s legal system, culture, and rebellious spirit.
Max Carter
Max L. Carter is a member of New Garden Friends Meeting, North Carolina Fellowship of Friends. A recorded Friends minister and retired Quaker educator, Max is the author of six books on Quaker history and spirituality and co-leads with his wife annual service-learning trips to Palestine and Israel in support of the Ramallah Friends School and peace and justice work in the region.
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Why Are Quakers Pacifists?
For centuries, Quakers have stood apart from the warring world with a radical, spiritually grounded commitment to peace. This week, we explore the history of the Peace Testimony and how its living wisdom can guide us through modern conflict.
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Why Are There So Many Quaker Organizations?
We’re exploring the impact of Quaker nonprofits, from the AFSC’s chocolate soup for German children during World War I to our own Thee Quaker Project reaching Friends and seekers in the Internet age.
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The Making Of Monopoly: How Quakers Shaped The World’s Most Popular Board Game
We explore the twisty history of the world’s most popular board game, from its anti-capitalist origins to the Quakers who transformed the game into what it is today.
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What Do Quakers Wear?
Are Friends still called to wear bonnets and broad-brimmed hats?
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James Nayler: The Quaker Who Rode Into Bristol
Who was James Nayler, and why did he ride into Bristol? We talk with four Quaker historians.
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The Weird World of Religious Radicals in 17th Century England
Who in the world were the Ranters, and what do they have in common with Quakers?
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Quakers and Zoom: How Videoconferencing Came to Quaker Worship and Whether It’s Here to Stay
Join us as we consider the ways Zoom has impacted Quaker worship.
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George Fox and the Birth of Quakerism
In the mid-1600s, an unusual man named George Fox rejected the religious norms of his day and founded a new radically different faith. Does that matter to Quakers today?
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You've reached the end! (or is it the beginning?)