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Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Quakers_(Religious_Society_of_Friends)
GPTKB entity
Statements (92)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:abolitionistMovement
active
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Friends
gptkbp:annualEvent
gptkb:Friends_General_Conference
gptkb:Friends_World_Committee_for_Consultation
gptkb:Evangelical_Friends_Church_International
gptkb:Friends_United_Meeting
gptkbp:antiSlavery
active
gptkbp:branch
gptkb:Unprogrammed_Friends
gptkb:Programmed_Friends
gptkb:Conservative_Friends
gptkb:Evangelical_Friends
gptkb:Liberal_Friends
gptkb:Pastoral_Friends
gptkbp:coreBelief
gptkb:community
gptkb:Inner_Light
Truth
Equality
Pacifism
Simplicity
gptkbp:education
gptkb:Friends_Seminary
gptkb:Haverford_College
gptkb:Swarthmore_College
gptkb:Friends'_Central_School
gptkb:Earlham_College
gptkb:Friends_Select_School
gptkb:Guilford_College
gptkb:Sidwell_Friends_School
gptkb:George_School
gptkb:Westtown_School
gptkbp:foundedIn
gptkb:England
17th century
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:George_Fox
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:London,_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Philadelphia,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Women's_suffrage_movement
gptkb:Civil_rights_movement
Abolition of slavery in the British Empire
Nonviolent resistance
Prison reform
Abolition of slavery in the United States
Conscientious objection
Peace movement
Social justice movements
gptkbp:membership
approximately 350,000 worldwide
gptkbp:notableFor
testimonies
plain dress (historically)
refusal to swear oaths
decision by consensus
no formal clergy
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Elizabeth_Fry
gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkb:Joan_Baez
gptkb:Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell
gptkb:John_Greenleaf_Whittier
gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:William_Penn
gptkb:Thomas_Clarkson
gptkb:Alice_Paul
gptkb:James_Dean
gptkb:Levi_Coffin
gptkb:Lucretia_Mott
gptkb:Bonnie_Raitt
gptkb:James_Nayler
gptkb:John_Woolman
gptkb:Margaret_Fell
gptkb:Rufus_Jones
gptkbp:officialWebsite
https://www.quaker.org/
https://www.friendsworldoffice.org/
gptkbp:organization
Meeting
gptkbp:peaceMovement
active
gptkbp:publishedIn
gptkb:The_Friend
gptkb:Quaker_Studies
gptkb:Friends_Journal
gptkb:Quaker_Life
gptkbp:scripture
gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:symbol
Quaker Oats (not official, but associated)
gptkbp:testimonyBy
gptkb:community
gptkb:Stewardship
Peace
Equality
Simplicity
Integrity
gptkbp:womenRightsMovement
active
gptkbp:worshipStyle
Programmed worship
Silent worship
Unprogrammed worship
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Friends_Committee_on_National_Legislation
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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