This thesis presents an ethnographic case study into the political anthropology of contemporary religion. By exploring the ‘liquid’ faith of participants in the Religious Society of Friends (‘Quakers’), it carefully examines the social and political practices that constitute the…
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Anthony Benezet (1713–1784) was one of the most enlightened men of the 18th century. Born to French Huguenot parents who fled France due to religious persecution, his family settled in Philadelphia in 1731. Rejecting his father's desire to join the family business, Benezet becam…
This dissertation examines the Quakers' Ramallah Mission by focusing on the Friends Girls School, a case study of the interaction between Americans and Palestinians. It shows how both sides arrived at a "meeting ground" reflecting their shared values, such as a high regard for e…
This dissertation focuses on Quakers' efforts to convert Indians to Christianity and Native peoples' reactions to their endeavors. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Lenape welcomed members of the Religious Society of Friends to their homeland. Both peoples' religious beliefs s…
Baruch Spinoza, 17. yy Avrupası’nın en önemli düşünürlerinden biridir. Kutsal Kitap’a dair söylemleri çağdaşlarını ve sonraki nesilleri ciddi anlamda etkilemiştir. Yaptığı eleştirilerden dolayı Spinoza, modern dönem Kutsal Kitap eleştirisinin öncüsü kabul edilmektedir. Çalışmamı…
Montgomery County, Maryland in the 19th century comprised a diversity of socioeconomic and racial communities. Some aspects of the community can be found in historical documents, information relating to the laboring class and enslaved peoples has been lost or omitted from the hi…
Examining the education practices in early America provides a glimpse into the structure of colonial society as a whole. More specifically, the education system sheds light on how traditionally marginalized groups gained improved opportunities within society. This thesis examine…
From 1919 to 1924, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), supplied over 5 million German children with food aid that came to be known as the Quäkerspeisung. Following four years of fighting and the British Blockade, Germany lacked proper food reserves and production to s…