May 2005 Updates:

Pendle Hill Pamphlets:
Eight intriguing pamphlets are newly available.

• The Totalitarian Claim of the Gospels
  php004 by Dora Willson, 1941
  Dora Willson inspects the Gospels and the teachings of Jesus to interpret for us the meaning behind the parables and what that meaning implies for our lives. She considers the teachings of Jesus to be quite straightforward and "intensely practical in that it offers a way to life which is open to experiment."

 
• Community and Worship
  php010 by Douglas V. Steere, 1940
  Douglas Steere considers two important components of Quaker meetings: how to build a sense of community; and the work that goes on in Meeting for Worship...

 
• War Is The Enemy
  php015 by A. J. Muste, 1942
  A. J. Muste has been a Quaker spokesman for non-violence and peaceful resolution of conflicts. He is well known for his positions, yet his writings have not been widely available.

 
• The Self to the Self
  php035 by Dora Willson, 1946
  Prompted by the second of Jesus' great commandments: "you shall love your neighbor as yourself," Dora Willson writes searchingly about how we should love ourselves.

 
• Are Your Meetings Held In The Life
  php037 by Margaret M. Cary, 1945
  Writing in the early 1940's Margaret Cary presents a classic view of the role of women in the Meeting. But she easily goes beyond the culturally dated view and shines a light on the persistent need for communication, for fellowship, for visitation.

 
• The Prophetic Element in Modern Art
  php148 by Dorothea Blom, 1966
  Dorothea begins with a not-so-innocent disclaimer "Art never lies." And from there this noted art historian gives us a brief survey of modern art, and how art appears to echo the reality of the present and to anticipate the reality of the future.

 
• Quakerism and Christianity
  php152 by Edwin B. Bronner, 1967
  Edwin Bronner addresses some fundamental questions for Quakers. "What does it mean to be a Friend today? … It has never been easy to pin labels on Friends, whether in the seventeenth century or today.

 
• Apocalypso: Revelations in Theater
  php180 by Jack Shepherd, 1971
  Jack Shepherd, a playwright, an actor, an interpreter of drama, remembers his efforts at Pendle Hill in developing, presenting, and acting in his new interactive plays.