(125) S7E20 {Interview - Mary Crauderueff} Who Are Quakers?

I had the privilege of speaking with Mary Crauderueff who is a historian/archivist on the Quakers, and a Quaker herself. Since we reference Quakers with some frequency on the show, she helps us to understand them a bit better, as well as helps me to take them off the pedestal I have them on in my mind. She also helps us understand what types of ideas and practices may help lead Quakers towards justice more quickly than other groups. Intro. 0:00 Quakers always on the right side of justice? 7:00 Quaker history. 10:00 Do Quakers fracture less than Protestants? 16:00 What makes a Quaker a Quaker? 22:30 Quaker consensus making. 26:45 Persecution of Quakers. 32:45 2 Questions. 39:45 What hermeneutic allowed Quakers to allow women leaders and oppose slavery before almost all other groups of Christians? 41:30 How do Quakers view government in light of its intrinsic use of force? 42:40


  • Quaker Consensus Process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF8PABPq8AA
  • War Tax Resistance: https://nwtrcc.org/
  • Margaret Fell's "Womens Speaking Justified": https://users.wfu.edu/zulick/340/Felltext.html
  • The Fearless Benjamin Lay: https://www.amazon.com/Fearless-Benjamin-Lay-Revolutionary-Abolitionist/dp/B074HJKTNT/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=benjamin+lay&qid=1623977960&sr=8-1
  • My episode on Benjamin Lay: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/draft-juneteenth-nonviolence-and-abolition
  • Waging Nonviolence: https://wagingnonviolence.org/
  • City of Refuge: https://wagingnonviolence.org/series/city-of-refuge/page/2/
  • All Slave-keepers That Keep the Innocent in Bondage, Apostates: https://www.amazon.com/Slave-keepers-That-Innocent-Bondage-Apostates/dp/B08R68BT6C/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=benjamin+lay&qid=1623981654&sr=8-2 


Intro. 0:00
Quakers always on the right side of justice? 7:00
Quaker history. 10:00
Do Quakers fracture less than Protestants? 16:00
What makes a Quaker a Quaker? 22:30
Quaker consensus making. 26:45
Persecution of Quakers. 32:45
2 Questions. 39:45
What hermeneutic allowed Quakers to allow women leaders and oppose slavery before almost all other groups of Christians? 41:30
How do Quakers view government in light of its intrinsic use of force? 42:40
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(125) S7E20 {Interview - Mary Crauderueff} Who Are Quakers?
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