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Silence and inner light permeate this personal exposition and witness. Yount invites us to take a practical and deep wisdom from the Quakers. (John W. Crossin, OSFS, executive director, Washington Theological Consortium)From its curiosity piquing title to its final satisfying sentence, How the Quakers Invented America is an entertaining and informative book about both the United States and the influence of those quirky Quakers on it. David Yount's writing is crisp and clean and the story he tells is engaging, surprising, and delightful. (J. Brent Bill, Executive Vice President, Indianapolis Center for Congregations; author of "Holy Silence")From the Bill of Rights to frugality, individualism, egalitarianism, family life, religious voluntaryism, and various folkways, Quaker fingerprints are everywhere in the American ethos. David Yount chronicles this heritage with the clear, informative insight of an insider (himself a Friend) and a lifelong observer of religion in America. Not sparing critique of Quaker ways, Yount traces the rich contributions of Friends from their origins to the contemporary branches of Quakerism where their distinctives might still be found. (Max L. Carter, director, Guilford College Friends Center)If you want to see how Quakerism influenced the principles of American democracy...if you want insight into a complex religion . . . if you want to understand Quakerism in the context of the larger Christian community. . . if you want to understand the significance of Quakerism in the modern transformation of American society through its leadership and participation in social justice movements―then I urge you to read David Yount's How Quakers Invented America. (Mary Ellen McNish, general secretary, American Friends Service Committee)An attractive, wide-ranging, personal view of Quakerism . . . thought-provoking, full of life and optimism. (John Punshon Quaker Life)Yount is a fine writer. The book is a pleasant, interesting, and meaningful read. (January 2008 Friends Journal)A thorough reading revealed the author's ability to take a wide range of approaches to the subject matter. Some sections were stimulating, and other parts personally reflective and thoughtful. . . . This book can promote some understanding of Quakerism . . . I can recommend this book as a quick and easy read, with an interesting (if quirky) personal style. (Paul Sheldon, Ph.D., Villanova University Peace and Justice Studies)
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About the Author
David Yount writes the nationally syndicated column "Amazing Grace" and hosts a weekly cable TV program. He regularly appears in the media and is the author of nine books, including What are We to Do? and Be Strong and Courageous. He lives in Montclair, VA.
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Product details
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 28, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0742558339
ISBN-13: 978-0742558335
Product Dimensions:
5.8 x 0.8 x 8.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
3.1 out of 5 stars
9 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#1,242,558 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
In the darker days of Quakerism (primarily the 1800s), errant Quakers were disowned by being "read out" of their Meetings. Regrettably, I'd advise the same fate for this book.First, I should state that I am a fellow Quaker and that Friend Yount clearly means well. He presents a heartfelt case for his personal experience of both Quakerism and America.However, Yount projects his experience and opinions onto all of Quakerism and all of America. According to Yount, both are "egalitarian, fair, peace loving, charitable, responsible, plainspoken, and honest." In fact Quakers have "contributed more than any other group" to these "founding ideals" and have "long since converted America to their way of thinking." Wow. Really?The book seems cobbled together from scrap book clippings. When making a point about Quaker theology, Yount will quote Dante, St. Paul and a near-death researcher. The conclusion rambles. The writing is sloppy and the editing worse. In the space of two paragraphs, the word "inferred" is misused and someone sits "bold upright."Worst of all, the book is riddled with factual errors and generalizations. Do "all" Friends share a "convincement" (wrong use of this Quaker word) about the afterlife? No. Are all Friends in the West and Midwest "programmed" Friends and members of Friends United Meeting who refer to themselves as evangelicals? No. Is there really no Quaker Theology since Robert Barclay? Hardly. Is the Old Testament "the Bible Jesus knew and used?" and does the New Testament "read more like journalism than literature?" Some of the generalizations veer towards offensiveness - for example, characterizing the "good Jew" as one who has to "follow strictly 613 commandments." Other statements oscillate between the theologically questionable and indecipherable: "Quakers believe the traditional sacraments, while worthy, are not essential to a godly life, if only because the majority of God's people around the world don't have access to them as Christians do."Yount says he came to Quakerism from Catholicism carrying "all that I learned about God in the years before I became a Quaker ... unalloyed and undiminished." That theological burden shows. His attempts at Christian apologetics is conflicted. What does a Quaker mean when he writes: "We honor the creeds?" How can one both laud Quaker ideals as foundational but then deride Quakers for holding on to those ideals (particularly pacifism in Pennsylvania)? When Quakerism and America disagree, Yount's faith seems to lie with America.I admire Friend Yount's earnestness in offering his experience of Quakerism in America, but I'm afraid this book will confuse and disappoint more than enlighten and inspire.
As a Quaker I was extremely intrigued by this title. I quickly became embarrassed by it. I have read several interesting academic treatises on The Society of Friends' presence in the evolution of colonial America. This book is not one of those.The history here is just so lacking as to be almost one persons opinion. I was left wondering what was the authors goal for writing this book.
This book is one of the many books recently that highlight the cultural traits of America that start in colonial times. The Quakers are a religious sect which drew adherents from many parts of Northern Europe and contributed greatly to the tolerance of America and the folkways that led to the industrialization of much of the Mid-West.This book seeks to tell their story. It isn't bad but it doesn't come together in the same way other books about the colonial origins of American culture do. It is easy as a Midwesterner to see Quaker origins in my own family and regional origins, but outside of that area Quakerism isn't so pronounced. This book seems to imply that Quakerism has a greater impact on America than what it actually has.The book goes into Quaker theology and explains it quite well. It also contrasts Quakerism with other religious ideas such as the Liturgical traditions within Anglicanism and the Roman Catholic Church as well as the emotional and glossy Evangelical Protestantism. There is a chapter on each concept of Quakerism especially things like seeking the inner light. All of those ideas are very ably explained.
great.
Quqkers is a very interisting book. I was looking for more information to the founding of Quakers in North Carolina and Virgina during the late 1600 and eaely 1700's.
If you destroy the Bill of Rights in American Constitution,United Nationslose its foundation of 1948, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,and will be lost soon. Then,what will happento the Earth or Humanity? I love Quakers.We,Japanese,have Pacifist Constitution.
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