The Quaker Sanctuary Tradition †
Anthropology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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This article is based on primary and secondary research, including participant observation and interviews, in the United States, United Kingdom, and France.
Religions 2018, 9(5), 155; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9050155
Received: 27 March 2018
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Revised: 23 April 2018
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Accepted: 7 May 2018
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Published: 10 May 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Religion and Refugee: Interdisciplinary Discussions on Transformative Humane-Divine Interactions)
In the beginning of the Religious Society of Friends, in the seventeenth century, Quakers sought sanctuary from persecution in England and its American colonies. Later they provided sanctuary to people fleeing persecution, slavery, and war in many countries. They base their humanitarian efforts on five Testimonies and their core beliefs in the inner light of God in every person and the primacy of individual conscience. Often their sanctuary activities have led them into conflict with repressive governments and religious authorities. Their relief work with refugees, asylum seekers, and other migrants, sometimes under dangerous conditions, earned them the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947. Despite their small numbers, Quakers have continued to play leadership roles in humanitarian initiatives up to the present day. Their sanctuary tradition has now flourished for more than 350 years.
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Keywords:
Religious Society of Friends; Quakers; sanctuary; migrants; humanitarian relief; refugees
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