Swarthmore Lecture

The preface to the very first lecture explains the purpose of the series.
“This book is the first of a series of public addresses to be known as the Swarthmore Lectures. The Lectureship was established by the Woodbrooke Extension Committee, at a meeting held December 9th, 1907. The Minute of the Committee provides for “an annual lecture on some subject relating to the Message and Work of the Society of Friends.” The name “Swarthmore” was chosen in memory of the home of Margaret Fox, which was always open to the earnest seeker after Truth, and from which loving words of sympathy and substantial material help were sent to fellow-workers.
“The Woodbrooke Extension Committee requested Rufus M. Jones, M.A., D.Litt., of Yearly Meeting of 1908. In accordance with this decision, the lecture was delivered in the Central Hall, Birmingham, on May 19th.
“The Swarthmore Lectureship has been founded with a two-fold purpose: firstly, to interpret further to the members of the Society of Friends their Message and Mission; and secondly, to bring before the public the spirit, the aims and the fundamental principles of the Friends. This first lecture presents Quakerism as a religion of experience and first-hand reality—a dynamic, practical religion of life.”
The transcripts of the 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2006 lectures (not necessarily the text printed in the books listed above) are available as free downloads from the Quaker Study Centre website.
== List of Swarthmore Lectures ==
List of Swarthmore Lectures
	 Year 
	 Author 
	 Title 
	 Notes 
	 1908 
	 Rufus M. Jones, 1863-1948 
	 Quakerism: a Religion for life 
	 
	 1909 
	 William Charles Braithwaite, 1862-1922 
	 Spiritual Guidance in the experience of the Society of Friends 
	 
	 1910 
	 Joan Mary Fry, 1862-1955 
	 The Communion of Life 
	 
	 1911 
	 Thomas Hodgkin, 1831-1913 
	 Human Progress and the Inward Light 
	 
	 1912 
	 T.R Glover, 1869-1943 
	 The Nature and Purpose of a Christian Society 
	For biographical information on this lecturer, see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article by Sydney C. Roberts, ‘Glover, Terrot Reaveley (1869–1943)’, rev. Herbert H. Huxley, , accessed 28 Jan 2007
	 1913 
	 Joshua Rowntree, 1844-1915 
	 Social Service - its place in the Society of Friends 
	 
	 1914 
	 Edward Grubb, 1854-1939 
	 The Historic and Inward Christ: a study in Quaker thought 
	For biographical information on this lecturer, see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article by Thomas C. Kennedy, ‘Grubb, Edward (1854–1939)’, accessed 28 Jan 2007 
	 1915 
	 Silvanus P. Thompson, 1851-1916 
	 The Quest For Truth 
	 
	 1916 
	 Henry T. Hodgkin, 1877-1933 
	 The Missionary Spirit and the Present Opportunity 
	 
	 1917 
	 William Littleboy, 1853-1936 
	 The Day of Our Visitation 
	 
	 1918 
	 Lucy Fryer Morland, 1864-1945 
	 New Social Outlook 
	 
	 1919 
	 Lucy Violet (Hodgkin) Holdsworth, 1869-1954 
	 Silent Worship : The way of wonder 
	 
	 1920 
	 Herbert G. Wood, 1879-1963 
	 Quakerism and the Future of the Church 
	For biographical information on this lecturer, see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article by Thomas C. Kennedy, Wood, Herbert George (1879–1963), , accessed 8 Dec 2006.
	 1920 
	 Rufus M. Jones, 1863-1948 
	 The nature and Authority of Conscience 
	 
	 1921 
	 T. Edmund Harvey, 1875-1955 
	 The Long Pilgrimage : human progress in the light of the Christian hope 
	 
	 1922 
	 Carl Heath, 1869-1950 
	 Religion and Public Life 
	 
	 1923 
	 Helen Maria Sturge 
	 Personal Religion and the Service of Humanity 
	 
	 1924 
	 Gerald Kenway Hibbert, 1872-1957 
	 The Inner Light and Modern Thought 
	 
	 1925 
	 John William Graham, 1859-1932 
	 The Quaker ministry
	 
	 1926 
	 A. Neave Brayshaw, 1861-1940 
	 The Things that Are Before Us 
	 
	 1927 
	 Henry Thomas Silcock, 1882-1969 
	 Christ and the World's Unrest 
	 
	 1928 
	 John S. Hoyland, 1887-1957 
	 Light of Christ 
	 
	 1929 
	 Arthur Stanley Eddington, 1882-1944 
	 Science and the Unseen world 
	 
	 1930 
	 Gerhart von Schulze-Gaevernitz 1864 – 1943
	 Democracy and Religion: a study in Quakerism 
	For biographical information on this lecturer, see James Thompson, ‘Gaevernitz, Gerhart von Schulze- (1864–1943)’ in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online edn. May 2005 accessed 14 March 2007 
	 1931 
	 Howard H. Brinton, 1884-1973 
	 Creative Worship 
	 
	 1932 
	 Francis E. Pollard, 1872-1951 
	 Education and the Spirit of Man 
	 
	 1933 
	 Shipley N. Brayshaw, 1871-1957 
	 Unemployment and Plenty 
	 
	 1934 
	 George Barker Jeffery, 1891-1957 
	 Christ, Yesterday And Today 
	 London : George Allen & Unwin, 1934.
	 1935 
	 William Ernest Wilson, 1880-1955 
	 Our Response To God 
	 
	 1936 
	 Howard E. Collier, 1890-1953 
	 Towards a New Manner of Living 
	 
	 1937 
	 Caroline Cassandra Graveson, 1874-1958 
	 Religion and Culture 
	 
	 1938 
	 A. Barratt Brown 1887-1947
	 Democratic Leadership 
	 
	 1939 
	 David Elton Trueblood, 1900-1994 
	 The Trustworthiness of Religious Experience 
	 
	 1940 
	 John Armstrong Hughes, 1876-1942 
	 The Light of Christ in a Pagan World 
	 
	 1941 
	 Edgar Bradshaw Castle, 1897-1973 
	 The Undivided Mind 
	 
	 1942 
	 Margaret M. Harvey, 1898- 
	 The Law of Liberty 
	 
	 1943 
	 Leyton Richards, 1879-1948 
	 Planning for Freedom 
	 
	 1944 
	 W. Russell Brain, 1895-1966 
	 Man, Society and Religion 
	 
	 1945 
	 Wilfrid Allott, 1891-1972 
	 Worship And Social Progress 
	 
	 1946 
	 Joseph Edward [John] Hoare, 1896-1980 
	 The Warrant For Youth's Search 
	 
	 1947 
	 John W. Harvey, 1889-1967 
	 The Salt and the Leaven 
	 
	 1948 
	 
	 
	 There was no lecture this year 
	 1949 
	 Roger C.Wilson, 1906-1991 
	 Authority, Leadership and Concern. A study in motive and administration in Quaker relief work 
	 ISBN 0-85245-021-4 
	 1950 
	 Konrad Braun, 1896-1969 
	 Justice & the Law of Love 
	 
	 1951 
	 Richard Duncan Fairn, 1906-1986 
	 Quakerism — a faith for ordinary men 
	 
	 1952 
	 Thomas Farrimond Green, 1899-1966 
	 Preparation for Worship 
	 ISBN 0-85245-046-X 
	 1953 
	 Kathleen Lonsdale, 1903-1971 
	 Removing the Causes of War 
	 
	 1954 
	 Wilhelm Aarek, 1907-1999 
	 From Loneliness To Fellowship : A study in psychology and Quakerism 
	 
	 1955 
	 Douglas V. Steere, 1901-1995 
	 Where Words Come From - an interpretation of the ground & practise of Quaker worship & ministry 
	 ISBN 0-85245-067-2 (reprinted as a paperback, 1985) 
	 1956 
	 Edgar Grieve Dunstan, 1890-1963 
	 Quakers & the Religious Quest 
	 
	 1957 
	 Henry J. Cadbury, 1883-1974
	 Quakerism & Early Christianity 
	 
	 1958 
	 Margaret B. Hobling 
	 The Concrete & the Universal 
	 
	 1959 
	 Harold Loukes, 1912-1980 
	 The Castle & the Field 
	 
	 1960 
	 Kenneth C. Barnes, 1903-1998 
	 Creative Imagination 
	 
	 1961 
	 Richard K. Ullmann, 1904-1963 
	 Tolerance & the Intolerable 
	 
	 1962 
	 J. Duncan Wood, 1911-2006 
	 Building the Institutions of Peace 
	 
	 1963 
	 L. Hugh Doncaster, 1914-1994 
	 God in Every Man 
	 
	 1964 
	 Richenda C. Scott, 1903-1984 
	 Tradition and Experience 
	 
	 1965 
	 John Macmurray, 1891-1976 
	 Search for Reality in Religion 
	 ISBN 0-85245-001-X 
	 1966 
	 William E. Barton 
	 The Moral Challenge of Communism: Some Ethical aspects of Marxist/Leninist Society 
	 
	 1967 
	 Kathleen M. Slack, 1910- 
	 Constancy and Change in the Society of Friends 
	 
	 1968 
	 William Homan Thorpe, 1902-1986 
	 Quakers and Humanists 
	 
	 1969 
	 Maurice A. Creasey, 1912-2004 
	 Bearings, or, Friends and the new reformation 
	 
	 1970 
	 Kenneth E. Boulding, 1910-1993 
	 Prospering of Truth 
	 
	 1971 
	 Charles Frederick Carter, 1919-2002 
	 On having a sense of all conditions 
	For biographical information on this lecturer, see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article by Roger Middleton, Carter, Sir Charles Frederick (1919–2002), online edn Jan 2006 accessed 8 Dec 2006.
	 1972 
	 Richard S. Peters, 1919- 
	 Reason, Morality and Religion 
	 ISBN 0-7100-7651-7 
	 1973 
	 George H. Gorman, 1916-1982 
	 Amazing Fact of Quaker Worship 
	 ISBN 0-85245-100-8 
	 1974 
	 Wolf Mendl, 1926-1999 
	 Prophets and Reconcilers, Reflections on the Quaker Peace Testimony 
	 ISBN 0-85245-115-6. For biographical information on this Friend see Guardian Obituary 
	 1975 
	 Ralph Hetherington, 1917-2000 
	 The Sense of Glory - A psychological study of peak-experiences 
	 ISBN 0-85245-117-2 
	 1976 
	 W. Grigor McClelland, 1922- 
	 And a new earth: Making tomorrow's society better than today's 
	 ISBN 0-85245-122-9 (London : Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting. Home Service Committee, 1976. - [7], 91 p. ; 19 cm.)
	 1977 
	 Damaris Parker-Rhodes, 1918-1986 
	 Truth - a Path & not a Possession 
	 ISBN 0-85245-124-5 (London : Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting. Home Service Committee, 1977. - [5], 68 p. ; 19 cm.) (superseded by a new book: The Way Out is the Way In, 1985 
	 1978 
	 John Ormerod Greenwood, 1907-1989 
	 Signs of Life : Art and Religious Experience 
	 ISBN 0-85245-131-8 (London : Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting. Home Service Committee, 1978. - [7], 72 p. : plate, 1 ill ; 19 cm.)
	 1979 
	 John Reader, 1915- 
	 Of Schools and Schoolmasters. Some thoughts on the Quaker contribution to Education 
	 ISBN 0-85245-140-7 
	 1980 
	 Janet Scott, 1941- 
	 What Canst Thou Say? Towards a Quaker theology 
	 ISBN 0-85245-151-2 
	 1981 
	 Adam Curle, 1916-2006 
	 True Justice, Quaker peace makers and peace making 
	 ISBN 0-85245-156-3. For biographical information on this Friend see Guardian Obituary 
	 1982 
	 Gerald Priestland, 1927-1991 
	 Reasonable Uncertainty: a Quaker approach to doctrine 
	 ISBN 0-85245-161-X 
	 1983 
	 Michael Rutter, 1933- 
	 A Measure of Our Values: goals & dilemmas in the upbringing of children 
	 ISBN 0-85245-170-9 (London : Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting. Quaker Home Service, 1983. - 172 p. ; 19 cm.}
	 1984 
	 Laurence Lerner, 1925- 
	 Two Cinnas: Quakerism, Revolution and Poetry. A dialogue 
	 ISBN 0-85245-182-2 
	 1985 
	 Christopher Holdsworth, 1931- 
	 Steps in a Large Room: a Quaker explores the monastic tradition 
	 ISBN 0-85245-188-1 
	 1986 
	 Quaker Women's Group 
	 Bringing the Invisible into the Light. Some Quaker Feminists speak of their experience 
	 ISBN 0-85245-199-7 Lecture performed at the University of Exeter
	 1987 
	 John Lampen, 1938- 
	 Mending the Hurts 
	 ISBN 0-85245-206-3 
	 1988 
	 Harvey Gillman, 1947- 
	 A Minority of One 
	 ISBN 0-85245-207-1 
	 1989 
	 S. Jocelyn Burnell, 1943- 
	 Broken for Life 
	 ISBN 0-85245-222-5 Given at the University of Aberdeen
	 1990 
	 John Punshon, 1935- 
	 Testimony and Tradition: some aspects of Quaker spirituality 
	 ISBN 0-85245-231-4 (London : Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting. Quaker Home Service, 1990. - 94 p. ; 19 cm.)
	 1991 
	 Geoffrey Hubbard, 1923-1998 
	 Patterns and Examples. Quaker Attitudes and European Opportunities 
	 ISBN 0-85245-236-5 
	 1992 
	 Brenda Clifft Heales & Chris Cook 
	 Images and Silence: Future of Quaker Ministry 
	 ISBN 0-85245-242-X 
	 1993 
	 Sydney D. Bailey, 1916-1995 
	 Peace is a Process 
	 ISBN 0-85245-249-7 Lecture given at the University of Warwick
	 1994 
	 Margaret Heathfield 
	 Being together : our corporate life in the Religious Society of Friends 
	 ISBN 0-85245-254-3 (London : Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting. Quaker Home Service, 1994. - 123 p. ; 19 cm.) 
	 1995 
	 Anne Thomas 
	 Only Fellow-Voyagers. Creation stories as guides for the journey 
	 ISBN 0-85245-272-1 
	 1996 
	 Jonathan Dale 
	 Beyond the Spirit of the Age 
	 ISBN 0-85245-282-9 
	 1997 
	 Christine Trevett 
	 Previous Convictions 
	 ISBN 0-85245-290-X Lecture given at the University of Aberystwyth
	 1998 
	 Young Friends General Meeting 
	 Who do we think we are? Young Friends' Commitment and Belonging 
	 ISBN 0-85245-299-3 
	 1999 
	 Alex Wildwood 
	 A faith to call our own. Quaker tradition in the light of contemporary movements of the Spirit 
	 ISBN 0-85245-312-4 
	 2000 
	 Tim Newell 
	 Forgiving Justice. A Quaker vision for criminal justice 	
	 ISBN 0-85245-321-3. A new updated edition of this book was published in 2007 ISBN 9780901689511
	 2001 
	 Tony Stoller 
	 Wrestling with the Angel 
	 ISBN 0-85245-326-4 Lecture given at the University of Exeter
	 2002 
	 Jackie Leach Scully 
	 Playing in the Presence: genetics, ethics and spirituality 
	 ISBN 0-85245-337-X For her webpage see http://pages.unibas.ch/ifgem/Scully.html 
	 2003 
	 Eleanor Nesbitt 
	 Interfaith Pilgrims: living truths and truthful living 
	 ISBN 0-85245-347-7 
	 2004 
	 Simon Fisher 
	 Spirited living : waging conflict, building peace 
	 ISBN 0-85245-357-4 
	 2005 
	 Helen Steven 
	 No Extraordinary Power: Prayer, Stillness and Action 
	 ISBN 0-85245-379-5 Lecture given at the University of York
	 2006 
	 Roger and Susan Sawtell 
	 Reflections from a Long Marriage 
	 ISBN 0-85245-394-9 
	 2007 
	 Beth Allen 
	 Ground and Spring: the foundation of Quaker Discipleship 
	 ISBN 978-0-901689-67-2 BYM Press Release
	 2008 
	 to be announced 
	 to be announced 
	 The 2008 Swarthmore Lecture will be given during Yearly Meeting in May 2008
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