Recommended Reading List for Inquirers

Introductory Material

                Welcome to Our Meeting (OYM)

                Glimpses of Friends Views, by Phebe Hall

                Friends Understanding of the Word of God, by John Smith

                The Gospel Imperative,  by Grant Kaufman

                So That You Come Behind in No Gift, (OYM)

Christ and the Scriptures, Max Reich

Congregational Silence, Max Reich

Holy Spirit, Max Reich

What It Means To Wait in Worship, Terry Wallace

A Brief Account Concerning Silent Meetings, Isaac Penington

Historical

                A Short History of Conservative Friends, John Brady

A History of the Rise, Increase and Progress of the People Called Quakers, Wm Sewel, (many editions)

Explanatory

                Apology for the True Christian Divinity (many editions)

Right Authority and Qualification for Religious Labor

A Description of the Qualifications Necessary to a Gospel Minister, Samuel Bownas

The Book of Discipline of Ohio Yearly Meeting

True Christian Baptism and Communion, Joseph Phipps

The Flesh and Blood of Christ in Mystery and in the Outward, Isaac Penington

Letters to a Friend, John Wilbur

The Testimony to the Truth of God as held by the People Called Quakers, Wm Penn

Primitive Christianity revived in the Faith and Practice of the People Called Quakers, Wm Penn       

The Key, Wm Penn

True Spiritual Liberty, Wm Penn

Catechism and Confession Of Faith, Robert Barclay

Friends and Alcohol, Recovering a Forgotten Testimony, Robert Levering PHP 313

A Question of Authority, by Nancy Goodwin

Prayer, by Virginia Schurman

In the Will of God, Stand, Kenneth Morse

Counsel to the Christian Traveler, also Meditations and Experiences, William Shewen

Devotional

                Mind the Heavenly Treasure, a day book by Gary Bowell

                Fox and the Book of Revelation, Arthur Berk

                Fox and the Bible, Arthur Berk

                The light Within and Selected Writings, Isaac Penington

                No Cross, No Crown, Wm Penn

                To Friends in the Ministry, George Fox

Journals and Biography

                The Works of George Fox, 8 volumes

                A History of the Rise, Increase and Progress

                An Autobiography of the Life and Religious Experiences of James Henderson

                The Life and Adventures of a Quaker Among the Indians, Thomas C. Battey

                The Works of Isaac Penington, 4 Volumes

                A Sincere and Constant Love, Margaret Fell Fox, editor Terry Wallace

                Growing up Plain, Wilmer Cooper