This page aims to give some points for exploration of both historic and contemporary aspects of the Quaker peace testimony, with material from a variety of Quaker perspectives. Quaker testimonies are lived and developing aspects of our faith – we hope this gives some useful additional insight. (see also the text of our short leaflet “Quaker Approaches to Peace”)
Quaker’ Historic Testimony
- Our peace testimony | Quaker faith & practice (Quakers in Britain)
- Quakers in Britain leaflet (2019 edition)
- Examining the Quaker Peace Testimony – QuakerSpeak video
- Testimony to peace | The Friend Sep 2009 |article by Helen Steven)
- Peace and Nonviolence (quakersintheworld.org)
- Friends (Quakers) and Peace, by Bill Samuel – QuakerInfo.com (includes good international links)
- Text of 1660 declaration
- The Original Quaker Peace Testimony | Steve Smith, Western Friend
Personal Testimony
- Quaker Peace Witness – Past & Present – video featuring Quakers in Leeds
- What It Means to Be a Quaker Peace Activist- YouTube
- Holding the Peace: Quaker Nonviolence in the Time of Black Lives Matter – YouTube
Quakers and peace in the news
- ** see also page of material relating to Ukraine, which includes links to Quaker content **
- Quakers in Britain call for respect for conscientious objection rights – August 2023
- Quakers oppose Armed Forces Day in Falmouth – June 2023
- Every school in Britain should have peer mediators, Quakers say – May 2023
- Marking a year of war in Ukraine – February 2023
- Quaker Statement on the Peace Testimony and Ukraine , and linked video October 2022
- The Peace Testimony and Ukraine | Bryan Garman, Friends Journal 15 March 2022
- A Roadmap to Prioritize Peace | Friends Committee On National Legislation (fcnl.org) – 31st January 2022
- War is Not the Answer in Ukraine | Friends Committee On National Legislation – 26th January 2022
- Quaker statement on Ukraine | Quakers in Britain – 25th January 2022
- Epistle from Quaker Heads of Agencies Meeting 8 December 2021
- Friends welcome Alternative Security Review | The Friend – 25 November 2021
- Friends in witness against DSEI – 23 September 2021
- Focusing on and Acting for Peace | Friends Committee On National Legislation– 21 September 2021
- Focusing on and Acting for Peace 21 September 2021
- Quakers lobby against Yemen arms sales 5th August 2021
- In military authorization vote, Quakers claim a victory – 7th July 2021
- Quaker wins landmark arms fair appeal – 1st July 2021
- Friends highlight census’s arms link | The Friend– 8th April 2021
- Greenham woman thanks Newbury Meeting | The Friend – 1st April 2021
- Army criticised for misusing ‘language of female empowerment’ | The Friend – 4th March 2021
- Polmont Quakers blast UK Government for nuclear treaty snub | Falkirk Herald – 21st January 2021
- Army criticised for misusing ‘language of female empowerment’ | The Friend – 4th March 2021
- Quakers call for end to violence | Quakers in Britain – 11th May 2021
- Working for peace in East Africa during the Covid-19 crisis | Quakers in Britain – 29th April 2021
- Wensleydale Quakers mount white Peace and red Remembrance Poppies – Richmondshire Today – 31 October 2020
- Connecting with community | Quakers in Britain – 24th September 2019
Quakers and peace – comment and discussion
- Returning evil: John Lampen’s Thought for the week – July 2023
- Friends Journal – August 2022 issue with a particular focus on the Peace Testimony
- A Statement on Christian Pacifisim – Friends Journal, 2003
- Making the case for peace education – YouTube
- How Bayard Rustin’s Quaker, AME Faith Shaped the Civil Rights Era | Sojourners
- Engaging with conflict and challenging hate | Quakers in Britain
- Conscientious objection: taxes for peace | Quakers in Britain
- How to heal divided communities: 5 tips from East African peace campaigners
- Conscientious objection: taxes for peace | Quakers in Britain
- Ambassadors for Peace on a Global Stage – Friends Journal
- What next for Quaker conciliation work? | Quakers in Britain
- Getting to the root of things: peace, crime and justice | Quakers in Britain
- The Quaker Peace Testimony: Living in the Power, Reclaiming the Source (quakerranter.org)
- Australian Fiend: Challenging War Stories
- 2021_International_Day_of_Peace_Statement_Signatures.pdf (quno.org)
- Two Decades of War | Friends Committee On National Legislation (fcnl.org)
- Twenty years on: reflecting on 11 September attacks | Quakers in Britain
Quaker Bookshop – peace-related
Longer pieces – including academic
- A Great Deep: The Peace Testimony and Historical Realism – Chuck Fager in Quaker Theology
- The Quaker Peace Testimony: An Investigation Into Private Religiosity – Christopher Andrew Morrissey
- “The Quaker Peace Testimony and its Contribution to the British Peace Movement – an overview” by Martin Ceadel (georgefox.edu)