Swarthmore Lecture

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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 Haverford College, Pennsylvania, to give the first lecture on the evening preceding the holding of the Friends’ 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.”

[edit] 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, [1], 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)’, [2] 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), [3], 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 [4] 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. Black, 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 [5] 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
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		'	To be given during Britain Yearly Meeting on Saturday, 5th May 2007, 7·00 - 8·30 pm at Friends House, London (opposite Euston Station).