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Swarthmore Lecture

Lecture at the Quaker Britain Yearly Meeting

Lecture at the Quaker Britain Yearly Meeting

The Swarthmore Lecture is one of a series of lectures, started in 1908, addressed to Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

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 [Religious Society of Friends

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.}}

Transcripts and recording of some of the lectures are available from the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre website.

List of Swarthmore Lectures

YearAuthorTitleNotes
1908Rufus M. Jones*Quakerism: a Religion of life*
1909William Charles Braithwaite*Spiritual Guidance in the experience of the Society of Friends*
1910Joan Mary Fry*The Communion of Life*
1911Thomas Hodgkin*Human Progress and the Inward Light*
1912Terrot Reaveley Glover*The Nature and Purpose of a Christian Society*id=33427title=Glover, Terrot Reaveley (1869–1943)first=Herbert H.last=Huxley}}
1913Joshua Rowntree*Social Service - its place in the Society of Friends*
1914Edward Grubb*The Historic and Inward Christ: a study in Quaker thought*id=71530title=Grubb, Edward (1854–1939)first=Thomas C.last=Kennedy}}
1915Silvanus P. Thompson*The Quest For Truth*
1916Henry T. Hodgkin*The Missionary Spirit and the Present Opportunity*
1917William Littleboy*The Day of Our Visitation*
1918Lucy Fryer Morland*The New Social Outlook*
1919L.V. Hodgkin (later known as Lucy Violet Holdsworth)*Silent Worship: The way of wonder*
May 1920Herbert G. Wood*Quakerism and the Future of the Church*For biographical information on the lecturer, see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article.
August 1920Rufus M. Jones*The Nature and Authority of Conscience*In August 1920 there was an All Friends Conference held. Rufus M. Jones gave the second 1920 Swarthmore Lecture on the eve of this event.
1921T. Edmund Harvey*The Long Pilgrimage: human progress in the light of the Christian hope*
1922Carl Heath*Religion and Public Life*
1923Helen Maria Sturge*Personal Religion and the Service of Humanity*
1924Gerald Kenway Hibbert*The Inner Light and Modern Thought*
1925John William Graham*The Quaker ministry*
1926A. Neave Brayshaw*The Things that Are Before Us*
1927Henry Thomas Silcock*Christ and the World's Unrest*
1928John S. Hoyland*Light of Christ*
1929Arthur Stanley Eddington*Science and the Unseen world*U.S. Macmillan, UK Allen & Unwin.
1930Gerhart von Schulze-Gaevernitz*Democracy and Religion: a study in Quakerism*
1931Howard Brinton*Creative Worship*
1932Francis E. Pollard*Education and the Spirit of Man*
1933Shipley N. Brayshaw*Unemployment and Plenty*
1934George Barker Jeffery*Christ, Yesterday And Today*
1935William Ernest Wilson*Our Response To God*
1936Howard E. Collier*Towards a New Manner of Living*
1937Caroline Cassandra Graveson*Religion and Culture*
1938A. Barratt Brown*Democratic Leadership*
1939David Elton Trueblood*The Trustworthiness of Religious Experience*
1940John Armstrong Hughes*The Light of Christ in a Pagan World*
1941Edgar Bradshaw Castle*The Undivided Mind*
1942Margaret M. Harvey*The Law of Liberty*
1943Leyton Richards*Planning for Freedom*
1944W. Russell Brain*Man, Society and Religion*
1945Wilfrid Allott*Worship And Social Progress*
1946Joseph Edward Hoare*The Warrant For Youth's Search*
1947John W. Harvey*The Salt and the Leaven*
1948There was no lecture this year
1949Roger C.Wilson*Authority, Leadership and Concern. A study in motive and administration in Quaker relief work*
1950Konrad Braun*Justice & the Law of Love*
1951Richard Duncan Fairn*Quakerism — a faith for ordinary men*
1952Thomas Farrimond Green*Preparation for Worship*
1953Kathleen Lonsdale*Removing the Causes of War*
1954Wilhelm Aarek*From Loneliness To Fellowship: A study in psychology and Quakerism*Article on Wilhelm Aarek at Norwegian Wikipedia.
1955Douglas V. Steere*Where Words Come From - an interpretation of the ground & practise of Quaker worship & ministry*
1956Edgar Grieve Dunstan*Quakers & the Religious Quest*
1957Henry J. Cadbury*Quakerism & Early Christianity*
1958Margaret B. Hobling*The Concrete & the Universal*
1959Harold Loukes*The Castle and the Field*
1960Kenneth C. Barnes*The Creative Imagination*
1961Richard Karl Ullmann*Tolerance and the Intolerable*Biographical article in German Wikipedia
1962J. Duncan Wood*Building the Institutions of Peace*
1963L. Hugh Doncaster*God in Every Man*
1964Richenda C. Scott*Tradition and Experience*
1965John Macmurray*Search for Reality in Religion*
1966William E. Barton*The Moral Challenge of Communism: Some Ethical aspects of Marxist/Leninist Society*
1967Kathleen M. Slack*Constancy and Change in the Society of Friends*
1968William Homan Thorpe*Quakers and Humanists*
1969Maurice A. Creasey*Bearings, or, Friends and the new reformation*
1970Kenneth E. Boulding*Prospering of Truth*
1971Charles Frederick Carter*On having a sense of all conditions*id=77032title=Carter, Sir Charles Frederickfirst=Rogerlast=Middleton}}
1972Richard S. Peters*Reason, Morality and Religion*
1973George H. Gorman*Amazing Fact of Quaker Worship*
1974Wolf Mendl*Prophets and Reconcilers, Reflections on the Quaker Peace Testimony*
1975Ralph Hetherington*The Sense of Glory - A psychological study of peak-experiences*
1976W. Grigor McClelland*And a new earth: Making tomorrow's society better than today's*
1977Damaris Parker-Rhodes*Truth - a Path & not a Possession: A Quaker woman's journey*
1978John Ormerod Greenwood*Signs of Life: Art and Religious Experience*
1979John Reader*Of Schools and Schoolmasters. Some thoughts on the Quaker contribution to Education*
1980Janet Scott*What Canst Thou Say? Towards a Quaker theology*
1981Adam Curle*True Justice, Quaker peace makers and peace making*
1982Gerald Priestland*Reasonable Uncertainty: a Quaker approach to doctrine*
1983Michael Rutter*A Measure of Our Values: goals & dilemmas in the upbringing of children*
1984Laurence Lerner*Two Cinnas: Quakerism, Revolution and Poetry. A dialogue*
1985Christopher Holdsworth*Steps in a Large Room: a Quaker explores the monastic tradition*
1986Quaker Women's Group*Bringing the Invisible into the Light. Some Quaker Feminists speak of their experience*(Lecture performed at the University of Exeter)
1987John Lampen*Mending Hurts*
1988Harvey Gillman*A Minority of One*
1989S. Jocelyn Burnell*Broken for Life*, given at the University of Aberdeen
1990John Punshon*Testimony and Tradition: some aspects of Quaker spirituality*
1991Geoffrey Hubbard*Patterns and Examples. Quaker Attitudes and European Opportunities*
1992Brenda Clifft Heales & Chris Cook*Images and Silence: Future of Quaker Ministry*
1993Sydney D. Bailey*Peace is a Process*
1994Margaret Heathfield*Being together: our corporate life in the Religious Society of Friends*
1995Anne Thomas*Only Fellow-Voyagers. Creation stories as guides for the journey*
1996Jonathan Dale*Beyond the Spirit of the Age*
1997Christine Trevett*Previous Convictions and end of the millennium Quakerism*
1998Young Friends General Meeting*Who do we think we are? Young Friends' Commitment and Belonging*
1999Alex Wildwood*A faith to call our own. Quaker tradition in the light of contemporary movements of the Spirit*
2000Tim Newell*Forgiving Justice. A Quaker vision for criminal justice*Original:
2007 reprint:
2001Tony Stoller*Wrestling with the Angel*
2002Jackie Leach Scully*Playing in the Presence: genetics, ethics and spirituality*
2003Eleanor Nesbitt*Interfaith Pilgrims: living truths and truthful living*
2004Simon Fisher*Spirited living: waging conflict, building peace*
2005Helen Steven*No Extraordinary Power: Prayer, Stillness and Activism*
2006Roger and Susan Sawtell*Reflections from a Long Marriage*
2007Beth Allen*Ground and Spring: the foundation of Quaker Discipleship*, [BYM Press Release](http://www.quaker.org.uk/shared_asp_files/GFSR.asp?NodeID=93671)
2008Christine A. M. Davis*Minding the Future*
2009Peter Eccles*The presence in the midst: reflections on discernment*, the 2009 Swarthmore Lecture was given during [Yearly Meeting Gathering](http://www.ymg.org.uk/) at University of York on Tuesday 28 July.
2010Paul Lacey*The unequal world we inhabit*, the 2010 Swarthmore Lecture was given during Yearly Meeting in London on Saturday 29 May 2010.
2011Pam Lunn*Costing not less than everything: Sustainability and spirituality in challenging times*The 2011 Swarthmore Lecture was given at Yearly Meeting Gathering in Canterbury on Monday 1 August 2011.
2012Rachel Brett[*Snakes and Ladders: A personal exploration of Quaker work on human rights at the United Nations*](https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/resource-library/2012-swarthmore-lecture-audio/)The 2012 Swarthmore Lecture was given at Yearly Meeting in London, on 26 May 2012. It was published by Quaker Books. A free MP3 audio is available from the [Woodbrooke website.](http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/news.php/310/woodbrooke-at-britain-yearly-meeting-and-2012-swarthmore-lecture)
2013Gerald Hewitson[*Journey Into Life: Inheriting the story of early Friends*](https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/resource-library/2013-swarthmore-lecture-audio/)The 2013 Swarthmore Lecture was given at Yearly Meeting in London, on 25 May 2013. . Available online as an Audio recording .MP3, Text (Word document) and Text (PDF) at the [Woodbrooke website](http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/publications.php?action=publication&id=99)
2014Ben Pink Dandelion[*Open for Transformation: being Quaker*](https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/resource-library/2014-swarthmore-lecture-video/)The 2014 Swarthmore Lecture was given during [Yearly Meeting Gathering](http://www.quaker.org.uk/ym) at the University of Bath on Sunday 3 August 2014. . An online audio recording is available.
2015Diana Francis[*Faith, power and peace*](https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/resource-library/2015-swarthmore-lecture-video/)The 2015 Swarthmore Lecture was given during Britain Yearly Meeting at Friends House, London on Saturday 2 May 2015
2016Esther Mombo and Cécile Nyiramana[*Mending broken hearts; rebuilding shattered lives - Quaker peace building in eastern Africa*](https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/resource-library/2016-swarthmore-lecture-video/)The 2016 Swarthmore Lecture was given during Britain Yearly Meeting at Friends House, London, May 2016
2017Catherine West MP and Cllr Andy Hull[*Faith in politics?*](https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/resource-library/2017-swarthmore-lecture-video/)The Swarthmore Lecture 2017: Faith in politics? A testimony to equality was given by Catherine West on Monday 31 July 2017 as part of Yearly Meeting Gathering at Warwick University.
2018Chris Alton[*Changing ourselves, changing the world*](https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/resource-library/2018-swarthmore-lecture-video/)The 2018 Swarthmore Lecture was given during Britain Yearly meeting at Friends House, London on 5 May.
2019Eden Grace[*On Earth as it is in Heaven; The Kingdom of God and the yearning of Creation*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9BDWIRKxYg)The 2019 Swarthmore Lecture was given during Britain Yearly meeting at Friends House, London in May.
2020Tom Shakespeare[*Openings to the Infinite Ocean: A Friendly Offering of Hope*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-OJoq0jNAk)
2021Thomas Penny[*Kinder Ground: Creating Space for Truth*](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Iei27xKLG9k)
2022Helen Minnis[*Perceiving the Temperature of the Water*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkdxE2yvPOM)
2023Esther Loukin*[How we can change society](https://www.youtube.com/live/wD3nelB0n-A?si=mczjgC2iP5OTjqnj)*
2024Ben Jarman*[Getting What We Deserve? Imprisonment and the Challenge of Doing Justice](https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/swarthmore-lecture-the-challenge-of-doing-justice)*
2025Emily Provance*[A Testimony of Community](https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/swarthmore-lecture-2025-explores-how-quakers-are-called-to-live-in-community)*

For further details see the list of lectures at the Woodbrooke Centre.

References

References

  1. [https://archive.org/details/quakerism00joneuoft The text of Rufus Jones' 1908 Swarthmore Lecture is available online at the Internet Archive]
  2. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924084550098 The text of W. C. Braithwaite's 1909 Swarthmore Lecture is available online at the Internet Archive]
  3. [https://archive.org/details/humanprogressand00hodguoft The full text of Thomas Hodgkin's 1911 Swarthmore Lecture is available online at the Internet Archive]
  4. [https://archive.org/details/naturepurposeof00glov The full text of T. R. Glover's 1912 Swarthmore Lecture is available on line at the Internet Archive]
  5. Huxley, Herbert H.. "Glover, Terrot Reaveley (1869–1943)".
  6. Kennedy, Thomas C.. "Grubb, Edward (1854–1939)".
  7. [https://archive.org/details/questfortruth00thomrich Online text of the 1915 Lecture by Sylvanus P Thompson on the Internet Archive]
  8. The lecture was published under the author's maiden name: L.V. Hodgkin
  9. [https://archive.org/details/silentworshipway00hodgiala The text of L.V.Holdsworth's 1919 Swarthmore Lecture is available online at the Internet Archive]
  10. [https://archive.org/details/quakerismandfutu00wooduoft Online text of the May 1920 Lecture by H. G. Wood on the Internet Archive]
  11. Kennedy, Thomas C.. "Wood, Herbert George (1879–1963)".
  12. [https://archive.org/details/natureauthorityo00jonerich Online text of the August 1920 Lecture by Rufus M. Jones on the Internet Archive]
  13. [https://archive.org/details/religionandpubli00heatuoft Carl Heath's 1922 Swarthmore lecture is available online at the Internet Archive]
  14. [https://archive.org/details/scienceunseenwor00eddi The text of the 1929 Swarthmore Lecture by Stanley Eddington is available online at the Internet Archive]
  15. [http://quaker.org/quest/Manousos-QT-17.html The 1948 lecture was cancelled as some Friends objected that the speaker was "too Liberal" ''see'' Anthony Manousos "Howard Brinton and the World Council of Churches:The Theological Impact of Ecumenism on Friends" in ''Quaker theology'' issue 17 (Summer 2010). Brinton spoke at Yearly Meeting in favour of Liberal theology.]
  16. [https://archive.org/details/quakerismfaithfo00fair Duncan Fairn's 1951 Swarthmore Lecture is available online at the Internet Archive]
  17. Middleton, Roger. "Carter, Sir Charles Frederick".
  18. Paskins, Barrie. (9 December 1999). "Guardian Obituary - Wolf Mendl". The Guardian.
  19. [http://nndr.org/2012/02/10/death-by-a-thousand-cuts/ Portrait of J L Scully, with comments on UK Government policy on disability benefits (2012)]
  20. Christine A M Davis, the 2008 lecturer, currently has an entry in ''Who's who'' (July 2011). [http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-christine-davis-cbe-public-servant-1-3705568 Her obituary in ''The Scotsman'' 2 March 2015 by Rowena Loverance, with portrait photograph]
  21. 2009 Swarthmore lecture: Preview by John Fitzgerald in ''The Friend'' 6 March 2009, page 9
  22. "Quaker Centre Bookshop - The unequal world we inhabit - Swarthmore Lecture 2010".
  23. Pam Lunn, the 2011 lecturer is a tutor at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, Birmingham, who blogs at [https://woodbrookegoodlives.blogspot.com/ woodbrookegoodlives.blogspot.com].
  24. [http://www.nayler.org/?p=350 Review of 2011 Lecture by Jez Smith]
  25. [http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/pages/swarthmore-2014.html Woodbrooke announcement of 2014 lecturer and topic.]
  26. [https://soundcloud.com/swarthmorelecture Swarthmore Lecture 2014 audio recording.]
  27. "Swarthmore Lecture 2018: 'Changing ourselves, changing the world' {{!".
  28. ''The Friend'' 2018-11-16 pp.10-11. Interview - Eden Grace interviewed by Oliver Robertson
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