The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism
Print publication year: 2018
Online publication date: April 2018
13 - Quakers in Asia-Pacific
from Part III - Regional Studies
By Stephanie Midori Komashin
Edited by Stephen W. Angell, Pink Dandelion, University of Birmingham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
pp 237-256
Summary
Spanning from India in the west, up to China in the north, and down to New Zealand in the southeast, the Asia-Pacific region is home to approximately 35,000 Friends in about twenty countries. By the numbers, close to 90% are Evangelical, 6% are non-pastoral Programmed, and 5% are Unprogrammed. This chapter looks beyond these statistics by outlining the work of Quakers, and touches on Quaker-related organizations that operate in the region.
References
Suggested Further Reading
DeVol, C. E. (1988). Fruit That Remains, The Story of the Friends Mission in China and Taiwan sponsored by The Evangelical Friends Church – Eastern Region (Formerly Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends), Taipei: Dixon Press.
Saville, H. (2009). ‘Friends in deed’ in 50 Years of Quaker Service Australia, Surry Hills, NSW: Quaker Service Australia.
Stansell, R. (2014). ‘Friends in India and Asia’, Quaker Religious Thought 123:11, 107–14.
Sykes, M. (1997). An Indian Tapestry, Quaker Threads in the History of India, Pakistan & Bangladesh, From the Seventeenth Century to Independence, ed. by Carnall, G., York: Sessions Book Trust.
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