Full text of "Quakerism in Japan : a brief account of the origins and development of the Religious Society of Friends in Japan / prepared by Edith F. Sharpless."
QUAKERISM
IN JAPAN
QUAKERISM IN JAPAN
A brief account of the origins and development of the
Religious Society of Friends in Japan
I. Historical Background
II. Religious Background
III. Educational Period
IV. Quaker Service and Work for Peace
V. Church Union and After
Appendix
Prepared by Edith F. Sharpless
The Friends World Committee for Consultation
is publishing a series of short studies of the development
of Quakerism in various countries in the hope that they
will help Friends of different nations, cultures and out-
look to know and understand one another.
QUAKERISM IN JAPAN is the second of these pamph-
lets to be published; it was made possible by the return
to this country of Edith F. Sharpless, who served as a
missionary in Japan from 1910 to 1943.
In the future the Committee hopes to publish records
of the life of Quakerism in India, China, Germany,
Canada, the U. S. A., and other countries. We trust
that these publications will show ways in which national
groups have adapted the Quaker testimonies to their
varied cultures and backgrounds and will also reveal the
unique contribution each group is making to the Quaker
movement throughout the world.
Thomas E. Jones.
Chairman of the American Section of the
Friends World Committee for Consultation
20 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa.
