This selection of resources augments the physical Crossroads Friends library and is intended to serve a similar purpose—to make writings of Friends and other resources available to those who are seeking.
Reflections Archive
The Reflections archives page contains a selection of shorter texts on Christian Quaker life and faith that have been collected over the years.
Live and Audio Resources
- Ohio Yearly Meeting’s Podcast is a series of podcasts on Conservative Quaker faith, historical books, and Bible readings.
- Link to list on OYM site
- Link to podcast page (hosted on buzzsprout).
- Friends Center of Ohio Yearly Meeting offers in-person and virtual workshops on a variety of topics.
- Online Study and Discussions Groups hosted by Ohio Yearly Meeting.
Digital Works on Other Sites
Following are some select works that can be view/downloaded from other sites. QCH is Quaker Heritage Press and FL is Friends Library
- Barclay’s Apology for the True Christian Divinity (QHP) (FL)
- George Fox’s Journal, Letters, and Writings (go to FL and search for Fox)
- John Woolman’s Journal and Writings (FL)
- William Penn’s Primitive Christianity Revived (FL)
- The Works of Isaac Pennington (QHP)
- Epistles of Margaret Fell (QHP)
- Margaret Fell on Women’s Speaking (QHP)
- Three Essays by John Woolman: On the Slave Trade, On Trading in Superfluities, Serious Considerations on Trade (QHP)
Digital Collections and Resources on Other Sites
Above listed works and more can be found at the below listed resources
- Earlham School of Religion Digital Quaker Collection includes a wide range of works by a great many Friends. If you are seeking something, try their search function to find authors, titles, phrases, or bible verse.
- Friends Library exists to freely share the writings of early members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), believing that no other collection of Christian writings more accurately communicates or powerfully illustrates the soul-transforming power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. They have e-books, PDFs, audio books and print books. This site is maintained by Market Street Fellowship who find the writings of early Quakers extremely instructive and encouraging.
- Quaker Heritage Press is a project of the members of Glenside Friends Meeting, a small independent Quaker meeting located in Glenside, Pennsylvania. The task of QHP is to make available some of the many historic Quaker writings which have been allowed to go out of print.
- Ohio Yearly Meeting digital library maintains a list of works that are hosted on other sites.
- New Foundation Fellowship is composed of Friends and Attenders in a number of yearly meetings and outside of the Society, who agree with Lewis Benson (1906-86) that a real need exists today for the insights of George Fox into the true meaning of the Gospel. They have been brought into a fellowship as they work together to proclaim that “God and Christ has come to teach his people himself.” They host multiple blogs.
- Friends in Christ (Primitive) is a small group of Primitive Friends (Plain Quakers) in the United Kingdom, with some adherents and sympathisers in other countries. They are quite independent and separate from Britain Yearly Meeting. The produce The Call: A Quarterly Journal of Friends in Christ (Primitive Quakers). Many of the articles in this journal appear in the “Articles” section.
- Tract Association of Friends is an association of members of the Society of Friends with a special sense of unity in the concern for distribution of sound Quaker literature to acquainted Friends with the fundamental principles and history of the Religious Society of Friends. They offer print and digital tracts.
- Additionally, various general public domain digital collections contain Quaker books. These include:
- Internet Archive (various formats, including E-book formats, HTML, PDF, TXT)
- Project Gutenberg (various formats, including E-book formats, HTML, PDF, TXT)
- HathiTrust (various formats, including PDF, TXT)
Spanish language resources
- Raices Cuáqueras
- Biblioteca de Los Amigos (Part of the above listed Friends Library)
Bible Collections and Resources
- Quaker Bible index
- 1611 King James Version
- Bible Gateway provides various English and other language translations
- Bible Study Tools among other tools, provides a side-by-side displays of translations
- Five Gospel Parallels displays the parallel text of the Canonical Gospels and the Gospel of Thomas