About the Author

Pink Dandelion directs the work of the Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies, Woodbrooke and the University of Birmingham. He edits Quaker Studies and acts as Series Editor for the Edwin Mellen series in Quaker Studies. His books include The Quakers: a very short introduction (2008), (with Jackie Leach Scully) Good and Evil: Quaker perspectives (2007), Introduction to Quakerism (2007), The Liturgies of Quakerism (2005), The Creation of Quaker Theory (2004), the co-authored Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope (2004) and The Sociological Analysis of the Theology of Quakers: the silent revolution (1996).Peter Collins teaches Anthropology at Durham University. His interests include religion, aesthetics, space and place, and qualitative methodology. He has recently co-edited Locating the Field: space place and context in anthropology (Berg, 2006), with Simon Coleman; Reading Religion in Text and Context: reflections of faith and practice in religious materials (Ashgate 2006), with Elisabeth Arweck; and Religion, Identity and Change: perspectives on global transformations (ed.). Ashgate (2004), with Simon Coleman. He is preparing Continuity and Change: Bolton Quakers 1650-1990 (Edwin Mellen) for publication and Keeping an Open 'I': memory and experience as resources in ethnography (co-edited with Anselma Gallinat) is in press.

Reviews

"This is a collection designed for, and attractive to, academics. However it remains accessible, with much to fascinate the lay reader. The book is a wide-ranging and fascinating look into what is distinct about contemporary Quakerism, compared both to Friends in the past, and other religions."-Hannak Brock, the Friend, September '09‘…the interconnectedness and mutual supportiveness of the contributors’ chapters are striking. I recommend all readers with an interest in the dynamics and manifestations of contemporary religion to engage with this book’Eleanor Nesbitt, University of Warwick, Quaker Studies, Vol.14, Issue 2 March 2010"All the contributions to this edited volume contain interesting insights and it is convenient to have twelve studies of the same movement in one volume. The editors are to be commended for bringing their contributors together and I most strongly recommend this book."Steve Bruce, University of Aberdeen, Journey of Contemporary Religion, Vol.25, No.3, October 2010, pg 485