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Anno [[1947]] Religiosa Amicorum Sodalitas [[Praemium Nobelianum|Praemium Nobelianum Pacis]] accepit.
<!--Historians generally credit [[George Fox]] with being the principal co-founder or most important early leader.<ref>E.g. in [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28194301%2948%3A2%3C293%3ATHOQ%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P "Review: [Untitled]"], a review by Arthur J. Mjhf of ''The History of Quakerism'' by Elbert Russell in ''The American Historical Review,'' Vol. 48, No. 2. (Jan., 1943), Mekeel praises the author for casting Fox as the "leader rather than founder" of the movement.</ref> The Society of Friends is counted among the historic [[peace churches]].
Since its beginnings in England, Quakerism has spread to other countries, chiefly [http://quakers.org.au/ Australia], [[Bolivia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Guatemala]], [[Kenya]], [[Peru]], and the [[United States]]. The total number of Quakers is relatively small (approximately 350,000 worldwide),<ref name=FriendsCount> [http://fwccworld.org/find_friends/map.shtml FWCC's map of quaker meetings and churches]</ref> although there are places, such as [[Pennsylvania]] (particularly [[Philadelphia, PA|Philadelphia]]); [[Newberg, Oregon]]; [[Greenleaf, Idaho]]; [[Richmond, Indiana]]; [[Birmingham, England]]; and [[Greensboro, North Carolina]] in which Quaker influence is concentrated.
* [[Ludus Amicorum Abingtonensium]]
Unlike many other groups that emerged within Christianity, the Religious Society of Friends has tended away from creeds, and in modern times away from hierarchical structure.<ref>[http://www.quaker.org/quest/ministers-1.htm "The Trouble with 'Ministers'"] by Chuck Fager gives an overview of the hierarchy Friends had until it began to be abolished in the mid-18th century.</ref>. . . .
;Quaker groups
* [[:Category:Quaker organizations]]
* [[American Friends Service Committee]]
* [[Conservative Friends]]
* [[Friends Committee on National Legislation]]
* [[Friends World Committee for Consultation]]
* [[A Quaker Action Group]]
* [[Quakers in Europe]]
* [[Quakers in Kenya]]
* [[Quakers in Latin America]]
* [[World Gathering of Young Friends]]
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;Other groups
* [[Alternatives to Violence Project]]
* [[Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade]]
* [[Movement for a New Society]]
* [[Peace churches]]
* [[Renovaré]]
* [[Shakers]]
;Lists
* [[List of Friends Schools]]
* [[List of Quaker businesses]]
* [[List of pacifist faiths]]
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;Themes
* [[Abolition of slavery]]
* [[Friends' Ambulance Unit]]
* [[Friends meeting house]]
* [[Interconnectedness]]
* [[Nontheist Friends]]
* [[Nonviolence]]
* [[Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation|Pendle Hill]]
* [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Quaker Bible]]
* [[Quaker tapestry]]
* [[Quaker views of homosexuality]]
* [[Quaker views of women]]
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==Notae==
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==Fontes==
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