Quaker Studies Volume 14 | Issue 1 Article 5 2010 Modern Testimonies: The Approach of Quakers to Substance use and Gambling Helena Chambers Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/quakerstudies Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Chambers, Helena (2010) "Modern Testimonies: The Approach of Quakers to Substance use and Gambling," Quaker Studies: Vol. 14: Iss. 1, Article 5. Available at: http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/quakerstudies/vol14/iss1/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Quaker Studies by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. QUAKER STUDIES QUAKER STUDIES 14/1 (2009) [93-107] ISSN 1363-013X �TAILS Department of Economic and Social published widely on various aspects of �ss history. He is the author of Social 2003), Thejoseph Rowntree Charitable tit Education 1904-1954 (2004) and St g with Robin Pearson (University of MODERN TESTIMONIES: THE APPROACH OF r) on a study of early British and Irish QUAKERS TO SUBSTANCE USE AND GAMBLING and Social History, Lilybank House, Helena Chambers Glasgow G12 8RT, Scotland. Gloucester, England ABSTRACT This article outlines a study into Quaker attitudes and behaviours in relation to the testimony of abstinence and moderation and that regarding gambling and speculation. The background to the Quaker testimonies is summarised, and relevant research in the substances/gambling fields about denominational influences on personal behaviours is briefly outlined.