{"id":3121764,"date":"2023-01-01T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/hillbilly-quaker\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T01:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:24:16","slug":"hillbilly-quaker","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/hillbilly-quaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillbilly Quaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Na Jennifer Elam. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (namba 475), 2022. Kurasa 32. $7.50 kwa kila kijitabu.   <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/quakerbooks.org\/products\/the-hillbilly-quaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nunua kutoka kwa QuakerBooks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Elam alijifunza akiwa mtoto ambaye alihamishwa kutoka Kentucky hadi Chicago, Ill., kwamba alikuwa &#8221;mlimani,&#8221; utambulisho ambao umekuwa, kama Appalachia yenyewe, &#8221;jeraha na shangwe na shairi.&#8221; Hisia hii ngumu ya utambulisho imemfuata Elam anapozunguka ulimwengu kwa ujumla, na haswa katika imani yake ya Quaker. Elam amekuwa Quaker aliyejitolea tangu 1991, akihudumu kwa miaka mingi kama mkazi katika kituo cha masomo cha Pendle Hill huko Wallingford, Pa., ambapo alifanya kazi katika studio ya sanaa hadi janga hilo lilipotokea mnamo 2020. Je, imekuwaje kuwa Quaker aliyejitolea na mlimani?   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hadithi ya Elam ya kusadikishwa kama Quaker ni rahisi; ahadi yake yenyewe ni ngumu. Baada ya kuambiwa kwa urahisi kwamba &#8221;alikuwa Quaker&#8221; na mshauri huko Berea, Ky., Elam katika miongo yake ya kujitolea kwa Jumuiya ya Kidini ya Marafiki wote wawili walihisi upendo wa Marafiki na wamekatishwa tamaa na kuumizwa na mawazo ambayo Marafiki wanaweza kuwa nayo kuhusu watu wanaoishi katika sehemu ambayo Elam inaithamini sana, mahali paweza kuonekana kuwa pazuri kwa Marafiki wanaoitwa Appalachia. Mahali hapa, watu wanaweza kudhaniwa kuwa mabubu, maskini kimaadili na kifedha, na kulazimika kuacha hisia zao wenyewe ili kujiingiza katika kanuni za tabaka la kati la Quaker. Elam anawaita Marafiki kutathmini kwa kina kile ambacho ni cha kipekee cha Quaker\u2014pengine kinabii\u2014na ni nini tu thamani ya tabaka la kati. Kufanya hivyo kunaweza kuimarisha utendaji wetu na kukaribisha utofauti wa uzoefu katika jumuiya yetu.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hillbilly Quaker<\/em> ni jibu la kitabia kwa sehemu pofu katika tamaduni ya Quaker ambayo wakati mwingine tunakubali kama &#8221;utabaka.&#8221; Upendeleo wa tabaka, kama vile tamaduni ya ukuu wa Wazungu, chuki dhidi ya wanawake, ubaguzi wa umri, na chuki dhidi ya watu wengine, unapatikana katika tamaduni kuu karibu na Quakerism na ndani ya jamii ya Quaker yenyewe, na inadhuru sana Marafiki tunaowapenda katika jumuiya yetu. Hili limemfanya Elam ahisi kutosikika, &#8221;haonekani,&#8221; na wasiwasi kuhusu athari za upendeleo wa Quaker kwa watu anaowajua na kuwapenda. Je, watu katika eneo lote la nchi wanaweza pia kuhisi hawaonekani?\u201d anauliza.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kukabili Quakers na &#8221;harakati lafudhi&#8221; &#8211; ambapo alitiwa moyo na mwandishi Silas House sio tu kuzungumza kwa lafudhi yake ya asili (kutoka lahaja, anatuambia, ambayo ina mizizi yake katika Kiingereza cha Elizabethan) lakini kuwahimiza wanafunzi kuzungumza na kuandika ndani yake pia &#8211; Elam pia inakatisha tamaa wale kutoka nje ya eneo la Appalachian kufanya vivyo hivyo. Akikubali kwamba kuiga utamaduni wa watu wa tabaka la kati, ikiwa ni pamoja na kupitishwa kwa mifumo ya usemi, mara nyingi ni njia ambayo watu katika eneo hilo wanaweza kushinda upendeleo wenye mwelekeo mbaya kuhusu kuenea kwa vurugu na uvivu, upendeleo unaozuia ukuaji wa uchumi, Elam anaeleza kuwa kupoteza njia za asili za kuzungumza pia kunamaanisha upotevu mbaya na wa kudumu wa hadithi na utambulisho wa watu. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hii ni hasara kwa sisi sote kuchukua kwa uzito. Ni dalili ya tatizo la &#8221;shida kuu ya kiroho&#8221; ambayo Marekani imo, Elam anasema, tunapoondoka kwenye nidhamu ya kukaa na kusubiri ukweli sisi kwa sisi na badala yake kujiingiza katika kila mahali, na &#8221;taswira za watu kama wajinga, wavivu, na waraibu wa dawa za kulevya,&#8221; hata wawe nani. Kujitenga huku kunazuia mshikamano, hata katika masuala ambayo ni lazima tupate hoja zinazofanana ikiwa tunataka kuishi pamoja. Kama Elam anavyoonyesha, vita vya kupigania haki vimekuwa na makazi huko Appalachia.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hillbilly Quaker<\/em> ni mwito wa haki zaidi, inayojikita katika hadithi na ukweli changamano unaokubali upole wa maisha tunayoishi pamoja. Elam anasema kwamba \u201c[lazima] tuzungumze kuhusu mapambano na mkasa huo, lakini lazima tuseme ukweli wa mapambano hayo na kwa nini yapo hapo kwanza.\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baba ya Elamu anatuuliza, \u201cFaraja ina uhusiano gani na kuishi maisha halisi?\u201d Quakers wanaweza kukumbushwa kwamba katika ukuaji wetu kuelekea upendo, itatubidi kuchechemea kidogo, kusikiliza vizuri, na kudai hadithi zetu wenyewe huku tukitoa nafasi kwa hadithi za wale walio karibu nasi. <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windy Cooler, mshiriki wa Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting, anajieleza kuwa \u201cmwanatheolojia wa vitendo, waziri wa umma, maharamia mzuri wa Quaker na mfanyakazi wa kitamaduni.\u201d Kwa sasa yeye ndiye mratibu wa Testimonies to Mercy, mfululizo wa sehemu saba za safari za mapumziko unaofadhiliwa na Powell House na Ben Lomond Quaker Center. Pamoja na mwenzi wake, yeye ni mratibu wa    <\/strong>Sehemu ya Habari ya <strong>\n  <em>Jarida la Marafiki<\/em>\n<\/strong> <strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3090035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[10113],"fpb_issue_category":[10296],"class_list":["post-3121764","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vitabu-vya-januari-2023","fpb_issue_category-fidia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hillbilly Quaker - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jennifer Elam anakabili upofu wa darasa la Quakerism.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/hillbilly-quaker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IMEPITIWA: Hillbilly Quaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jennifer Elam anakabili upofu wa darasa la Quakerism.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/hillbilly-quaker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-12T05:24:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/HillbillyQuaker_FBcrop.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"IMEPITIWA: Hillbilly QuakerNa Jennifer Elam. 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