Download or read book American Christian Programmed Quaker Ecclesiology written by Derek Brown and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In American Christian Programmed Quaker Ecclesiology, Derek Brown argues that American Christian Programmed Quakerism has inherited a practical and pragmatic ecclesiology at the expense of an ontological understanding of the church. Inspired by the work of Gerben Heitink, Brown proposes a normative, deductive, ontological ecclesiology based on the biblical concept of koinonia, which would act as a 'foundational' model for future confessional, empirical, and practical efforts. To help form the proposed ecclesiology, Brown explores the ecclesiological views of George Fox and Robert Barclay, the adoption of the pastoral system, and the emergence of the Evangelical Friends Church. The ecclesiological writings of Miroslav Volf, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Hans Küng, Jennifer Buck, and C. Wess Daniels are also surveyed.
Download or read book The Christian Quaker and His Divine Testimony Stated and Vindicated written by William Penn and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Liturgies of Quakerism written by Pink Dandelion and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest Quakers were convinced that they were living as the vanguard of an inward second coming of Christ. This volume considers the nature of Quaker liturgy and how it has changed since then, particularly in the liberal or unprogrammed tradition of Quaker worship.
Download or read book The Faith of a Quaker written by John William Graham and published by Cambridge [England] : University Press. This book was released on 1920 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Letter to a Quaker on the Right Means of Attaining to Salvation written by and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quaker Quicks Hearing the Light written by Rhiannon Grant and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quaker Quicks - Hearing the Light begins with the foundations of Quaker theology, which is based in the Quaker method of unprogrammed, silent worship. This act of gathering as a community to wait and listen to God is at the heart of Quakerism and essential to understanding Quaker theology, which is embedded in the practice as well as explained by it. Rhiannon Grant shows how Central Quaker theological claims, such as that everyone has that of God within them, that God offers support and guidance to all who choose to listen, and that Quakers as a community are led by God to treat everyone equally, resist war, and live simply, can be understood through a consideration of this distinctive worship practice. Rhiannon Grant also explores what it means to say that this form of theology is liberal - although many Quakers are politically liberal, they have also been called "conservative radicals" (Kenneth Boulding), and the liberalism involved is not mainly political but an attitude towards diversity of thought, opinion, and especially religious belief. While united by the practice of unprogrammed worship, Quakers have no written creed and no specific beliefs are required of members. Instead, there is a prevailing attitude of continued searching, an acceptance that new evidence may appear, and a willingness to learn from others, including members of other faith communities. At a time of great religious and political division, this radical approach to faith and learning that Grant sheds light upon, has never been more prescient.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism written by Stephen W. Angell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism offers a fresh, up-to-date, and accessible introduction to Quakerism. Quakerism is founded on radical ideas and its history of constancy and change offers fascinating insights into the nature of non-conformity. In a series of eighteen essays written by an international team of scholars, and commissioned especially for this volume, the Companion covers the history of Quakerism from its origins to the present day. Employing a range of methodologies, it features sections on the history of Quaker faith and practice, expressions of Quaker faith, regional studies, and emerging spiritualities. It also examines all branches of Quakerism, including evangelical, liberal, and conservative, as well as non-theist Quakerism and convergent Quaker thought. This Companion will serve as an essential resource for all interested in Quaker thought and practice.
Download or read book The Quaker Being a Series of Sermons by Members of the Society of Friends written by Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Basis of Christian Unity written by and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Church in Quaker Thought and Practice written by Friends World Committee for Consultation and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Apology for the True Christian Divinity written by Robert Barclay and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this book, Robert Barclay (1648 - 1690), was an early convert to Quakerism. He spent most of his life's work spreading and defending those beliefs. Because of his literary work and preaching, he was imprisoned numerous times. His An Apology for the True Christian Divinity: Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers is the definitive statement and defense of his views and an interesting source for historical reference.
Download or read book Quaker Quicks Quaker Shaped Christianity written by Mark Russ and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-25 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What is Quakerism?' can be a difficult question to answer, especially when Quakers today struggle to find a shared religious language. In this book, Mark Russ answers this question from a personal perspective, telling his story of trying to make sense of Jesus within the Quaker community. Through this theological wrestling emerges a 'Quaker Shaped Christianity' that is contemporary, open and rooted in tradition. In reflecting on how to approach the Bible, the challenges of Universalism, and the key events of the Jesus story, this book offers a creative, inspiring and readable theology for everyone who has wondered how Christianity and Quakerism fit together.
Download or read book John Woolman and the Government of Christ written by Jon R. Kershner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1758, a Quaker tailor and sometime shopkeeper and school teacher stood up in a Quaker meeting and declared that the time had come for Friends to reject the practice of slavery. That man was John Woolman, and that moment was a significant step, among many, toward the abolition of slavery in the United States. Woolman's antislavery position was only one essential piece of his comprehensive theological vision for colonial American society. Drawing on Woolman's entire body of writing, Jon R. Kershner reveals that the theological and spiritual underpinnings of Woolman's alternative vision for the British Atlantic world were nothing less than a direct, spiritual christocracy on earth, what Woolman referred to as "the Government of Christ." Kershner argues that Woolman's theology is best understood as apocalyptic-centered on a supernatural revelation of Christ's immediate presence governing all aspects of human affairs, and envisaging the impending victory of God's reign over apostasy. John Woolman and the Government of Christ explores the theological reasoning behind Woolman's critique of the burgeoning trans-Atlantic economy, slavery, and British imperial conflicts, and fundamentally reinterprets 18th-century Quakerism by demonstrating the continuing influence of early Quaker apocalypticism.
Download or read book Silence and Witness written by Michael Lawrence Birkel and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Quaker spiritual tradition integrates mystical insight with prophetic witness. Michael Birkel tells the story of the movement's origins, describes how the distinctive Quaker practice of group worship in silence developed, and explains how "collective discernment" is used in decision-making. He explores the historical development of the "testimonies", the ethical stands taken by Quakers for peace, justice, equality, integrity and simplicity.
Download or read book A Portraiture of Quakerism Taken from a View of the Moral Education Discipline Peculiar Customs Religious Principles Political and Civil Economy and Character of the Society of Friends written by and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quaker Being a Series of Sermons by Members of the Society of Friends written by Elias Hicks and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830 edition. Excerpt: ... Here now we may see where the darkness arises that surrounds Christendom the world over. I have been ready to say, that there is more darkness in Christendom than in any other nation on earth. When we speak to the natives of our country, we have reason to suppose that they have a higher sense of this divine light of God in the soul, than the professors of Christianity generally have. They appeal to it in all cases respecting the soul. They appeal to it abundantly, as I have witnessed among those with whom 1 have had converse; especially those who have never had intercourse with any except their own nation. Now I want us to sink deep, and to be gathered to this everlasting standard. This has been my engagement and exercise ever since I have been in this ministry. It has been forty years since it was my principal concern to gather people home to this standard of light, and life, and peace. And it is the only thing which can ever save the soul, or cause it to be delivered from the darkness and death which it has brought upon itself by transgression. And it is one in all--the religion of Christ arid the gospel is one and all the nations of the earth. And I have no doubt, that there are those in every nation of the earth who have the religion of Jesus --the religion of truth and righteousness, --and that they are saved by it, and by nothing else. You see how love works, but when the soul is destitute of love it is dead; it does not grow and increase in things that are good; but when the love of God is brought into it, when "we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all unrighteousness." This blood is its life. And what is the life? It is what it is...
Download or read book A Concern for Unity written by Brother Michael (S.S.F.) and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
