| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 93 pages) |
| Series |
Quaker studies |
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Brill research perspectives. Quaker studies
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| Contents |
What Counts as 'Quaker'? -- Quaker Background -- What Counts as 'Theology'? -- What Counts as 'Liberal'? -- Theological Modes -- Section Summaries -- 1 Theology from Listening Together -- 1.1 What Is a Book of Discipline? -- 1.2 Meeting for Worship for Business -- 1.3 Theological Elements in Books of Discipline -- 1.3.1 Living Adventurously (Central and Southern Africa Yearly Meeting, 2009) |
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1.3.2 Quaker Life and Practice (Ireland Yearly Meeting, 2009) -- 1.3.3 Quaker faith & practice (Britain Yearly Meeting, 1994) -- 1.3.4 Faith and Practice (New England Yearly Meeting, 1985) -- 1.3.5 Faith and Practice (New England Yearly Meeting, 1950) -- 1.3.6 Book of Discipline (New York Yearly Meeting, 1930) -- 1.4 Content, Process, and Theology in Harmony -- 2 Individuals Hearing and Sharing -- 2.1 Small Groups and Solitary Writers -- 2.2 Examples of Individual and Small-Group Material -- 2.2.1 What Do Quakers Believe About God? QuakerSpeak Video, 2019 |
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2.2.2 God, words and us, Ed. Helen Rowlands, 2016 -- 2.2.3 Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker, J. Brent Bill, 2016 -- 2.2.4 Quakerism: A Theology for Our Time, Patricia Williams, 2008 -- 2.2.5 Touched By God in Quaker Meeting, Kenneth Carroll, 1998 -- 2.2.6 What Canst Thou Say? Towards a Quaker Theology, Janet Scott, 1980 -- 2.2.7 Two Letters from The Friend -- 2.2.8 Social Law in the Spiritual World, Rufus Jones, 1908 -- 2.3 Diverse Popular Religion Folding into Coherent Corporate Theology -- 3 Listening and Thinking -- 3.1 Academic Quaker Theology -- 3.2 Examples |
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3.2.1 Rachel Muers, Testimony: Quakerism and Theological Ethics -- 3.2.2 Christy Randazzo, The Interdependent Light: A Quaker Theology of Reconciliation -- 3.2.3 A Spirit-led church -- 3.3 Rigour and Detail Supporting Ordinary Theology -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
In 'Theology from Listening: Finding the Core of Liberal Quaker Theological Thought', Rhiannon Grant explores the changes and continuities in liberal Quaker theology over the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in multiple English-speaking Quaker communities around the world. The work involves a close analysis of material produced by Quaker meetings through formal, corporate methods; of material produced by individuals and small groups within Quaker communities; and of writing by individuals and small groups working primarily within academic or ecumenical theological settings. It concludes that although liberal Quaker theology is diverse and flexible, it also possesses a core coherence and can meaningfully be discussed as a single tradition. At the centre of liberal Quaker theology is the belief that direct, unmediated contact with the Divine is possible and results in useful guidance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 07, 2021) |
| Subject |
Society of Friends -- Doctrines.
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Society of Friends -- Doctrines
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004431553 |
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9004431551 |
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