Author: Tim Gee
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1789040175
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 97
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Tim Gee tells the story of why he became a pacifist and what it means to him. Gee reflects on the lives of peacemakers past and present to provide responses to questions like “Don’t we have to hit back if we're hurt?”, “Don’t we need war to respond to evil?” and “Doesn’t religion justify wars?”. This is a critique of war, but more than that, it stakes a claim for pacifism's feminist and anti-racist qualities. This is a call for a more nonviolent world.
Author: Helen Holt
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1803411406
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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'This book makes a strikingly original contribution to the science-and-religion debate. Through a series of bite-sized biographies Helen Holt explores the distinctive approaches that Quaker scientists have brought to their scientific work. Emphasising shared commitments to social justice, pacifism, experience and the Inner Light, Holt paints compelling and human portraits of both Quakerism and science. This book stands out as an important milestone in studies of science and religious faith.' Mark Harris, Professor of Natural Science and Theology, University of Edinburgh Quakerism has a rich tradition of engaging with science and has produced many notable amateur and professional scientists in fields ranging from psychology to physics. Quakers and Science discusses some of the historical reasons why Quakers embraced science and introduces ten 20th-century Quaker scientists to explore the intriguing resonances between science and Quakerism. Author Helen Holt shows how the distinctive Quaker emphasis on ‘deeds not creeds' motivated Quaker scientists to address the ethical questions raised by science, and how the emphasis on continual revelation meant that they often gladly reformulated their religious beliefs in the light of new scientific discoveries.
Author: Rhiannon Grant
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1789044065
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 85
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Structured around questions which non-Quakers often ask, this book explores Quaker practices, explaining them in the context of Quaker theology and present-day diversity. It describes how Quakers make decisions and why they have preferred this method, as well as looking at the Quaker rejection of common Christian practices like baptism. Each short chapter gives an answer, considers why that is so, describes some of the diversity within Quaker groups, and points to other resources which could be used to find out more.
Author: John Lampen
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1785358413
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 73
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Quaker Roots and Branches explores what Quakers call their “testimonies” - the interaction of inspiration, faith and action to bring change in the world. It looks at Quaker concerns around the sustainability of the planet, peace and war, punishment, and music and the arts in the past and today. It stresses the continuity of their witness over three hundred and sixty-five years as well as their openness to change and development.
Author: Craig Barnett
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1785358979
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 85
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Quakers have made the cultivation of the guided life the focus of their spirituality for over three centuries. Generations of Quakers have developed practices for nurturing their connection to an inward source of guidance, meaning and purpose. This Inward Guide is present in all people, cultures and traditions. It goes by many names and is understood in many ways, but it is equally available to everyone who is willing to listen and respond. The Guided Life shares some of the spiritual practices that the Quaker tradition has developed to discover purpose and direction in daily life. These practices may be of use to anyone who is wrestling with the complex challenges and dilemmas of the modern world.
Author: Geoffrey Durham
Publisher: Christian Alternative
ISBN: 9781785358937
Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Everything you always wanted to know about Quakers, but never quite knew who to ask.
Author: Rhiannon Grant
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1789040825
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 79
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Telling the truth about God without excluding anyone is a challenge to the Quaker community. Drawing on the author’s academic research into Quaker uses of religious language and her teaching to Quaker and academic groups, Rhiannon Grant aims to make accessible some key theological and philosophical insights. She explains that Quakers might sound vague but are actually making clear and creative theological claims. Theology isn't just for wordy people or intellectuals, it's for everyone. And that's important because our religious language is related to, not separate from, our religious experience. It also becomes clear that denying other people's claims often leads to making your own and that even apparently negative positions can also be making positive statements. How do Quakers tell the truth about God? This book explores this key theological process through fourteen short chapters. As Quakers, we say that we know some things, but not very much, about God, and that we are in a constant process of trying to improve our ways of saying what we do know.
Author: Brian Mountford
Publisher: Christian Alternative
ISBN: 9781789048124
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Serious and humorous biography of an English priest that will fascinate many, many more people than actually go to church
Author: Anna Parkinson
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1789048478
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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A healer reveals powerful invisible ‘tools’ to expand your horizons and overcome personal challenges. Beyond Sex and Soup is about the beauty in you. The beauty is always there but sometimes shrouded by fear, anger, anxiety or pain. This story is also about death, the knowledge of which makes us so much more joyful about living. Anna Parkinson offers you tools to help you uncover the beauty from the everyday drama of your life. She has found them powerful for her own healing and her practice of healing others over the past fifteen years. Along the way, you’ll encounter some of the everyday drama of the author's own life and the characters it’s been her privilege to share the adventure with.
Author: Charles Rappleye
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743266889
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 429
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From the author of "American Mafioso" comes the story of the Brown brothers, leading slave merchants of Providence, Rhode Island, during the time of the American Revolution.
