Quakerism: The Basics

ISBN-13: 9780367191627 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 196 str.

Margery Post Abbott; Carl Abbott

Opis

Quakerism: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the history and diverse approaches and ideas associated with The Religious Society of Friends. This small religion incorporates a wide geographic spread and varied beliefs that range from evangelical Christians to non-theists.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Lives led by the Spirit: action grounded in faith  Chapter 2. A danger to the nation: the first generations of Quakerism in the seventeenth century  Chapter 3. A peculiar and contradictory people: the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries  Chapter 4. A worldwide faith in the twentieth century and beyond  Chapter 5. A secret power among them: worship and practice  Chapter 6. Ministry, mission, and testimony  Chapter 7. Convergence or purity: being a Quaker in the twenty-first century  Appendix: Quakers in fiction  Glossary  Bibliography