27 Quakers from 13 Yearly Meetings in four countries tell how they combine committed membership of the Religious Society of Friends with rejection of traditional belief in a transcendent, personal and supernatural God. For some of these 'nontheist' Friends, God is no more (but no less) than a symbol of the wholly human values of 'mercy, pity, peace and love'. For others, the idea of God and 'God-language' has become an archaism and a stumbling-block. Readers who seek a faith or world-view free of supernaturalism, whether they are Friends, members of other traditions or drop-outs from old-time...
27 Quakers from 13 Yearly Meetings in four countries tell how they combine committed membership of the Religious Society of Friends with rejection of ...
This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Scandinavian-influenced place-names in East Anglia, and proposes a new model of place-name formation that incorporates the hypothesis of a substantial migration of Viking settlers from Scandinavia.
This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Scandinavian-influenced place-names in East Anglia, and proposes a new model of place-name form...
