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Early Quaker Christology
Early Quaker Christology
by Woodbrooke - Maurise Creasey, Andrew Harvey
Creasey argues that the concept of the ‘inner light’ must be understood in Christological terms, but also that traditional Christological formulas are less valuable than knowing Christ experimentally; and that Christ the Light is redemptively active throughout creation: the Incar
On Earth as it is in Heaven
On Earth as it is in Heaven
by Woodbrooke - Kathryn Damiano, Andrew Harvey
This thesis argues against the received view of 18th century Quakerism, which is heavily influenced by the work of Rufus Jones and effectively depreciates it in favour of the 17th c. It is widely thought that the tightening discipline and regulation of the minutiae of life found
The Godhead, Our Friend
The Godhead, Our Friend
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn is based on words in the 14th-century English spiritual treatise The Cloud of Unknowing: "He may well be loved, but not thought. By love he may be gotten and holden, but by thought never." "Beat evermore on this cloud of unknowing that is betwixt thee and thy God with s
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 22 Historical Study of First-Century Religious Movements
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 22 Historical Study of First-Century Religious Movements
by SPCK - N T Wright
Historical Study of First-Century Religious Movements The main focus of this project is nothing more nor less than the history of certain first-century religious movements. That description is, I think, as little likely to mislead as any other catch-all heading…
Deep Church Rising - 2: Modernity and Postmodernity
Deep Church Rising - 2: Modernity and Postmodernity
by SPCK - Andrew Walker and Robin Parry
2 Modernity and Postmodernity The Rise of the Secular World Philosopher Charles Taylor put the question like this: “Why was it virtually impossible not to believe in God in, say, 1500 in our Western society, while in [the twenty-first century] many of us find this not only easy,
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - From Story to Question: the Implicit Phariasic Worldview
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - From Story to Question: the Implicit Phariasic Worldview
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter TWO LIKE BIRDS HOVERING OVERHEAD: THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL (vi) From Story to Question: the Implicit Pharisaic Worldview Praxis, symbol and story lead the eye to the implicit questions which, we have argued, can be raised within any worldview. Who are we, whe
St Martin's celtic cross outside Iona Abbey off south coast of I
St Martin's celtic cross outside Iona Abbey off south coast of I
by Mark Boulton
St Martin's 9th century celtic cross outside Iona Abbey off south coast of Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK Iona was founded in 563 by St. Columba, and soon became the base for the evangelization of S Scotland, N England and Ireland in the 6th C and a centre for Christian scholarshi
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Conclusion