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Homan's "The Art Of The Sublime: Principles Of Christian Art And Architecture", Pink 'Ben' Dandelion 2015 University of Birmingham, England

Homan's "The Art Of The Sublime: Principles Of Christian Art And Architecture", Pink 'Ben' Dandelion

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Jennings's "Gender, Religion, And Radicalism In The Long Eighteenth Century: The 'Ingenious Quaker' And Her Connections" - Book Review, Edwina Newman 2015 Open University, England

Jennings's "Gender, Religion, And Radicalism In The Long Eighteenth Century: The 'Ingenious Quaker' And Her Connections" - Book Review, Edwina Newman

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


Three Kinds Of British Friends: A Latent Class Analysis, Mark S. Cary, Pink 'Ben' Dandelion 2015 George Fox University

Three Kinds Of British Friends: A Latent Class Analysis, Mark S. Cary, Pink 'Ben' Dandelion

Quaker Studies

A latent class analysis was applied to the religious beliefs of 485 respondents in Rosie Rutherford's authoritative 2003 survey of British Friends. The analysis produced three groups: (1) Christian Quakers (27%), who hold a traditional Christian theology; (2) secularized Quakers (37%), who do not consider themselves atheists, but whose conception of God is not personal; and (3) Inner Light Quakers (36%), who emphasize the inner light and 'that of God in everyone' .


Two Kinds Of Quakers: A Latent Class Analysis, Mark S. Cary, Anita L. Weber 2015 George Fox University

Two Kinds Of Quakers: A Latent Class Analysis, Mark S. Cary, Anita L. Weber

Quaker Studies

A latent class analysis was applied to 531 respondents to the Making New Friends survey of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). We found two distinct patterns of religious beliefs-those in Group G want a deeper and personal relationship with God, while those in Group S are more interested in social testimonies and generally do not believe in a personal God.


Gertrude Von Petzold (1876-1952): Quaker And First Woman Minister, Claus Bernet 2015 Freie University, Berlin

Gertrude Von Petzold (1876-1952): Quaker And First Woman Minister, Claus Bernet

Quaker Studies

Gertrude von Petzold was a pioneer in many ways: in England she was the first woman who got a post as a church minister, in Germany she was the first woman who qualified for a professorship in Germanics at Kiel University. At times when woman were not even allowed to vote, von Petzold pursued her academic career eagerly. Her ecumenical attitude resulted in membership within the Lutheran Church, the Unitarians and finally the Quakers.


The Fellowship Of Reconciliation's Propaganda And Theodora Wilson Wilson's Literary Contribution 1914-1917, Bert den Boggende 2015 George Fox University

The Fellowship Of Reconciliation's Propaganda And Theodora Wilson Wilson's Literary Contribution 1914-1917, Bert Den Boggende

Quaker Studies

During World War I Theodora Wilson Wilson, who shortly before the war had returned to her ancestral Quaker faith, made a unique contribution to the Fellowship of Reconciliation's (FOR) propaganda. Instead of the usual expository writings aimed at the well educated, she wrote simple stories directed at casual readers. They emphasised the kind of activity, 'doing', the FOR leadership had decided to curtail after an attempt at tramping in the Midlands in the summer of 1915 had resulted in a near riot. Her perspective reflected that of many Friends. Some very limited attention has been given to these stories, but …


The Journal Of George Fox: A Technology Of Presence, Hilary Hinds, Alison Findlay 2015 Lancaster University, England

The Journal Of George Fox: A Technology Of Presence, Hilary Hinds, Alison Findlay

Quaker Studies

Critics have debated at length whether George Fox's Journal is primarily to be understood within the tradition of seventeenth-century autobiographical writing, or as an historical account of the early Quaker movement. This article suggests that this is a false dichotomy, and argues instead that the Journal might be reconceived as a 'technology of presence': that is, in its attention both to the figure of Fox and to the detailed chronicling of time and place, its principal narrative impetus was to record, demonstrate and reproduce the presence of the returned and indwelling Christ. The Journal thus constitutes, in its form and …


'Children Of Light And Sons Of Darkness': Quakers, Oaths And The Old Bailey Proceedings In The Eighteenth Century, Edwina Newman 2015 The Open University, England

'Children Of Light And Sons Of Darkness': Quakers, Oaths And The Old Bailey Proceedings In The Eighteenth Century, Edwina Newman

Quaker Studies

This paper makes use of the technology that allows for the searching of the online edition of the Old Bailey Proceedings. Although Quakers were once very familiar with courts of justice, by the eighteenth century they had become considerably less persecuted than formerly. Their way oflife meant that they did not figure highly among defendants in criminal courts. Their testimony against oaths excluded them too from the ranks of prosecutors and witnesses, the newly won right to affirm not extending to criminal trials. Quakers figure in fewer than 100 of the 45,000 Old Bailey trials in this period. Nevertheless, what …


'Turning Hearts To Break Off The Yoke Of Oppression': The Travels And Sufferings Of Christopher Meidel, C. 1659-C. 1715, Richard Allen 2015 University of Wales

'Turning Hearts To Break Off The Yoke Of Oppression': The Travels And Sufferings Of Christopher Meidel, C. 1659-C. 1715, Richard Allen

Quaker Studies

This study of Christopher Meidel, a Norwegian Quaker writer imprisoned both in England and on the Continent for his beliefs and actions, explores the life of a convert to Quakerism and his missionary zeal in the early eighteenth century. From Meidel's quite tempestuous career we receive insights into the issues Friends faced in Augustan England in adapting to life in a country whose inter-church relations were largely governed by the 1689 Toleration Act, and its insistence that recipients of toleration were to respect the rights of other religionists. In England and Wales, although not censured by Friends, Meidel's activities were …


Crossing Borders And Negotiating Boundaries: The Seventeenth-Century European Missions And Persecution, Sünne Juterczenka 2015 Rostock University, East Germany

Crossing Borders And Negotiating Boundaries: The Seventeenth-Century European Missions And Persecution, Sünne Juterczenka

Quaker Studies

On their journeys through the Dutch Republic and the German territories, seventeenth-century Quaker missionaries came into contact with a wide variety of religiously inspired groups and individuals. This article considers some problems of conventional historiographical approaches to the new religious diversity in early modern Europe. Persecution was an especially important issue for travelling ministers. Despite their own experience, some religious radicals strongly objected to the Quaker view on persecution, so that, among others, 'sufferings' became a controversial subject. This article argues that controversy was part of a transnational process of mapping out the new, radical spectrum in which many religious …


The Testimony Of Martha Simmonds, Quaker, Bernadette Smith 2015 University of Birmingham, England

The Testimony Of Martha Simmonds, Quaker, Bernadette Smith

Quaker Studies

Martha Simmonds (1624-1665) was an early Quaker whose spiritual journey involved preaching, travelling, becoming a devotee of James Naylor and participating in his re-enactment of Christ's entry into Jerusalem and its aftermath. This event has largely defined her place in history and little serious attention has been given to her writings This paper attempts to fill this lacuna by discussing spiritual writing within the context of her life and contemporary constructs of'signs' and suffering, both on a personal scale and within the wider context of the collective persecution of the early Quakers. It aims to re-assess the Bristol 'sign' and …


Travelers Here In This Vale Of Tears: William Penn Preaches A Funeral Sermon, Michael Graves 2015 Liberty University, Virginia

Travelers Here In This Vale Of Tears: William Penn Preaches A Funeral Sermon, Michael Graves

Quaker Studies

William Penn, the significant seventeenth-century political figure and writer, was also an important preacher, but his role as a public speaker has received little attention, though at least two of his speeches and twelve of his impromptu sermons have survived. This essay argues that Penn's sermonic work is noteworthy through an examination of his 1688 public response to the death of Rebecca Travers, an important first-generation Quaker leader. Penn's response to Travers' death reveals his struggle to come to grips with the vicissitudes of his own life and, by implication, Travers' life. The sermon is interpreted as an instance of …


Editorial, Pink 'Ben' Dandelion 2015 George Fox University

Editorial, Pink 'Ben' Dandelion

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.


When Esther And Jezebel Write: A Feminist Biblical Theology Of Authority., Cameron B. R. Howard 2015 Luther Seminary

When Esther And Jezebel Write: A Feminist Biblical Theology Of Authority., Cameron B. R. Howard

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Dietrich Bonhoeffer, His Life In Brief, Kerry Irish 2015 George Fox University

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, His Life In Brief, Kerry Irish

Faculty Publications - Department of History and Politics

This brief 3500-word biography emphasizes Bonhoeffer's theology, spiritual journey, and work in the German resistance until his death in April 1945.


Bible Autobiographies And Other Bible Stories, Francis E. Clark, Mrs. Francis E. Clark 2015 Asbury Theological Seminary

Bible Autobiographies And Other Bible Stories, Francis E. Clark, Mrs. Francis E. Clark

Books

No abstract provided.


Junior Endeavor In Theory And Practice, Francis E. Clark 2015 Asbury Theological Seminary

Junior Endeavor In Theory And Practice, Francis E. Clark

Books

No abstract provided.


From Patristics To Postmodernity: Does A Message Still Exist?, Douglas Taylor 2015 Liberty University

From Patristics To Postmodernity: Does A Message Still Exist?, Douglas Taylor

Other Graduate Scholarship

Dr. David Wheeler once advised that while not all are called to be an evangelist, all Christians are called to be evangelical. Although some may counter that postmodernity is waning, the question remains how one might be evangelical in a postmodern world. The concept that no metanarrative exists has been one of the pillars of postmodernity, and as such challenges the premise that Scripture contains an overarching story encompassing all of mankind. If Dr. Wheeler was correct, and all are called to be evangelical, then the question that would seem to require answering is how one might begin to address …


Training The Church Of The Future, Francis E. Clark 2015 Asbury Theological Seminary

Training The Church Of The Future, Francis E. Clark

Books

No abstract provided.


Methodism And The Second Blessing, J. C. Street 2015 Asbury Theological Seminary

Methodism And The Second Blessing, J. C. Street

Heritage Material

No abstract provided.


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