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Words in Time (1997) 11 Exemplare

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In this book, Doug Gwyn draws upon his training in biblical studies and years of research in Quaker history to offer stories of early Friends answering the call to radical faithfulness, and to map the covenantal convictions that framed that call.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | Sep 15, 2023 |
George Fox's message that the kingdom of God is already here.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Sep 1, 2022 |
The Anti-War advocates a renewal of the traditional Quaker peace testimony, to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Today’s darkening human prospect forces Friends to reclaim their identity as a people of God that resists the dominant culture and wages an “anti-war,” a militant inversion of empire’s militarist imperatives. “Militant Peacemaking in the Manner of Friends,” examines the issues inversely. It begins with the Book of Revelation, seen as an apocalyptic unmasking of the Roman Empire’s demonic structure and a call for Christian resistance. Then it examines the early Quaker Lamb’s War as a nonviolent social revolution inspired in part by a socially engaged reading of Revelation.… (mehr)
 
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PendleHillLibrary | 2 weitere Rezensionen | May 24, 2022 |
This creative theological exploration, firmly written from within the victorious "Foxian" Quaker tradition, casts its net broadly over a wide range of continental and English "Seekers" and catches those who ended up as members of the Friends of the Truth. It promises and delivers a rich harvest, from theology, history, and contemporary searching. -- Larry Ingle
 
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