The Spirit of the Quakers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Spirit of the Quakers write by Geoffrey Durham. This book was released on 2010-11-16. The Spirit of the Quakers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Who are the Quakers, what do they believe, and what do they practice? The Religious Society of Friends--also known as Quakers---believes that everyone can have a direct experience of God. Quakers express this in a unique form of worship that inspires them to work for change in themselves and in the world. In "The Spirit of the Quakers," Geoffrey Durham, himself a Friend, explains Quakerism through quotations from writings that cover 350 years, from the beginnings of the movement to the present day.Peace and equality are major themes in the book, but readers will also find thought-provoking passages on the importance of action for social change, the primacy of truth, the value of simplicity, the need for a sense of community, and much more. The quoted texts convey a powerful religious impulse, courage in the face of persecution, the warmth of human relationships, and dedicated perseverance in promoting just causes. The extended quotations have been carefully selected from well-known Quakers such as George Fox, William Penn, John Greenleaf Whittier, Elizabeth Fry and John Woolman, as well as many contemporary Friends. Together with Geoffrey Durham's enlightening and sympathetic introductions to the texts, the extracts from these writers form an engaging, often moving guide to this accessible and open-hearted religious faith.
Spirit Rising
Spirit Rising - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spirit Rising write by Angelina Conti. This book was released on 2010. Spirit Rising available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Quaker Spirituality
Quaker Spirituality - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Quaker Spirituality write by Douglas Van Steere. This book was released on 1984. Quaker Spirituality available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Simplicity in forms of worship, opposition to violence, concern for social injustice, and, above all, a faith in the personal and corporate guidance of the Holy Spirit are characteristics of the spirituality of the people called Quakers. The author has assembled a comprehensive collection of Quaker writings.
Constructive Spirit
Constructive Spirit - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Constructive Spirit write by David W. McFadden. This book was released on 2004. Constructive Spirit available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Our Life Is Love
Our Life Is Love - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Our Life Is Love write by Marcelle Martin. This book was released on 2016-02-19. Our Life Is Love available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Our Life is Love describes the transformational spiritual journey of the first Quakers, who turned to the Light of Christ within and allowed it to be their guide. Many Friends today use different language, but are still called to make the same journey. In our time people seeking deeper access to the profound teachings of Christianity want more than just beliefs, they want direct experience. Focusing on ten elements of the spiritual journey, this book is a guide to a Spirit-filled life that affects this world. Quakers in the seventeenth century and today provide examples of people and communities living in the midst of the world whose radical understanding of Christ's teachings led them to become powerful agents of social change. The book offers a simple, clear explanation of the spiritual journey that is suitable not only for Quakers, but for all Christians, and for seekers wanting to better understand our spiritual experience and the fullness of God's call to us. The book would make an excellent focus for study groups. Marcelle Martin has led workshops at retreat centers and Quaker meetings across the United States. She served for four years as the resident Quaker Studies teacher at Pendle Hill and was a core teacher in the School of the Spirit program, The Way of Ministry. She is the author of the Pendle Hill pamphlets Invitation to a Deeper Communion and Holding One Another in the Light. In 2013 she was the Mullen Writing Fellow at Earlham School of Religion while working on this book.
