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Henry Joel Cadbury: No Assurance of God or Immortality, With Added Notes

Posted by Os Cresson on Oct 23 2009 | Tagged as: History, Republished

What follows is a biographical essay about Henry Cadbury plus notes that are mainly excerpts from his writings. The essay, without notes, is in “Godless for God’s Sake: Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism” edited by David Boulton, published in 2006 by Dales Historical Monographs (ISBN 0-9511578-6-8). That book is available from the publisher (Hobsons Farm, Dent, Cumbria LA10 5RF, [...]

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Learning to love and accept “Quatheists” (Nontheist Friends) at Powell House

Posted by Rik Panganiban on Jan 09 2009 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Blogroll, Events, History, Personal Journeys, Republished, Stories and Poems

For three days I have been at the beautiful Powell House Quaker retreat center, up in Old Chatham, New York. I have been attending a workshop on “nontheist Quakers” led by Robin Alpern and Zach Alexander with about 16 other Quakers from around the northeast area.

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Two cheers for Quaker history

Posted by James Riemermann on Jul 27 2008 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Definitions, History, On Other Sites

A Friend on the nontheist Friends e-mail discussion list at some point challenged us to seriously study early Quaker history, and not just dip into it, “to develop our knowledge of and insights into the origins and development of the tradition or movement we have committed to.” Good advice, no question. And yet I felt [...]

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Roots and Flowers of Quaker Nontheism

Posted by Os Cresson on Jan 23 2007 | Tagged as: History

This essay is dedicated to people who struggle to find their views, and to hold views that are different from those of others. I am especially indebted to those who have given workshops and attended them, and who have written and spoken and read and listened. As it is impossible to thank you personally, let [...]

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