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

Posted by on October 23, 2009 in 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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Two cheers for Quaker history

Posted by on July 27, 2008 in 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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Notes for “Henry Joel Cadbury: No Assurance of God or Immortality”

Posted by on January 14, 2007 in Blogroll, History
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