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Chanticleer’s Call: Religion as a Naturalist Views It
Posted by Os Cresson on Jan 04 2010 | Tagged as: Republished
(from Godless for God’s Sake: Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism, David Boulton ed., Dent UK: Dales Historical Monographs, 2006, pp. 43-48; available at quakerbooks.org)
We move. Sometimes we are moved and sometimes it results from our earlier movements. Some movements are private, only noticeable to the person moving. Some barely feel like motion. Talking and remembering are [...]
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, [...]
On Quaker Unity
Posted by Os Cresson on Jun 27 2009 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Definitions, Republished
Unity during meeting for worship for attention to business is familiar to Quakers. It is a commitment to move forward together and, significantly, it does not mean we have to hold the same views. This method of doing business has long been characteristic of Quakers.
Nontheism among Friends at Powell House – report
Posted by Zach Alexander on Jan 09 2009 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Definitions, Reports, Republished
“If you think Richard Dawkins is too easy on religion, go down to that end of the room,” I said, indicating the steps up to the bookstore. “And if you…”
“Careful…” someone said.
And I was. There were several believers-in-God present – the exact number depending on your definition – and I didn’t want to make a joke that might be taken the wrong way.
“If you’re, uh… very theistic, go down to the other end,” I finished, indicating the fireplace. “And if you’re somewhere in between, go somewhere in between.”
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.
Why Not Join the Unitarians?
Posted by Robin Alpern on Apr 08 2006 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Republished
Why Not Join the Unitarians?
That is one of the questions most frequently asked when I tell people about being a nontheist Friend.
The answer that comes to mind first has nothing to do with being of a nontheist bent. I grew up in the Religious Society of Friends, literally and figuratively. My parents joined the Society [...]
Notes for “David Duncan and the Free Friends of Manchester”
Posted by Os Cresson on Mar 31 2006 | Tagged as: Blogroll, Republished
Here, after a brief introduction, are excerpts from the writings of the Free Friends of Manchester, England. These are meant to accompany the chapter, The Making of a Quaker Nontheist Tradition, in Godless for Gods Sake: Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism. The original text will be posted on this website in March 2007, but not before [...]
Notes for Chanticleers Call: Religion As A Naturalist Views It
Posted by Os Cresson on Mar 30 2006 | Tagged as: Republished
These notes are keyed to the paragraphs in my chapter, Chanticleers Call: Religion As A Naturalist Views It, in Godless for Gods Sake: Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism. The original text will not be posted on this website until March 2007 so as not to interfere with book sales as we attempt to recover the costs.
Godless [...]
Quakers, from the Viewpoint of a Naturalist
Posted by Os Cresson on Feb 22 2006 | Tagged as: Republished
(Friends Journal, March 2006, pp. 18-20) – with added notes
The text of the Friends Journal article follows, and then notes expanding on several cryptic statements in the article. At the end is a brief reading list.
I grew up loving nature and feeling part of itdirt, bugs, people, and everything. It was, and still is, amazing [...]
Only Human
Posted by David Boulton on Jun 25 2005 | Tagged as: Republished
In the summer of 1991, at the Sea of Faith conference in Leicester, two intellectual bruisers debated religion and humanism. One was Nicolas Walter: anarchist, peace activist and passionate rationalist. The other was Don Cupitt: elegant, Cambridge, deanish and donnish. Their debate was not the familiar one which had raged for a century, between humanism and Christianity. What was at issue was not humanism but the kind of humanism which might speak to the condition of a postmodern world at the scruff-end of two Christian millennia.