Posted by Nontheist Friends on Apr 11 2006 | Tagged as: Books
In this new book edited by British Friend and author David Boulton, 27 Quakers from 4 countries and 13 yearly meetings tell how they combine active and committed membership in the Religious Society of Friends with rejection of traditional belief in the existence of a transcendent, personal and supernatural God.
Posted by Robin Alpern on Apr 08 2006 | Tagged as: Blogroll
Why Not Join the Unitarians?
That is one of the questions most frequently asked when I tell people about beinga 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 when [...]
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 God’s Sake: Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism. The original text will be posted on this website in March 2007, but not before [...]
Posted by Os Cresson on Mar 30 2006 | Tagged as: Blogroll, Republished
These notes are keyed to the paragraphs in my chapter, “Chanticleer’s Call: Religion As A Naturalist Views It,” in Godless for God’s 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 [...]
Posted by James Riemermann on Mar 25 2006 | Tagged as: Blog Posts
I’ve been bouncing around the world of Quaker blogs, as I sometimes do, and once again, I find that world filled with Friends who are disappointed with the liberalism of liberal Quakerism, who want it to become more conservative, which is mostly to say more narrowly defined and exclusive. Of course, they don’t want it [...]
Posted by Os Cresson on Feb 22 2006 | Tagged as: Blogroll, 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 it—dirt, bugs, people, and everything. It was, and still is, amazing [...]
Posted by Os Cresson on Feb 20 2006 | Tagged as: Blogroll
Carl Sagan saw that humans of undergone a series of demotions during the last five centuries and are still struggling with them. He also called our attention to a religion for the future. Quaker nontheists have a place in this process.
Posted by Os Cresson on Dec 07 2005 | Tagged as: Personal Journeys
“Os, at Radnor Meeting we accept atheists!” This was during an interview when, at 18 years of age, I was asked me to confirm my Quaker membership. God had no place in my personal religion but honesty did and I was fumbling with the questions that touched on Quaker doctrine. The kind Friend’s comment sustained [...]
Posted by Peter Arnold on Nov 01 2005 | Tagged as: Blog Posts
By Peter Arnold
There may seem to be a tendency in medical research to regard the body as a machine whose unpleasant symptoms indicate faulty parts, most doctors know that many of these symptoms will fade away as the body repairs itself. Ones general practitioner may keep an open mind on homeopathy, acupuncture, herbalism and other [...]
Posted by Os Cresson on Oct 20 2005 | Tagged as: Blogroll
For some Quakers, religion is primarily about daily lives and living as well as possible in ones meeting community and in the wider world. This is Quakerism with an emphasis on our lives rather than an emphasis on talk about these lives.
Standing on a rock in Firbank Fell in 1652, George Fox called out, “Let [...]