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American Friends and White Collar Crime - the case of Amy Gottlieb
Started 8th month 18, 2018 0 Replies 0 Likes
Amy Gottlieb is "the associate regional director of the Northeast Region of American Friends Service Committee"Under this title she is mostly known for defending her husband Ravi Ragbir against…Continue
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- Retired media archivist, 64, not enough liberal to be a Quaker, not enough literal to be a Mennonite. Mostly a withdrawalist: People ought to withdraw from the world and (if they prefer) withdraw from each other and Christians ought to help them with this.
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Rambling: Quaker or Anabaptist? A matter of class?
Posted on 1st mo. 13, 2018 at 8:42am 3 Comments 0 Likes
As I say sometimes, I am "not literal enough to be a Mennonite" and "not liberal enough to be a Quaker".
I suppose that this is partly a matter of class consciousness. I have grown up in a small village where most men were industrial workers (with some additional farming) and even if I am lazy by nature I have internalized the small people work ethics.
Now, Anabaptism is historically a religion of (and for) farmers and craftsmen. The good side of that: They have still some…
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