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Dear Friends: I'm interested in starting a group here at QuakerQuaker on quietism. The focus would be on the quietist insights of the Quaker tradition and recovering that focus. I'm personally…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jim Wilson 1st month 3, 2011.
Good Friends: In my ongoing search for Quietist Quaker works the name of Hugh Turford has come up. He seems to have been an advocate of silence, in a pure sense, and an articulate spokesman for a…Continue
Tags: Hugh Turford, History, Quietism, Quaker
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Carl 8th month 11, 2010.
Good Friends: I was reading some online history of the Quakers and came across a passage where the author said that in the dispute between the Gurneyites and the Wilburites, Gurney urged his audience…Continue
Tags: Politics, Voting, History, Quaker, Wilburites
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Carl 6th month 30, 2010.
Good Friends: I thought people here might be interested in this article which was posted at the British site called Ekklesia. It's about a Quaker group seeking to stem the widespread availability of…Continue
Started 5th month 27, 2010
Paula Deming left a comment for Jim Wilson
Karen Mercer commented on Jim Wilson's blog post 'Quaker Communion'
Karen Mercer commented on Jim Wilson's blog post 'Quaker Communion'
Karen Mercer commented on Jim Wilson's blog post 'Quaker Communion'In the ‘Introduction’ to ‘The Second Period of Quakerism’ by William Braithwaite, Rufus Jones posits that the origins of Quaker Quietism are to be found in the writings of Robert Barclay. The view of Jones is that Quakers were receptive to the teachings of Guyon and other continental Quietists because the basic teachings of Quietism are to be found in early Quaker works, particularly Barclay, prior to the Quaker community encountering continental Quietism. Jones writes, “[I]t is a plain…
ContinuePosted on 6th mo. 1, 2012 at 2:58pm
Dear Friends:
In the latest issue of Friends' Journal there is an article, featured on the cover, called 'Quaker Communion' by Bruce Neumann. The author writes, 'for many years, I harbored a rather untypical Quaker longing. Occasional oblique comments to other Friends didn't seem to engender interest, so I held the longing to myself . . . the longing was to share communion with a small group of other Quakers, after the fashion of Friends.'
Eventually the…
ContinuePosted on 2nd mo. 17, 2012 at 2:16pm — 26 Comments
Dear Friends:
My favorite early Christian writer is Dionysius the Areopagite. Traditionally this Dionysius was understood to be the one converted by Paul in the Book of Acts in Athens. Dionysius' works are the source texts for Christian Mysticism, including the mysticism of the Quietist tradition. For example, Molinos references Dionysius in his manual of contemplation. The 'Mystical Theology' of Dionysius is one of the most beautiful and succinct (about five pages) and…
ContinuePosted on 11th mo. 30, 2011 at 1:36pm — 1 Comment
Silence is My Leading
Since I became acquainted with the Quietist period of Quaker history I’ve been attracted to it. This period, which some Quaker historians refer to as ‘The Second Period of Quaker History’, is the one where I find the most nourishment. It is the period which produced ‘A Guide to True Peace’ which has been of such help in my own inward journey.
Along with this attraction has been a searching out of what constitutes the difference between…
ContinuePosted on 10th mo. 28, 2011 at 5:54pm — 2 Comments
Paula Deming said… Thank thee, Jim!
Incidentally, I am a native of Northern California--Davis.
David L. Hoffman said…
Hi Jim,
I'm look forward to seeing you soon. This week would be good for a West County meetup or book store visit.
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