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In Search of Elephants
Started 6th month 11, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
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Marianna Boncek commented on Zachary Dutton's blog post 'Bounded Mystery: Toward a Contemporary Liberal Quaker Theology'
Zachary Dutton posted a blog postBounded Mystery: Toward a Contemporary Liberal Quaker Theology
I recently wrote this for my blog The Liberal Quaker. PrefaceIn Liberal Quaker community I came to know myself. I was fully accepted and encouraged to become who I am. My elders were patient with me. They asked hard questions and at times made tough observations, but let me do the work to answer and respond. I have sifted through a great deal of thinking about Liberal Quakerism, and continue to sense that I have merely…See More
""The idea 'that God is not a particular idea'" is not a constraint. There's nothing there to escape. No more than the idea that "A tiger is not a shoe" constitutes a limitation on tigers. You wouldn't want to…"
Zachary Dutton commented on Zachary Dutton's blog post 'The Kingdom Begins Within: Reflections with Rufus M. Jones'"Indeed. God escapes even the idea that God escapes, even the idea that God is not a particular idea."
"There are a great many valid ideas as to Who/What God is; the oversimplification is the assumption that we don't have any.
"Meaning and purpose" are not "secular terms for God," they simply describe something which the…"
Zachary Dutton posted a blog postThe Kingdom Begins Within: Reflections with Rufus M. Jones
This is re-posted on QuakerQuaker from my blog The Liberal Quaker.I have a tendency to make friends with underdogs and critics—those who for one reason or another put themselves (or who are put) in opposition to a greater community. When I lived at Pendle Hill, I worked in the community garden. The young woman in charge, when considering the possible death of a plant, would often say, “Well, we’re all gonna die…See More
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- Studying religion and the social sciences at Harvard Divinity School, Zachary is a burgeoning thought leader and social scientist. He focuses on the intersection of social conflict, culture and religion. He is currently working on a project examining the relationship between Quaker nonviolence narratives and identity formation.
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Bounded Mystery: Toward a Contemporary Liberal Quaker Theology
Posted on 8th mo. 7, 2012 at 1:35pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
I recently wrote this for my blog The Liberal Quaker.
Preface
In Liberal Quaker community I came to know myself. I was fully accepted and encouraged to become who I am. My elders were patient with me. They asked hard questions and at times made tough observations, but let me do the work to answer and respond. I have sifted through a great deal of…
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Posted on 4th mo. 1, 2012 at 11:00am 3 Comments 0 Likes
This is re-posted on QuakerQuaker from my blog The Liberal Quaker.
I have a tendency to make friends with underdogs and critics—those who for one reason or another put themselves (or who are put) in opposition to a greater community. When I lived at Pendle Hill, I worked in the community garden. The young woman in charge, when considering the possible death of a plant, would often say, “Well,…
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