Quaker Theology

Issue #12, Fall 2005

  • Editor’s Introduction #12

    We admit it – we’re proud of this issue. It centers on two of the most substantive and challenging essays we have published in a long time. To lead off, we have heard many mediocre efforts to relate environmental concerns and theology; but Keith Helmuth’s presentation Read More

  • The Angel of History, the Storm of Progress, And the Order of the Soul

    Keith Helmuth He who fights the future has a dangerous enemy. The future is not; it borrows its strength from the man himself, and when it has tricked him out of this, then it appears outside of him as the enemy he must meet. attributed to Soren Kierkegaard Anyone who has felt Read More

  • Historical and Theological Origins of Assemblies of God Pacifism

    Paul Alexander Introduction The General Council of the Assemblies of God changed their official position regarding war from absolute pacifism to freedom of conscience in a mere fifty years.(1) They stated their early adamant stance in the following resolution during World War One: Therefore, we, as a Read More

  • “America’s Providential History, Including Biblical Principles of Education, Government, Politics, Economics, and Family Life,”* A Review

    Reviewed by H. Larry Ingle At a superficial level, America’s Providential History seems to be a textbook: a large format paperback, it looks like a text; it has the feel of one; and it has wide enough margins for the interested student to make copious notes on its pages. Read More

  • “Farmington! Farmington!” A Review*

    Licia Kuenning and her prophecy.

  • About the Contributors

    Paul Alexander is Associate Professor of Bible and Theology at Southwestern Assembly of God University in Waxahachie, Texas, near Dallas. Chuck Fager is Editor of Quaker Theology and Director of Quaker House in Fayetteville-Ft. Bragg NC. Keith Helmuth helped Read More