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A Respondent Spark: The Basics of Bible Study
This article introduces a practical, independent approach to Bible study grounded in a Quaker perspective, emphasizing critical engagement with the text rather than unquestioning acceptance. It highlights early Quaker contributions to biblical interpretation, particularly their pioneering feminist readings, and examines the significance of the Women’s Bible Commentary in challenging traditional androcentric and misogynistic interpretations of…
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[INTRODUCTORY NOTE: These discussions were sparked by an event that is unmentioned in these documents: the publication in The New Republic magazine of a cover story by Stephen Chapman called “Shot From Guns: the Lost Pacifism of the Quakers,” in its June 9, 1979 issue. The piece was especially critical of AFSC. I figured there…
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I am a Quaker lawyer finding myself in the middle of the legal defense of Quakers arrested for failing to disperse from an unlawful assembly at the North Carolina General Assembly during the “Moral Monday” protests this summer. I have been inspired, moved, and challenged by Moral Monday protesters. I am now reflecting on my…
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Quaker Theology #33 — Winter 2019 Moment of Truth: Wilmington Yearly Meeting Divides over a Familiar Set of Issues By Stephen W. Angell Wilmington Yearly Meeting (WYM), assembled at the Friends Meeting in Maryville, Tennessee, on the last weekend of July, released five meetings (four monthly meetings and one preparatory meeting) which requested to sever…