Authority, Leadership and Concern A Study in Motive and Administration in Quaker Relief Work 1949 Swarthmore Lecture by Roger Wilson
How a religious concern can be made manifest in practical work, and what needs to be considered so that this can be organized. How is the authority for a concern held by a human organization? What kind of people does it need to lead and carry out its work?
Britain Yearly Meeting, 2007, 92 pp., paperback $15.00
Other Faiths and Nontheism See a much wider selection of books at
www.quakerbooks.org.
Quakers and the Interfaith Movement A Handbook for Peacemakers edited by Anthony Manousos
Editor Anthony Manousos recognizes the growing importance of interfaith cooperation in order to foster peace, and collects here the writings of dozens of Quakers with thoughts about and experiences with interfaith efforts. These essays are bookended by an interfaith “Advices and Queries” section and a list of resources.
Quaker Universalist Fellowship, 2011, 263 pp., paperback $14.95
Godless for God’s Sake Nontheism in Contemporary Quakerism edited by David Boulton
Twenty-seven Quakers from four countries and thirteen yearly meetings tell how they combine active and committed membership in the Religious Society of Friends with rejection of traditional belief in the existence of a transcendent, personal and supernatural God. The essays reveal a diverse range of nontheism, including agnosti- cism, atheism, humanism, naturalism and nonrealism. Contributors include Robin Alpern, Philip Gross, Joan D. Lucas, Os Cresson, James Riemermann, Sandy Parker, and David Rush.
DHM, 2006, 152 pp., paperback $18.50
Approaching the Qur’án The Early Revelations, 2nd Edition introduced and translated by Michael Sells
Quaker scholar Michael Sells translates and extensively annotates a careful selection of the earliest “suras” (revelations), setting them in their cultural context. Further chapters discuss nature and gender in the meaning of the Qur’án. The book links to online recordings of the suras.
White Cloud Press, 2007, 236 pp., paperback $22.95
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