Comments on: Very Short Introductions: The Quakers http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sun, 19 May 2013 05:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Peter Schogol http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-150443 Peter Schogol Tue, 05 May 2009 21:58:01 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-150443 I'm not sure if this is a typo or not, because if it isn't I don't understand what is being meant by "there comes a point when such ideas ["non-theism or anti-theism"] start to unpick the basis of worship and business." What does unpick mean here? And does this observation from from a non-theist or anti-theist or from a theist who intimates this to be happening based on a theological a priori? I’m not sure if this is a typo or not, because if it isn’t I don’t understand what is being meant by “there comes a point when such ideas ["non-theism or anti-theism"] start to unpick the basis of worship and business.” What does unpick mean here? And does this observation from from a non-theist or anti-theist or from a theist who intimates this to be happening based on a theological a priori?

]]> By: Another Quaker Teacher Fired For Not Taking an Oath http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-145613 Another Quaker Teacher Fired For Not Taking an Oath Wed, 07 May 2008 05:25:21 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-145613 [...] witness or testimony were often turned into preaching opportunities by these early Friends” (Dandelion, [...] [...] witness or testimony were often turned into preaching opportunities by these early Friends” (Dandelion, [...]

]]> By: Just Kristin » Blog Archive » Stuffus http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142974 Just Kristin » Blog Archive » Stuffus Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:41:45 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142974 [...] All about the Quakers, the Christian sect I’d join if I ever wanted to be Christian in more th... [...] [...] All about the Quakers, the Christian sect I’d join if I ever wanted to be Christian in more th… [...]

]]> By: Paul Ricketts http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142630 Paul Ricketts Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:13:06 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142630 "What then holds these Quakers together is their form of worship and doing business" Pink Dandelion Unlike many churches that have been given the gifts and symbols of,creeds confessions, liturgies, outward sacraments, clergy, to help people find their way to the holy. The gifts and symbols that has been given to Friends for Three Hundred years to help people find their way to the holy to Jesus, The waiting silent worship and handful of shared values. Marcus Borg in his book The Heart of Christianity he speaks of of thin place where heaven and Earth seem more intimately linked, where our souls can experience God presence through the Holy Spirit". I come to believe that our Worship and Values can become these thin places, threads of unity and spiritual transformation. Paul “What then holds these Quakers together is their form of worship and doing business”
Pink Dandelion

Unlike many churches that have been given the gifts and symbols of,creeds confessions, liturgies, outward sacraments, clergy, to help
people find their way to the holy.

The gifts and symbols that has been given to Friends for Three Hundred years to help people find their way to the holy to Jesus,
The waiting silent worship and
handful of shared values.

Marcus Borg in his book The Heart of Christianity he speaks of of thin place where heaven and Earth seem more intimately linked, where our souls can experience God presence through the Holy Spirit”.

I come to believe that our Worship and Values can become these thin places, threads of unity and spiritual transformation.
Paul

]]> By: wess http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142165 wess Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:13:21 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142165 I'm working my way through the book right now and I'm really enjoying your even-handedness Ben! I’m working my way through the book right now and I’m really enjoying your even-handedness Ben!

]]> By: Timothy Travis http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142147 Timothy Travis Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:12:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142147 The Short Introduction is what I recommend to people who ask me what Quakers believe. It's comprehensive and balanced (At least, it seems so to me. How can anyone in this Society know if something is really balanced from the point of view of everyone else in it?). I also appreciate Ben's previous work that has done so much to help me understand the "Liberal liberal" domain of the Society in which I find myself planted. "Liberal about belief, conservative about practice." Why didn't I realize that? Timothy Travis Bridge City Friends Meeting Portland, Oreon The Short Introduction is what I recommend to people who ask me what Quakers believe. It’s comprehensive and balanced (At least, it seems so to me. How can anyone in this Society know if something is really balanced from the point of view of everyone else in it?).

I also appreciate Ben’s previous work that has done so much to help me understand the “Liberal liberal” domain of the Society in which I find myself planted. “Liberal about belief, conservative about practice.” Why didn’t I realize that?

Timothy Travis
Bridge City Friends Meeting
Portland, Oreon

]]> By: Johan Maurer http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142087 Johan Maurer Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:54:22 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142087 Great job, Ben! Inevitably, the liberal Friends position gets a highly nuanced exposition, but your interview's readers ought to know that the evangelical end, to which I belong, is almost equally diverse, both in theology and in worship practice. Easter blessings! Great job, Ben!

Inevitably, the liberal Friends position gets a highly nuanced exposition, but your interview’s readers ought to know that the evangelical end, to which I belong, is almost equally diverse, both in theology and in worship practice.

Easter blessings!

]]> By: Ben Pink Dandelion Interviewed on OUPBlog http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142002 Ben Pink Dandelion Interviewed on OUPBlog Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:47:16 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-142002 [...] announce his new book Oxford University Press Blog did a (very short) interview with him, which can be read here. It’s a great interview, it is short but contains some worthy gems, like when he is asked [...] [...] announce his new book Oxford University Press Blog did a (very short) interview with him, which can be read here. It’s a great interview, it is short but contains some worthy gems, like when he is asked [...]

]]> By: Mark Thwaite http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-141980 Mark Thwaite Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:06:40 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2008/03/vsi_dandelion/#comment-141980 It is, doubtless, both childish and frivolous of me to write this ... but Pink Dandelion? What a tremendous name! I want to be called Pink Dandelion! (Oh, and kudos to Quakers too. War always wrong. Always.) It is, doubtless, both childish and frivolous of me to write this … but Pink Dandelion? What a tremendous name!

I want to be called Pink Dandelion!

(Oh, and kudos to Quakers too. War always wrong. Always.)

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