Below is an outline I'm working with for this series of essays. Comments welcome.
Patrick.
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Easy Essays on Quaker Theology:
Why We Believe What We Believe and Do What We Do
I. Why We Do What We Do: The New Covenant
II. The Problem with People: The Human Condition
III. Do Quakers Care about Salvation?
IV. What about Non-Christians?
V. What Do Quakers Believe about Jesus?
VI. The Inward Light
VII. The Bible
VIII. Knowing God
IX. Silence and Worship
X. Baptism of the Holy Spirit
XI. The Flesh and Blood of Christ
XII. Why We Cannot Go to War
XIII. Integrity and Truth
XIV. The Free Gospel Ministry
XV. Men, Women, and Gospel Ministry
XVI. Simplicity
4 comments:
My only comment is, Wow! I can hardly wait.
Hello Patrick,
I'd be interested in the following:
1. To what extent might our differences with early Friends today depend on the different cultural, political and economic environment we live in, the advances of science, the historical experience of bitter schisms among Friends, and so forth? In other words, you've promised a test of how far we've "strayed," but is it possible that some of our differences might be the result of some expected and hoped for growth and maturity over time?
2. When we base our Quakerism in scripture, are there advances in Biblical scholarship that might legitimately lead us to understand scripture differently -- perhaps in some case even less reverently -- than did early Friends? Penn was aware of scholarship even in his day of tampering with scripture by the church for political reasons. How widespread was his skepticism among Friends of his day?
3. Paid ministry: how does its currency among Friends today accord with the understanding of early Friends?
Whether you feel led to address these questions or not, I look forward to reading your future articles.
In Friendship,
David
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