Theology from Listening: Finding the Core of Liberal Quaker Theological Thought

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42733-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 94 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 165 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Quaker Studies

In Theology from Listening: Finding the Core of Liberal Quaker Theological Thought, Rhiannon Grant explores the changes and continuities in liberal Quaker theology over the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in multiple English-speaking Quaker communities around the world. The work involves a close analysis of material produced by Quaker meetings through formal, corporate methods; of material produced by individuals and small groups within Quaker communities; and of writing by individuals and small groups working primarily within academic or ecumenical theological settings. It concludes that although liberal Quaker theology is diverse and flexible, it also possesses a core coherence and can meaningfully be discussed as a single tradition. At the centre of liberal Quaker theology is the belief that direct, unmediated contact with the Divine is possible and results in useful guidance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grant, Rhiannon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Theology from Listening: Finding the Core of Liberal Quaker Theological Thought

Rhiannon Grant

Abstract

Keywords

Introduction

1 Theology from Listening Together

2 Individuals Hearing and Sharing

3 Listening and Thinking

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

Über Autor(innen)

Rhiannon Grant, PhD (2014), University of Leeds, is Honorary Lecturer in Modern Quaker Thought at the University of Birmingham and part of the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies. Recent publications include Telling the Truth about God (Christian Alternative, 2019).