Current Reading of Mine: Books on Quakerism
Had ordered three used hard copy books on Quakerism earlier this month (via Thrift Books ) and, after receiving two of the books on Saturday (February 17th), received the third one yesterday (Thursday, the 22nd). The latter book is Quaker Faith and Practice (second edition; 1999; fifth edition available, here ): The book of Christian discipline of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain. Excerpts from the Introduction (last two paragraphs): We are seekers but we are also the holders of a precious heritage of discoveries. We, like every generation, must find the Light and Life again for ourselves. Only what we have valued and truly made our own, not by assertion but by lives of faithful commitment, can we hand on to the future. Even then, we must humbly acknowledge that our vision of the truth will, again and again, be amended. In the Religious Society of Friends we commit ourselves not to words but to a way . To that, I ...