Silence and Witness
Subtitle: The Quaker Tradition (Traditions of Christian Spirituality.)
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781570755187
Subjects: Spiritual life; Religion; Religion - Denominations - Religions; Spirituality; Christianity - Quaker; Doctrines; Christianity - Denominations; Society of Friends
First sentence: experience and values without being artificial or reducing a tradition to one dimension. The authors are well versed in reliable scholarship about the traditions they describe.
Description: "The Quaker spiritual tradition integrates mystical insight with prophetic witness. Michael Birkel tells the story of the movement's origins, describes how the distinctive Quaker practice of group worship in silence developed, and explains how "collective discernment" is used in decision-making. He explores the historical development of the "testimonies", the ethical stands taken by Quakers for peace, justice, equality, integrity and simplicity, and he reflects on the contemporary relevance and meaning of a Christian tradition with a strong contemplative and activist dimension."--BOOK JACKET.