Quaker Universalist Voice

Speaking truth in the global public square…

Search

We found 61 matches for the search “myth”.

Matches 31 to 40:

Radiant In Joy

A long-time ecological thinker and critic of American consumerist society, h has also written two books and a collection of poetry. The essay presented here has been condensed from a longer piece, and I hope that in “pruning” it I have preserved for QUF readers a lot of its unique style—often blunt, sometimes whimsical, and always deeply thoughtful. Paul is the kind of appreciative author an editor loves to work with, and I follow his express instructions here in “taking a deep bow.” R.R.G.

Found in: /library/radiant-in-joy


Militant Seedbeds Of Early Quakerism

Was Gerrard Winstanley a Quaker? Did he have any direct connection with Quakers? Did George Fox read his books and pamphlets, and was he influenced by them? These questions — the first two, at least — were asked in the seventeenth century, and have been asked again by historians and scholars in the twentieth.

Found in: /library/militant-seedbeds-of-early-quakerism


In Praise of Gandhi: Technology And The Ordering Of Human Relations

During the 20th century, Friends were deeply influenced by Gandhi’s concept of nonviolent resistance as a tool for social and political change. They have been less sympathetic to his ideas on technology, although as Sibley makes clear, those ideas were rooted in Gandhi’s religious beliefs and in a testimony of simplicity not unlike that of traditional Quakers.

Found in: /library/in-praise-of-gandhi-technology-and-the-ordering-of-human-relations


I Have Called You Friends

Let the first concern of the friends of Jesus be to cooperate with and to encourage, rather than to convert, anyone who is already promoting the Realm of God on earth. Let us look forward to a new millennium when all humankind’s great religions will collaborate full-heartedly in the mutual building up of a civilization based on love. Let us recognize that while spiritual life in its externals often presents us with a bewildering diversity, the saints of each spiritual tradition are practically indistinguishable from each other in their lives, their way of being. Though their theological concepts may be different, their feelings and conduct are amazingly similar. They dwell in love, and God dwells in them because God is love. In the beautiful prayer with which he closes his final discourse in the Gospel of John, Jesus acknowledges that he came so that “all might be One.” Increasingly in this modern age, the capacity to apprehend the One in the many constitutes the special responsibility of those who would dwell in love. As we embrace our heritage for the new millennium, may this capacity to apprehend the One in the many, and the love it expresses, be our special gift as the friends of Jesus to people of all faiths everywhere!

Found in: /library/i-have-called-you-friends


Journey to Universalism

  … Quaker Universalist Fellowship …   …   … eBook … Pamphlet … Printer Friendly … Journey to Universalism … by Elizabeth Watson … 1991, Quaker Universalist Fellowship … Yet once again in our time our country is at war. That fact underlies all our lives, and our being here…

Found in: /watson-1.html


Universalist Friends

Quaker Universalist Fellowship … eBook … Pamphlet … Printer … Friendly … Universalist Friends … The Journal of the … Quaker Universalist Fellowship … Number 43 … Fall/Winter 2005 … In This Issue … From The Editor … Patricia A. Williams … Submissions & Events

Found in: /uf043.html


Quaker in Iran

It is a tremendous pity that so few Americans get an opportunity to travel in Iran. Its mosques and its ancient monuments are incalculable treasures, but the opportunity to visit with Iranian peoples is a treasure even more to be cherished.

Found in: /library/quaker-in-iran


Universalist Friends

Quaker Universalist Fellowship … eBook … Pamphlet … Printer … Friendly … Universalist Friends … The Journal of the … Quaker Universalist Fellowship … Number 48 … August 2008 … In This Issue … • From the Editor by Patricia A. Williams … • From the Clerk by Larry…

Found in: /uf048.html