Many of us have come to Quakerism as a safe refuge and home in which we can give voice to those heart-deep truths we reclaim from our birth religions, without needing to draw boundaries defining “right doctrine.” … Many others have come to trust Quakerism as a safe…
I have a personal blog called The Empty Path in which I publish my concerns and openings as a “Christocentric-Universalist” Quaker. A passage by Stephen Jay Gould sets the tone: Our mind works largely by metaphor and comparison, not always (or even…
How can the Society of Friends be both authentically Christian and meaningfully universalist? I am not sure of the answer, beyond the conviction that this is the right question to be grappling with. —Chuck Fager, “Robert Barclay, Theologian of Quaker Universalism,” Universalism…
Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Perspectives on the New Paradigm of Peace and War , edited by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012) This review was originally published by Anthony Manousos on his LA Quaker blog on…
Michael Elkin, our guest author for this post, says he writes from “the perspective of a non-Quaker who finds the Quaker educational system incredible.” We welcome his encouraging commentary. Michael Elkin is a features and op-ed columnist writing for papers…
We have been exploring the possible connotations of the term “belief” from the perspective of various readers of this blog. The exploration was sparked by Katie Kent’s comment that, for her, being a Quaker is “a spiritual discipline and practice, rather…
By Anthony Manousos … Rachel’s blog on fasting and Lent has prompted some responses from readers that I would like to address. First, a Muslim reader noted that Lent and Ramadan seem very similar. While both involve fasting, there are also profound differences between…
By Rachel Stacy … … In contemplating things that people give up for Lent, my attention turned to the debate among…
By Rachel Stacy … The ritual of Lent usually involves the individual giving up something until the Easter celebration. Often I hear about people giving up chocolate, sugar, fast-food, or smoking. Occasionally the more rebellious Lent-followers declare that instead of giving…
By Anthony Manousos … Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (icujp.org) is one of the leading interfaith peace and justice groups in Los Angeles, if not in the nation. I have served on its Board of Directors for a number of years. ICUJP…