The Quaker Renaissance and Liberal Quakerism in Britain, 1895-1930

Seeking a Real Religion
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43838-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 92 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 162 g

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

Many Quakers who reached maturity towards the end of the nineteenth century found that their parents’ religion had lost its connection with reality. New discoveries in science and biblical research called for new approaches to Christian faith. Evangelical beliefs dominant among nineteenth-century Quakers were now found wanting, especially those emphasising the supreme authority of the Bible and doctrines of atonement, whereby the wrath of God is appeased through the blood of Christ. Liberal Quakers sought a renewed sense of reality in their faith through recovering the vision of the first Quakers with their sense of the Light of God within each person. They also borrowed from mainstream liberal theology new attitudes to God, nature and service to society. The ensuing Quaker Renaissance found its voice at the Manchester Conference of 1895, and the educational initiatives which followed gave to British Quakerism an active faith fit for the testing reality of the twentieth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dales, Joanna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Quaker Renaissance and Liberal Quakerism in Britain, 1895–1930

Seeking a Real Religion

Joanna Dales

Abstract

Keywords

1 Introduction

2 Quakers and a Wider World

3 Leaving Evangelicalism

4 Challenges to Christian Faith

5 The Manchester Conference (1895) and Beyond

6 The Light Within

7 Conclusion

Appendix: Areas for Further Research

Abbreviations

References

Über Autor(innen)

Joanna Dales, Ph.D. (1970), University of Cambridge, and 2016, University of Birmingham, has published various papers in Quaker studies, including "John William Graham and the Evolution of Peace: a Quaker View of Conflict before and during the First World War", Quaker Studies (2016) and "'Creative Worship': Howard Brinton, John William Graham and the Quaker Meeting for Worship: A Comparison", Quaker Studies (2019).