What is a Quaker Book of Faith and Practice?

June 20, 2019

Thomas Hamm is one of the most lit­er­ary Quak­er­S­peak inter­vie­wees — you could prob­a­bly take his raw tran­script and pub­lish it as a Friends Jour­nal arti­cle. But it’s good to have a YouTube-accessible expla­na­tion of one of the only for­mal com­pendi­ums of belief and prac­tices that we creed-adverse Friends pro­duce. It’s also fas­ci­nat­ing to learn how the pur­pose and struc­ture of Faith and Prac­tice has dif­fered over time, geog­ra­phy, and theology.

What do Quak­ers believe? How do we prac­tice our faith? The best place to look for the answers might be in a book of faith and prac­tice. Here’s what they are and how they evolved over time.

http://​quak​er​s​peak​.com/​w​h​a​t​-​i​s​-​a​-​q​u​a​k​e​r​-​b​o​o​k​-​o​f​-​f​a​i​t​h​-​a​n​d​-​p​r​a​c​t​i​ce/

Of Quakers and deep democracy – is it time to renew the Quaker Book? | openDemocracy

May 4, 2018

Of Quak­ers and deep democ­ra­cy – is it time to renew the Quak­er Book? | openDemocracy

Quak­ers have a say­ing, that we ‘hold in the light’ those we are act­ing in sol­i­dar­i­ty with. This week­end we need those move­ments we’re part of to hold us in the light. Only when we are work­ing on our­selves can we work with others. 

https://​www​.open​democ​ra​cy​.net/​u​k​/​t​i​m​-​g​e​e​/​o​f​-​q​u​a​k​e​r​s​-​a​n​d​-​d​e​e​p​-​d​e​m​o​c​r​a​c​y​-​i​s​-​i​t​-​t​i​m​e​-​t​o​-​r​e​n​e​w​-​q​u​a​k​e​r​-​b​ook