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No Creed Is Not the Same as No Theology

A Short Course on the Theology of Friends It has long interested me that members of unprogrammed meetings of the […]

Robert Griswold

Online Features

The White Rabbit of Quaker Theology

[…] Via Wikimedia I’m a theologian, having been trained in Christian theology. I’ve served as a minister in Christian churches, and […]

Christy Randazzo

Our Theological Illiteracy

[…] of Friends have been exposed to some features of technical theology. Probably they have no corresponding equals in any generation […]

Henry J. Cadbury

February 2016 Books

Early Quakers and Their Theological Thought: 1647–1723

[…] or even Penington were aiming to do. Yet Friends need theology, and need it in the wide variety of theologizing […]

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

A Convergent Model of Renewal: Remixing the Quaker Tradition in a Participatory Culture

[…] from recent thinking about community and culture. This is programmatic theology, written by an evangelical participant in the movement called […]

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

August 2025 Books

The Spirit of Freedom: Quaker-Shaped Christian Theology

[…] QuakerBooks Sometimes I hear Friends say that Quakers don’t do theology, but in actuality, as Mark Russ points out in […]

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

Quaker Book Reviews

The Living Fountain: Remembrances of Quaker Christianity

[…] The book begins by tracing the loss of Christian identity, theology, and religious language among Liberal Friends. Using the mysticism […]

Reviewed by Derek Brown

Bringing the Quaker into Hospital Chaplaincy

[…] cracks in the foundation, such as lack of training in theology, spirituality, and pastoral care (including the distinctive Quaker approaches […]

KatherineJaramillo

Preparing for Ministry in a Non-Creedal Tradition

[…] who claim a similar heritage but whose worship style and theology contrast sharply. Its annual statistics last year revealed that […]

The Word and the Spirit: Scripture and Context in Theology

[…] used by people in their daily search for understanding. Systematic theology is, to begin with, Christ-centered. The historical specificity of […]

Keith R. Maddock