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Muslim? Quaker? Speak!
Naveed Moeed is a British Pakistani who, after living in Europe and the Middle East, has settled in North Carolina. A member of Chapel Hill (N.C.) Meeting, he also attends a local mosque and serves as meeting liaison to groups working against racism and Islamophobia. Professionally he has worked in IT, but is currently a budding actor and photographer.
Posted in: Features, QuakerSpeak at Five
Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion
By Jonathan Wilson鈥怘artgrove. IVP Books, 2018. 192 pages. $20/hardcover; $19.99/eBook. Back in 1968, I was a 13鈥恲ear鈥恛ld seeker and new [鈥
Steve Chase is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.), the manager of Academic Initiatives at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), and an organizer with the Occupation Free DC anti-police brutality campaign. He is a published author and a regular contributor to ICNC鈥檚 Minds of the Movement blog.
Posted in: August 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, QuakerSpeak at Five
Viewpoint: Jesus, Forgiveness, and Nonviolence
Nonviolence does not mean that we do not resist evil.
Marsha D. Holliday lives in聽Washington, D.C.
Posted in: February 2019, Viewpoint
Not One Quaker Experience but Many
Among Friends: Our introduction to the December issue on Quakers and Christianity.
Gabriel Ehri is聽executive director of聽Friends Journal.
Posted in: Among Friends, Quakers and Christianity
The Continuing Revelation of My Christianity
The diversity within Quakerism and Christianity can reveal additional windows into the Divine.
Lauren Brownlee is a member of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting, a steering committee member of the Quaker Palestine Israel Network, and serves on Baltimore Yearly Meeting's Peace and Social Concerns Committee. She serves as director of social action at a Catholic School in Bethesda and is a Sacred Heart Associate.
Posted in: Features, Quakers and Christianity
Are We Really Christian?
Do we focus on the religiosity or the spirituality of our Quakerism?
Margaret Namubuya Amudavi has a degree in theology from Friends Theological College (FTC) and in Christian education from Kenya Highlands Bible College. She has a master's in development studies from St. Paul's University in Limuru, Kenya. She has served FTC as a teacher and academic dean.
Posted in: Features, Quakers and Christianity
God, Jesus, Christianity, and Quakers
A nontheist Friend on the role of Jesus and Christianity in his life.
Jim Cain is a member and former clerk of Atlanta (Ga.) Meeting, currently attending Collective Church, a "misfit faith community" in DeLand, Fla. He's recently retired from a long career in public mental health. He has co-led Friends General Conference Gathering workshops on "Nontheism Among Friends" and "Reclaiming the Sacred" and made a presentation on the evolution of God to nontheist Friends at this summer's Gathering.
Posted in: Features, Quakers and Christianity
A Consideration of Metaphors
Our spiritual metaphors can help us experience the truth from different perspectives.
Rhiannon Grant works at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, UK, supporting Quaker Roles courses and the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies. She is a member of Bournville Meeting, part of Central England Area Meeting, and Britain Yearly Meeting. Her book on Quaker theology, _Telling the Truth about God_, will be published in March 2019.
Posted in: Features, Quakers and Christianity
How Am I a Christian?
Will others see us as Christians by our love?
Douglas C. Bennett served as president of Earlham College from 1997 to 2011. Now retired, he is a member of Durham (Maine) Meeting.
Posted in: Online Features, Quakers and Christianity
August 2019: QuakerSpeak at Five
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Stripping Down Quakerism for the Internet by Max L. Carter
Meeting for Viewing: How QuakerSpeak Deepens Our Spirituality by Krista Barnard
Muslim? Quaker? Speak! by Naveed Moeed
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Your Gift by Mary Timberlake
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