Overview
- Proposes new ways for understanding Quaker interactions with mysticism
- Explores the syncretic and contextual nature of Quaker spirituality, which has resulted in diverse Quaker responses to cultural contexts and religious trends
- Discusses how these mystical sentiments have had interplay with Quaker self-understanding and spiritual practice
Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Mysticism (INTERMYST)
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“This rich volume presents Quaker worship, life and thought as meeting-spaces and gathering-points for diverse strands of religious life. Presenting specific examples carefully and persuasively, it enables a fresh, more nuanced and more expansive look at what it means to belong to a tradition of religious thought and practice – and what it means to engage in dialogue or encounter between traditions.Scholars of Quakerism, of mysticism or of comparative theology and spirituality will find valuable new perspectives in this book.” (Rachel Muers, Professor of Theology, University of Leeds, UK)
“This important and much-needed volume underscores the way in which the Quakers, across time and in different traditions, have seen mystical experience as a sufficient theological authority for their patterns of liturgy, ecclesiology and soteriology, rather than as an additional aspect of church life. This then is a must-read book for all scholars of religion.” (Ben Pink Dandelion, Programmes Leader, Centre for Research in Quaker Studies, Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, UK)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Jon R. Kershner teaches in the Religion department at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quakers and Mysticism
Book Subtitle: Comparative and Syncretic Approaches to Spirituality
Editors: Jon R. Kershner
Series Title: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Mysticism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21653-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21652-8Published: 18 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21655-9Published: 18 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21653-5Published: 29 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-3270
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3289
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 255
Topics: Spirituality, US History, Philosophy of Religion