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Contemporary British Quakers

04 09 2009 | by Hannah Brock | Read 400 times
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The Quaker Condition: the sociology of a liberal religion, edited by Pink Dandelion and Peter Collins. Cambridge Scholars Press. ISBN: 978 1847185 65 5. £34.99 or £25 from Woodbrooke.

The Quaker Condition: the sociology of a liberal religion addresses central questions such as what is it to be a Quaker in contemporary Britain? And how does this definition affect conceptions of liberal religions? Twelve authors contribute to four sections that focus upon ‘Identity’, ‘Beliefs and Values’, ‘Meeting Culture’ and ‘Diverse Forms’.
Within the liberal belief culture, alternative rallying points, such as the ‘behavioural creed’ have emerged
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