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Title: A Living Faith: An Historical and Comparative Study of Quaker Beliefs by Wilmer A. Cooper ISBN: 0-944350-53-4 Publisher: Friends United Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Divine Light
Comment: How I wish there were more books like Cooper's. I wish there was anything like Cooper's. For the first time I found a book that could be called a systematic theology of Quaker beliefs. And as I'm relatively new to the Friends, I still think systematically. This book was incredibly helpful. Cooper explores in detail Quaker understanding of the sacraments, God, Jesus, the Light, the church, testimonies (like commitment to Peace and Truth and Social Justice), and the end times. And while I wish there was a more full investigation of some aspects like the Peace Testimony, this was a fully satisfying work.
Much of the book covers what I already believe, and knew what Friends believe. But it organized it in an understandable manner, helping me to more fully make sense of the disparate beliefs, within Friends, and within myself. And some portions I had still never fully understood till I read the book. For instance, Cooper's discussion of the sacred in all things, while I have heard it referred to in passing, I have never seen in so well explained, so clearly, so convincingly.
The beauty of Cooper's treatment is that it's not just expository of Friend's beliefs. He encourages us to become more, to change- not into something different, but to grow to become more fully Friends. He gives a very balanced treatment of all friends, from different countries, and different persuasions- the more Hicksite, universalist Friends General Conference, and the more Christ-centered Friends United Meetings and (my own) Evangelical Friends International. Cooper fully affirms that all are Friends, with different paths, and both shoots of the Quaker tree contain part of the original Truth of George Fox.
I have never seen another book that is so easy to read, and so fully shows the beliefs of the Friends.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good study of Quakerism
Comment: This is a good study of Quaker faith from a historical perspective. Written by a graduate professor, it is useful both for the student and for a more general audience. It is good for group study, with discussion questions on each chapter.
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Title: Listening to the Light : How to Bring quaker Simplicity and Integrity into Our Lives by Jim Pym ISBN: 0712670203 Publisher: Rider Pub. Date: 04 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: A Quaker Book of Wisdom : Life Lessons In Simplicity, Service, And Common Sense by Robert Lawrence Smith ISBN: 0688172334 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Quaker Reader by Jessamyn West ISBN: 087574916X Publisher: Pendle Hill Pubns Pub. Date: December, 1992 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: Plain Living: A Quaker Path to Simplicity by Catherine Whitmire ISBN: 1893732282 Publisher: Sorin Books Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Why Friends Are Friends: Some Quaker Core Convictions by Jack L. Willcuts ISBN: 0913342459 Publisher: Barclay Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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