What is the Quaker perspective on the inner journey and the exploration of consciousness?

Apr 3, 2025 ... The nearly 375-year-old religion's principles line up surprisingly well with modern parenting research. Feb 24, 2024 ... Elfrida Vipont Foulds, 1983 Quaker faith & practice 2.21 (part of) ... On sitting down in the meeting I often read passages from Quaker faith ... Established in 1960 as a graduate theological division of Earlham College, ESR is the pre-eminent Quaker seminary in the United States. A Recorded Minister in the Friends Church, David has served in leadership in Friends Churches for more than fifty years. At Barclay College, David has chaired ... The Quaker way has deep Christian roots that form our understanding of God, our faith, and our practices. Many Quakers consider themselves Christian, and some ... For Quakers, these principles are religiously based in Friends' faith and practice and grounded in worship. For all people at Earlham, Quaker and other-than- ... LGBTQ+ EQUALITY. ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION & GENDER IDENTITY. Many Quaker communities are open and welcoming to LGBTQ+ people, and an increasing number take the ... A meeting for worship usually lasts for an hour. In Quaker worship there are no ministers or creeds. We first gather together in silence to quiet our minds. Quakers believe in the importance of living one's convictions out in the world. As George Fox, a founder of the Quaker tradition, once said, “Be patterns, be ... The beliefs and practices of the Society of Friends served to facilitate women's roles in moral reform. Since the founding of the sect in England during the ...