Status
Available
Call number
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Publication
Patricia Loring (2009), 320 pages
ISBN
0578032864 / 9780578032863
Description
The spiritual basis of the structures and practices that sustain a Quaker worshiping community; the spiritual grounding and understanding of worship, ministry, eldering, oversight and other spiritual gifts in mutual service within the meeting as spiritual formation; personal transformation and transformed relationships within spiritual community; communal discernment in personal matters and in the conduct of meeting business; wider Quaker service; adult religious education as part of spiritual formation.
User reviews
LibraryThing member vquakerb
Excellent and thoughtful review of Friends' (Quakers') corporate/group processes and practices. Very much about insightful personal and group thought about the spiritual bases and purposes of these practices.
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