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Pendle Hill Pamphlet #402

Christianity and the Inner Life: Twenty-First Century Reflections on the Words of Early Friends

Margery Post Abbott

In her explorations of the writings of early Friends, Marge Abbott has discovered her own approach to Christian perspectives, one that speaks specifically to her experiences of the Divine Light. Her example is an invitation to spiritual receptivity: a stance that emphasizes "yes" and connection, rather than separations among those who hold different beliefs.

Margery Post Abbott, a member of Multnomah Monthly Meeting, has been "released" by her meeting to follow a calling of teaching and writing about her faith. Her publications include A Different Kind of Perfection: An Anthology of Evangelical and Liberal Quaker Writers. Her book, On Being Broken and Tender: Theological Reflections of a Liberal Friend, is scheduled for publication by Quaker Press in 2009.

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"If we do not understand how profoundly the early Quaker understanding of Christianity differs from those forms of Christianity that we may have had negative encounters with in our own lives, then we have lost for ourselves a great resource for the inner life...."