{"product_id":"a-long-road-how-quakers-made-sense-of-god-and-the-bible-9781594980428","title":"A Long Road: How Quakers Made Sense of God and the Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the beginning of the nineteenth century, the effort to keep outside influences from impacting Quaker spirituality was clearly failing. Many Friends were impressed by the Enlightenment emphasis on reason in religion and commitment to religious and political freedom. Many others were caught up in Evangelical enthusiasm and commitment to social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result was a series of separations and divisions--Quakers disagreed about the nature of God, the atonement, and the function of scripture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA long, rocky, even muddy road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not the first time the story has been told. We find in the contemporary splits of one yearly meeting after another, the underlying issues are the same as they have always been. After all, the story of Quakerism is a story of divisions. It is also a story of creativity. And of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSignificant, original contributions by Quaker scholars to our understanding of the Bible suggest that there has always been tremendous vitality at the heart of Quakerism--a vitality that supports the claim that the Quaker vision is indeed a restoration of the earliest Christian vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Barclay Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594980428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"T. Vail Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661135442076,"sku":"9781594980428","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_de135ba3-dbda-4841-b0f1-d1e72cd3cc88.jpg?v=1603898726","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-long-road-how-quakers-made-sense-of-god-and-the-bible-9781594980428","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}