Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist
Ebook
Isaac Penington was a leading Quaker when the movement first emerged during the confusion and crisis of the English Civil War. Inspiring people to move toward a new vision of peace, equality, generosity and integrity, Penington saw the potential in everyone to help create such a new world. Like other Quaker leaders, he discovered that silently waiting on the divine helps us better understand ourselves and others so that we are more able to respond to life's challenges with openness, confidence and courage. In Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist, author Ruth Tod not only draws upon Penington’s letters and pamphlets to build a bridge between his time and ours, she also uses examples and interpretations of his writings to explore the beliefs and habits that shape our lives. Tod’s fresh look at Penington's own insights reminds us just how much we can learn from those early Quaker leaders.
In this great new addition to the Quaker Quick series, Ruth Tod, lifelong Friend, is drawing our attention to the life and work of 17th century Quaker, Isaac Penington. She encourages us to look at his writings and thoughts meditatively and to draw them deeply into our own spiritual lives, now, in the 21st century. Ruth stresses how important it is for us to feel inspired and encouraged by Penington's beautiful words and ideas, and to see how they can enrich us now in practical as well as spiritual ways.
- Title: Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist
- Author: Ruth Tod
- Publisher: Christian Alternative
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781803411859, 1803411856
- Resource ID: LLS:9781803411859
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-12-13T04:22:55Z
Ruth was a programme co-ordinator for Quaker Peace and Social Witness in London, facilitating, training and writing on peace, economics and sustainability. Since then she has campaigned and facilitated meetings locally, both in London and now where she lives in Henley, Oxfordshire. She has also taught the Alexander Technique, which has given her insights into the value of waiting and listening.