The Light That Is Given: Prophetic Quaker Faith
Ebook
Speaking from the traditional Quaker claim of inward knowledge of Christ the Light, the author shows her accord with early Friends' writings and the Scriptures they affirmed. Promptings arising from daily readings and personal interactions provide the starting point for many of the book's essays. Other genres, including interviews and dialogues, also present a perspective that largely has been lost to modern-day forms of the faith. Though not allowing authoritative texts to displace the prerogative of Spirit, the author often cites both Scriptures and seventeenth-century Friends to support her themes with their good sense and authority, and thus she demonstrates the unity of the faith from century to century, from millennium to millennium.
“In The Light That Is Given, Patricia Dallmann assembles a great cloud of witnesses, ranging from the Old and New Testaments, Quaker tradition, and many other sources—Christian and non-Christian. Dallmann’s short essays arise from various times and occasions in her life, in a manner akin to the long tradition of Quaker spiritual autobiography. This practice grounds her witness in a fresh sense of life in the Light.”
—Douglas Gwyn, author of A Sustainable Life: Quaker Faith and Practice in the Renewal of Creation
“In this fascinating and wide-ranging collection of essays, Patricia Dallmann applies a distinctly Quaker approach to exploring matters of biblical, theological, and social concern, allowing the inward Light of Christ to speak in and through her. Using this prophetic method, rooted in the faith and practice of early Friends, she offers a faithful testimony, enabling us to mine a rich seam of insight and illumination.”
—Stuart Masters, program coordinator for history and theology, Woodbrooke
“Patricia Dallmann brings a modern prophetic voice to Scripture and ancient Friends’ texts. She carefully examines the language of these stories and brings new life to their teachings, but this is no exercise in mimicry. Dallmann shares her own experiences and shows us how traditional Quaker beliefs have guided her. This is an invaluable resource for those wanting to explore how traditional Friends’ faith and practice can be lived out by spiritual seekers today.”
—Martin Kelley, senior editor, Friends Journal
- Title: The Light That Is Given: Prophetic Quaker Faith
- Author: Patricia Dallmann
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385219957, 9798385219933, 9798385219940
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385219957
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-05T20:38:42Z
Patricia Dallmann has ministered and taught among both Conservative and Liberal Friends (Quakers) in the United States and Europe since the mid-1980s and worked with New Foundation Fellowship for several decades. She is the author of The Word Within: Essays on Prophetic Quaker Faith (2009).