Quakers and Mysticism Comparative and Syncretic Approaches to Spirituality /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kershner, Jon R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Mysticism
• Subjects: Spirituality.; United States-History.; Religion-Philosophy.; US History.; Philosophy of Religion.

This book examines the nearly 400-year tradition of Quaker engagements with mystical ideas and sources. It provides a fresh assessment of the way tradition and social context can shape a religious community while interplaying with historical and theological antecedents within the tradition. Quaker c...