Abstract
This paper problematizes the premise that the Christian liturgies scrapped by early Friends were empty outer forms of little value. My queries are—Are rituals truly empty and outward, or are they full of inner sensations and experiences not easily seen or quantified? Of course, the same questions can be asked of Quaker worship, which is itself a liturgy of silence. If silence is a liturgy, is it empty or full? Moreover, does silent worship appear empty or full to newcomers and visitors?
Recommended Citation
Birch, Barbara
(2024)
"The Baby and the Big Shoes,"
Quaker Religious Thought: Vol. 143, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/qrt/vol143/iss1/2